We're at @bierbarondc for a @profsandpints discussion featuring #GeorgetownLaw Professor Joshua Geltzer of @GeorgetownICAP. He'll be talking about #democracy in the digital age. Follow this thread for updates.
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"IF you wanted to use modern communications technology to mislead Americans about their democracy, what sort of info would you want?" - asks
@GeorgetownICAP's Joshua Geltzer. Audience responds: "Race" "Religious views." "Where you live" "Age"@bierbarondc@profsandpints1 reply 1 retweet 1 likeShow this thread -
"When you put all of those together, it turns out you can guess with high certainty, someones political affiliation. If you are a foreign actor, knowing these features will be really useful." -
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#Census collects a lot of information about American voters...." "An interested group may well be a foreign actor who is wants to find out info about American voters to send misleading information at a granular level."@GeorgetownICAP's Joshua Geltzer@profsandpints1 reply 2 retweets 1 likeShow this thread -
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#2020Census is going to be different. Why? It's going to be digital. Why go digital? The hope is that you can get to more people that way." It might eventually be cheaper, as well.@GeorgetownICAP's Joshua Geltzer at@profsandpints1 reply 1 retweet 1 likeShow this thread -
"Knowing the info that
@uscensusbureau collects might well be useful to a foreign actor. Which raises the question: how does one protect digital information that can be used against our#democracy?" - Joshua Geltzer@georgetownICAP@profsandpints1 reply 1 retweet 1 likeShow this thread -
Pence-Kobach "Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity" commission aimed to put information in the White House: a place that doesn't fall under
#FOIA. - Joshua Geltzer@GeorgetownICAP@profsandpints1 reply 1 retweet 1 likeShow this thread -
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@GeorgetownICAP's Joshua Geltzer cites a letter published via@washingtonpost calling for the gov't to consider greater security measures for#Census2020. Read it here: https://wapo.st/2D5aSI5@profsandpints1 reply 2 retweets 3 likesShow this thread -
"There is still time for
@uscensusbureau to come out and give answers to ensure Americans that#Census2020 data collection is secure.".... "This affects not just how Americans vote, but it also affects how Americans THINK about voting."1 reply 1 retweet 1 likeShow this thread
"The threat to data integrity, that's the threat that we KNOW is being tested." Americans want social media to be a place where they can talk about issues that are important them. But we also know that people who are not part of our democracy are manipulating that dialogue.
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@GeorgetownICAP's Joshua Geltzer closes his remarks at@profsandpints: The challenge of digital age democracy is allowing discourse to happen in the digital space, while also ensuring that we protect that space from those that wish to cause harm to it.1 reply 1 retweet 2 likesShow this thread -
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@BierBaron on Nov 19th.@GeorgetownICAP's Mary McCord will lead a@ProfsandPints conversation on "Force & First Amendment"0 replies 1 retweet 1 likeShow this thread
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