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CDE’s Will Fleisher interviewed on the basics of AI for WUSA-9

Assistant Professor Will Fleisher was interviewed by WUSA-9 on the ethics of AI as part of the local station’s recent special presentation on “AI in the DMV:” Play video The 27-minute…

October 1, 2025

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Meg Leta Jones publishes op-eds on recent SCOTUS internet porn ruling, state AI regulation, and AI in schools

Meg Leta Jones, core faculty member at the Center for Digital Ethics and Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor in the Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) program, has recently…

August 5, 2025

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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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Announcements, Events

Sept. 17, 2025 book launch: Geopolitics at the Internet’s Core

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 2:00 pm Car Barn 311 (CCT Lounge), Hilltop Campus The Center for Digital Ethics celebrated the August 2025 publication of Geopolitics at the Internet’s Core,…

August 29, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence Pioneer De Kai to speak on October 15

Join the Georgetown Humanities Initiative and the Center for Digital Ethics on October 15, 2025 at 5:00 pm in Gaston Hall for a stimulating conversation with one of the most important voices in the…

August 29, 2025

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Cal Newport in The New Yorker on the importance of caution and attention to ethics in the ongoing development of AI

Writing in the August 12 “Open Questions” column in The New Yorker, CDE founding faculty member and Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor of Computer Science Cal Newport reflects on the…

August 14, 2025