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Tristan Perkins/The Hoya | Technology, policy, and law experts talked about the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in a March 12 panel, as part of the McCourt Schools Massive Data Institute (MDI) and Tech and Policy Programs AI & Me series.

Discussion: Experts Talk Privacy and Data in the Age of AI

By Tristan Perkins, Special to The Hoya March 15, 2024

Technology, policy and law experts provided critical insights regarding the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in everyday life in a March 12 conversation hosted by Georgetown University’s...

SAMUEL NELSON/THE HOYA | Ryan OSullivans (MSB 19) Snapchat post containing racial slurs was publicly exposed on Twitter in January 2017, but he remained an employee at the East Campus Residence Hall Office for nearly two years after the incident.

University Response to Bias Incident Frustrates Students

By Meena Morar January 31, 2019

The practice of calling out offensive speech on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook has raised the stakes of having a digital footprint — not only for individuals who express bigotry, but...

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District of Columbia Public Schools released private information about students experiencing homelessness on the D.C. Council’s website, which is associated with Councilmember David Grosso (I-At Large)

Students’ Private Information Published on DC Council Website

By Elizabeth Douglas September 14, 2018

Washington, D.C.’s public school authority mistakenly posted the personal information of 2,000 students experiencing homelessness on a website run by the D.C. Council, where the data remained for seven...

MOINUDDIN: Simple Promises, Complex Realities

MOINUDDIN: Simple Promises, Complex Realities

By Humza Moinuddin April 18, 2018

Last week, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg travelled to Capitol Hill to testify regarding the company’s knowledge about political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica, which improperly accessed...

GULC Report Proposes Police Database Oversight

By Gaia Mattiace October 25, 2016

Across the nation, law enforcement agencies are using facial recognition networks containing the photographs of about half of American adults, posing potential privacy and civil liberty violations, according...

Cybersecurity: Your Priority in a Dangerous Digital Age

Cybersecurity: Your Priority in a Dangerous Digital Age

By Bianca DiSanto September 30, 2016

While Americans are still processing the fate of our country after the first presidential debate earlier this week, the FBI is investigating yet another major cyber security breach. This time, the targets...

FLEMING-KLINK: Criminal Justice Reform, One Box at a Time

By Isaiah Fleming-Klink June 22, 2016

For those seeking to enact criminal justice reform and policies aimed at increasing the chances of employment for ex-offenders, referred to as returning citizens, there exist particular policies normally...

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Former NSA employee Edward Snowden commented on issues dealing with cybersecutiy and privacy, inlcuding the FBI’s recent legal battle with Apple over iPhone security.

Snowden Speaks On Security Issues

By Jack Lynch April 15, 2016

American whistleblower Edward Snowden, wanted in the United States for leaking classified National Security Agency information in 2013, emphasized the importance of privacy and downplayed the national...

MANDAL: How Healthy Is Privacy?

By Ayan Mandal February 9, 2016

The Google Life Sciences Division is up to something powerful and concerning. A newly independent sector of the transformed Alphabet, a multinational conglomerate and Google’s parent company, Google...

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A panel discussed European internet privacy laws on Monday.

Panel Discusses EU Privacy Law

By Giovanna Azevedo October 21, 2014

A panel of experts debated the European Court of Justice’s ruling about the right to be forgotten online at an event called “An Evening Not to be Forgotten” hosted by the university’s communication,...

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