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Viral Hate: Containing Its Spread on the Internet

afearon — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000

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The Internet provides a powerful platform for individuals to engage in free speech, but some extremists regularly go online, often anonymously, to spread bigotry, engage in cyber-bullying, and encourage violence. In their new book, Viral Hate: Containing Its Spread on the Internet, Abraham Foxman and Christopher Wolf argue that online hate speech is a serious threat that needs to be addressed and discuss the merits of a range of responses including through the law, counter-speech, and intervention by intermediaries.

Please join ITIF for a presentation from co-author Christopher Wolf. This will be followed by a panel discussion on the importance of combating hate speech and the means available to do so. Lunch will be provided.

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Governing by the Numbers: Can Data Save Government?

admin — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000

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From 2000 to 2007, the City of Baltimore saved $350 million by reducing government waste, lowered the crime rate by 24 percent and even improved trash collection. The secret to this success? Data.

New methods for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data have tremendous potential to transform government efficiency and productivity– and perhaps even restore public confidence in our institutions. This event, co-sponsored by ITIF and the Washington Monthly, will explore the promise of “data-driven” management practices, the current successes of this approach, and how federal and state policy can encourage even more innovation in this sphere.

This event will feature an opening keynote by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, followed by a panel of leading experts from policy, industry and the media.

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ITIF Debate: Is Technology Responsible for American Job Loss?

afearon — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:00:00 +0000

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Since the Great Recession, a long list of books, studies, and news articles have attempted to assign the blame for America’s sustained high levels of unemployment to technology. These academics and journalists argue that factory automation, robots and faster and smarter computers are letting organizations replace workers at an unprecedented pace, leading to joblessness. As MIT professors Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee assert in their book Race Against the Machine, workers are “losing the race against the machine, a fact reflected in today’s employment statistics.”

ITIF will host a unique debate on this critical economic policy issue. Dr. Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business in the MIT Sloan School of Management and co-author of Race Against the Machine, will argue that technology is leading to job loss and the pace will only speed up. Robert Atkinson, President of ITIF and co-author of Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage, will argue that that technology does not lead to net job loss and that America actually needs faster, technologically-based productivity growth. This event will be webcast live below.

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