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CDE faculty weigh in, are cited on social media use and tech legislation

CDE faculty expertise is being widely cited and disseminated as technology policy is increasingly in the news. Most recently, affiliate faculty member Anupam Chander and founding faculty members Meg Leta Jones and Cal Newport have been cited and/or have published opinion pieces on social media news including the TikTok ban, legislation controlling access to pornography, and the cultural reach of social media.

January 22, 2025

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CDE Director Laura DeNardis advises young women on AI and school

CDE director Laura DeNardis was delighted to be contacted by Girls’ Life magazine for advice on how to use AI in school. In answer to the question, “Is AI A-OK to use in school?” Girls’ Life…

September 1, 2024

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CDE director and cybersecurity expert Laura DeNardis on the CrowdStrike, Microsoft Outage

As part of Georgetown’s “Ask a Professor” series, in which Georgetown faculty members break down complex issues and use their research to inform trending conversations, CDE Director Laura DeNardis, professor and endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society, was asked to explain the unprecedented outage that roiled the country on July 19.

July 26, 2024