CDE director Laura DeNardis presents at GC REAIM Commission Symposium Day in Washington, DC
July 15th, 2024
CDE director LauraDeNardis discusses AI governance in the military domain today with the Global Commission on Responsible AI in the Military Domain…
Meg Leta Jones publishes two books in June
June 28th, 2024
CDE’s Meg Leta Jones has published The Character of Consent with MIT Press and Feminist Cyberlaw (co-edited with Amanda Levendowski) with University of California…
Book Talk with Cal Newport: April 8, 2024 5:30 pm
April 1st, 2024
Fisher Colloquium – Hariri Fourth Floor (directions) Part of Tech & Society Week 2024 As part of the “What Makes Us Human in the Age of AI” series co-organized by the Georgetown…
CDE director Laura DeNardis presents at GC REAIM Commission Symposium Day in Washington, DC
July 15th, 2024
CDE director LauraDeNardis discusses AI governance in the military domain today with the Global Commission on Responsible AI in the Military Domain…
Meg Leta Jones publishes two books in June
June 28th, 2024
CDE’s Meg Leta Jones has published The Character of Consent with MIT Press and Feminist Cyberlaw (co-edited with Amanda Levendowski) with University of California…
Cal Newport in the New Yorker: “An Exhausting Year In and Out of the Office”
January 5th, 2024
December 27, 2023 Writing in the New Yorker, CDE’s Cal Newport’s year-end reflection looks back at the era of digital and hybrid work and ahead at how to mitigate the intensity of the demands of…
Cal Newport in the New Yorker: “It’s time to dismantle the Technopoly“
December 18th, 2023
December 18, 2023 Writing in the New Yorker, CDE’s Cal Newport reflects on the recent history of societal responses to the introduction and incorporation of new technologies. He argues that…
Chander shares research data on use of TikTok by members of Congress
November 28th, 2023
CDE Affiliate faculty member Anupam Chander writes in Tech Policy Press that perhaps contrary to expectation, fewer than one out of every ten members of Congress uses a TikTok account for posting…
Laura DeNardis, PhD appointed inaugural director of the Center for Digital Ethics
October 23rd, 2023
The Office of the Provost at Georgetown University has announced the appointment of Laura DeNardis, Ph.D., as the inaugural director of the Center for Digital Ethics. The center, established…
CDE’s Cal Newport delivers the Crown Lecture in Ethics at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University
October 17th, 2023
Photos courtesy of Duke University On Thursday, October 5, Professor Cal Newport delivered the Crown Lecture in Ethics at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University in Durham, NC.…
CDE to co-sponsor Oct. 16 book talk by Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion against Big Tech
October 2nd, 2023
10/16 update: This event was canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date. Tech journalist Brian Merchant comes to town (and campus) to talk about his new book Blood in the Machine, which is…
Chander interviewed for NPR “Marketplace” report on “how EU regulation is changing tech”
September 13th, 2023
On September 12, 2023, CDE affiliate faculty member Anupam Chander, Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Technology at Georgetown University Law School, was interviewed for a story on “how EU…
CDE co-sponsors panel on “Digital Ethics and the Freedom of Thought” featuring renowned international human rights lawyer and author Susie Alegre
September 11th, 2023
CDE and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) held an insightful and open conversation on “Digital Ethics & The Freedom of Thought” on Monday, September 18,…
Cal Newport in The New Yorker: We Don’t Need a New Twitter
August 16th, 2023
Writing in The New Yorker, Cal Newport explores the effort to create a Twitter alternative and asks “Why is it so important to create a better version of Twitter in the first place?” His…
Matt Blaze receives USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award
August 14th, 2023
Faculty affiliate Matt Blaze has received the USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award – the FLAME AWARD – for making a “profound and lasting impact on computer science, computer security, law, and…
Cal Newport on July 5, 2023 “Plain English” podcast from the The Ringer Podcast Network
July 5th, 2023
Cal Newport discusses the deceptive lure of productivity tools and how they actually make us less productive in “How the Digital Workplace Broke Our Brains” on Derek Thompson’s podcast…
Will Fleisher quoted in the May 2, 2023 Windsor Star
May 2nd, 2023
Will Fleisher comments on “the lure and danger of AI chatbots” in a story by Cate Newman in The Windsor Star on May 2,…
