Jeff Jarvis: How We Reclaim the Internet

Schedule

Wed Dec 04 2024 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

The Commonwealth Club | San Francisco, CA

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The internet stands accused of dividing us, spying on us, making us stupid, and addicting our children.
About this Event

The internet stands accused of dividing us, spying on us, making us stupid, and addicting our children. In response, the press and panicked politicians seek greater regulation and control, which some fear could ruin the web before we are finished building it.

Jeff Jarvis is convinced we can have a saner conversation about the internet. Examining the web’s past, present and future, he says that many of the problems the media lays at the internet’s door are the result of our own failings. The internet did not make us hate; we brought our bias, bigotry and prejudice with us online. That’s why even well-intentioned regulation will fail to fix hate speech and misinformation and may instead imperil the freedom of speech the internet affords to all. Jarvis says that once we understand the internet for what it is—a human network—we can reclaim it from the nerds, pundits, and pols who are in charge now and turn our attention where it belongs: to fostering community, conversation,and creativity online.

Join us as he comes to Commonwealth Club World Affairs and discusses these issues, raised in his new book The Web We Weave.

SPEAKERS

Jeff Jarvis, Journalist; Co-Host, "This Week in Google" and "AI Inside" Podcasts; Author, The Web We Weave: Why We Must Reclaim the Internet from Mogus, Misanthropes, and Moral Panic; X @[email protected]

Moderator TBA

5 p.m. doors open & check-in
5:30–6:30 p.m. program
6:30 p.m. book signing
(all times Pacific Time)

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Where is it happening?

The Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, United States

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