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Human Rights Day with Keith Hiatt

The Challenge and Promise of Human Rights and Technology

Speaker Keith Hiatt is Benetech’s new Vice President of Human Rights Programs. He leads Benetech’s efforts to empower human rights defenders around the world by providing techology solutions and capacity-building. “Keith is a proven leader and pioneer with vast expertise in the intersection of human rights, technology, policy and law,” said Betsy Beaumon, president of Benetech.

Technology in the Hands of Haters: Fueling Extremism in a Wired World

“Propaganda is a truly terrible weapon in the hands of an expert.” -Adolf Hitler, 1924

While digital tools are fostering unprecedented global conversation, extremists are using them to foment hate, recruit followers, and incite violence. Join us for a discussion about the tension between free speech and incendiary propaganda. What responsibility do technology companies, governments, and individuals have to shape the reach of social media to keep our world safe?

Panelists

  • Anne Kornblut, Director of Strategic Communications, Facebook, and former senior editor, The Washington Post
  • Steven Luckert, Senior Program Curator, US Holocaust Memorial Museum .
  • Beth van Schaak, Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in Human Rights (2014-15), Stanford Law School, and Senior Adviser in the Office of Global Criminal Justice, US Department of State

This program is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
RSVP at ushmm.org/events/tech-paloalto.

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Rethinking Technology as if People Matter

A symposium exploring the effects of the Digital Revolution. A distinguished panel of technologists, writers and Silicon Valley luminaries will explore the effects of the Digital Revolution on people at home, at work, at school and on the road.

Panelists include:

  • Tom Foremski, Editor, Silicon Valley Watcher
  • Nina Horne, Public Policy, City of Oakland
  • Tapan Parikh, Professor, UC Berkeley School of Information
  • Richard Whitaker, Editor, Conversations.org
  • Panel Facilitator: Tom Mahon, Author and Forty-year Silicon Valley Veteran

Sponsored by Interfaith Center at the Presidio in association with AHIMSA, ServiceSpace and the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery.