Platforms, Networks, and New Power Technology’s Impact on Politics, Policy, and Elections

Today, the rules that technology companies use to govern content on their platform are far-reaching and poorly understood. Nonetheless, the size and scale of these systems mean that these rules become a new system of governing. We will discuss these issues with some of the pioneers in the emerging field of content and safety policy who helped shape and develop these rules.

Guests: Charlotte Willner, Pinterest Pinterest’s Trust & Safety Manager, former Facebook Safety Operations team and Dave Willner, Head of Community Policy, AirBnB, and former Facebook Policy Team

IOP Spring 2018 Resident Fellow Adam Conner