3 May: Internet and press freedom: Absolute freedom or digital dictatorship?
Internet and press freedom: Absolute freedom or digital dictatorship?
Prominent Internet scholar Jonathan Zittrain will discuss ongoing threats to press freedom on 3 May at the European Journalism Centre in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
His speech is part of a Dutch press freedom day, which will be marked from 13.30 until 16.00 at the Centre Céramique.
Zittman, who in 1996 co-founded Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, holds the Chair in Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University. He will address the following questions:
Peter Fleischer, who is Google’s Global Privacy Council, will also speak. He will discuss current ethical debates about Google, as well as why Google decided to be active in China. Fleischer previously worked as Microsoft’s privacy leader for Europe and director of regulatory affairs.
To attend, please e-mail info@mjsnijders.net.
The event is sponsored by Stichting Democratie en Media; Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap; Koninklijke Wegener BV; Gemeente Maastricht; Dagblad de Limburger; Limburgs Dagblad; ANP Press Support and the EJC.
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