CDT Tech Talks

In 2016, Teen Vogue became a leading voice for youth activism and civic engagement, while shifting to a digital-first format. Brian sat down with Phillip Picardi, digital editorial director, and Marie Suter, creative director, to honor Teen Vogue’s leadership team with CDT's Digital Visionary Award at its 2017 Annual Dinner, Tech Prom, on April 20.

Why we chose Teen Vogue: http://bit.ly/2qbwYiD

More on Marie: https://www.instagram.com/marie_suter/

More on Phillip: https://twitter.com/pfpicardi

More info on our host, Brian: bit.ly/cdtbrian

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Host Brian Wesolowski took Tech Talk on the road to Brussels for RightsCon, which is an incredible annual gatherings on the future of the global internet.

Our full line up:

*Marietje Schaake, Member of European Parliament, Netherlands: http://bit.ly/2oc7FyQ

*Wafa Ben-Hassine, regional lead, Access Now: http://bit.ly/2o5bZ2F

*Javier Pallero, regional lead, Access Now: http://bit.ly/2oDAu8x

*Joe McNamee, Executive Director, EDRi: http://bit.ly/2o5831W

*Maria Paz Canales, Executive Director, Derechos Digitales: http://bit.ly/2nZF6mm

*Amos Toh, office of UN Rapporteur on freedom of expression and opinion: https://twitter.com/AmosToh

*Daniel Bateyko, Thomas J. Watson Fellow: http://bit.ly/2o5hQoJ

*Laura Blanco, European Affairs Associate, CDT: http://bit.ly/lblancocdt

More on RightsCon: https://www.rightscon.org/

More info on our host, Brian: bit.ly/cdtbrian

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Host Brian Wesolowski sits down with author and professor Shobita Parthasarathy about intellectual property. She breaks down how different approaches to patents in the United States and Europe can lead to very different policy outcomes, especially around controversial issues such as patenting life forms.

Then Brian brings in a crowd – Daniel O'Maley of the Center for International Media Assistance, as well as Corinne Cath, Mehwish Ansari, & Niels ten Oever of Article 19 – to chat about why global media development professionals should be engaging in the many internet governance bodies. Think about it – if you care about a vibrant media sector in developing nations, don't you want to make sure you have a voice in how the the internet functions?

Shobita's book, "Patent Politics:" http://bit.ly/cdtshpp

More on Shobita: http://bit.ly/shobitaumich

CIMA + Article 19 report: http://bit.ly/2nPLC0X

More info on our host, Brian: bit.ly/cdtbrian

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Host Brian Wesolowski took his show on the road, heading to Austin for this year's SXSW 2017 Interactive Festival. We chatted with the Newseum, American University, the Charles Koch Institute, a variety of EU startups and CDT staff. Listen to get the scoop on what's happening at the cross-sections of tech!

FULL LINEUP:

Jeffrey Herbst – President & CEO, Newseum

Mitch Gelman – Senior Fellow, Media & Tech, Newseum

Lindsay Grace – Associate Professor, Founding Director of AU Game Lab & Studio, American University

Jordan Richardson – Senior Policy And Research Analyst, Charles Koch Institute

Jorge Gomez – CEO & Co-founder, Canard Drones

Andre Ramos – Founder, Tripaya

Olivier Plante – Co-founder & CEO, Thingthing Keyboard

Michelle De Mooy – Director, Privacy & Data Project, CDT

Elizabeth Weingarten – Director, Global Gender Parity Initiative, New America

Ifeoma Ajunwa – Fellow & Assistant Professor, Berkman Klein Center At Harvard + UDC School Of Law

More info on CDT's events @ SXSW: cdt.org/sxsw

More info on our host, Brian: bit.ly/cdtbrian

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Host Brian Wesolowski chats with Canada’s newest hero, Jessica Davey-Quantick (or Oxford C’mon, if you go by her stage name). As a journalist and a burlesque dancer, she details her experience with harassment online and why she felt it was so important to take action.

Then Brian brings in Joe Jerome – CDT's Policy Counsel on the Privacy & Data team – to discuss our latest paper, “Should it stay or should it go? The legal, policy, and technical landscape around data deletion.” It makes the case for why companies need to rethink their data practices and why the time has come to delete some of the large quantities of data many businesses hold on to.

More on the data deletion paper: http://bit.ly/trydeleting

More on Jess: http://bit.ly/jess_dq

More on Joe Jerome: http://bit.ly/jjeromecdt

More info on our host, Brian: bit.ly/cdtbrian

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CDT President & CEO Nuala O'Connor sits down to discuss why Trump's executive order stopping the application of Privacy Act provisions to non-US persons is a critical mistake. She was originally part of the team at the Department of Homeland Security that helped develop the policy, and examines the dangers of it's repeal with host Brian Wesolowski.

Then author and researcher Adam Tanner calls in to give us an understanding of the huge market out there for personal health data and who it is really benefitting. He details his new book, "Our Bodies, Our Data" and shares eye-opening insights most consumers don't know.

More on Privacy Act repeal: http://bit.ly/penstrokecdt

More on "Our Bodies, Our Data:" http://bit.ly/ourbodiesdata

More on Nuala: http://bit.ly/privacyma

More on Adam: http://bit.ly/datacurtain

More info on our host, Brian: bit.ly/cdtbrian

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January 28th is Data Privacy Day and hopefully you all have plans to mark the day. Data Privacy Day is held each year to create awareness about the importance of privacy and protecting personal information - something everyone at CDT certainly believes in. Joining Brian to talk about this year's theme [“Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data, and Enabling Trust”] is Michael Kaiser, Executive Director of the National Cybersecurity Alliance.

More on Data Privacy Day & NCA: http://bit.ly/dpdss0

More on Mike Kaiser: http://bit.ly/ssomk

More info on our host, @ brianwez: bit.ly/cdtbrian

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When it comes to companies operating in the so-called “gig” economy, policy makers at all levels are likely to have a strong opinion. But regardless of one’s view, it’s hard to argue that many of these services are incredibly popular, both for those offering their services and for the users. We’ve already looked at this issue a bit through the lens of Section 230, as well as privacy policies, etc. But we have yet to look at this through the eyes of an actual entrepreneur.

Joining Host Brian Wesolowski to talk about the gig economy is Brian Park: Washington DC Director of StartUp Grind, and an experienced entrepreneur (having already launched four startups, with his most recent being Real Time Cases).

More on Brian Park: http://bit.ly/BrianParkcdt

More info on our host, @ brianwez: bit.ly/cdtbrian

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Is math biased? That seems like a silly question - in math there is right and wrong, so how could it possibly be biased. But humans use math and develop mathematical models and algorithms, and well, humans can certainly be biased. So, well, maybe math can in fact be biased.

In her new book, Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O’Neil explores how big data is increasing inequality and threatening democracy - that is actually the subtitle for the book.

More on Cathy: https://mathbabe.org/

More info on our host, @ brianwez: bit.ly/cdtbrian

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Governments worldwide are grappling with ways to combat terrorism, and one channel they're exploring is engaging internet companies in blocking or removing online extremist content. Host Brian Wesolowski brings in CDT’s Director of Free Expression, Emma Llansó to discuss the dangers.

Brian then sits down with the Data Quality Campaign’s President, Aimee Rogstad Guidera, to discuss their recommendations for the next presidential administration. How do we reduce risks and still realize the potential benefits of data to make decisions that support learning?

More on the extremist content takedown collaboration: http://bit.ly/takedowncollab

More on DQC's "Recommendations for the New Administration:” http://bit.ly/DQCnextprez

More on Aimee: https://twitter.com/dqcaimee

More on Emma: https://twitter.com/ellanso

More info on our host, @ brianwez: bit.ly/cdtbrian

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