Commonwealth Journalists Association (UK) discussion on
Privacy and Secrecy in the Digital Age
Date: 19 March 2015
Venue: Senate House, Room G35, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Time: 6.30-7.30pm
No entry fee.
· The discussion will be followed by drinks at a cash bar (First drink free for CJA members only)
Is the internet a blessing or a curse?
Google, Amazon, Apple and other cloud providers hold ever more of our data and can follow what we do. Governments and multinational corporations like Sony are under attack from hackers and extremist groups.
Does this mean we should roll over and accept that in the digital age privacy and security are a lost cause? Should the tech companies’ duty be to keep their users’ data safe, or to help governments tackle crime and terror, and what impact does that have on a free media?
Peter Barron, Head of Communications for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Google, addresses some of these issues in conversation with Charlie Beckett, Director of POLIS, Department of Media and Communications, LSE.
PLACES AT THIS VENUE ARE VERY LIMITED SO PLEASE REGISTER NOW AT:
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/privacy-and-secrecy-in-the-digital-age-tickets-15872960452
- Inquiries about this event to Rita Payne at rita.payne@commonwealthjournalists.org
- With thanks to the Institute of Commonwealth Studies for providing the venue for this discussion.
We campaign for free, bold and honest journalism across the Commonwealth. Our members should feel engaged, supported and safe in pursuit of these aims, as they work to uphold the finest principles of the profession and their role in a free society.
Our aims and values are enshrined in The 12 Principles, a new code proposed for freedom of expression and the role of media in good governance across the Commonwealth.
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