Events

The Rise of Consumer Protection and Product Liability Claims Against Digital Platforms

A growing wave of litigation in U.S. courts targets harms arising from social media platform design. Leading experts from Emory, Georgetown, Harvard, and the Tech Justice Law Project will discuss how courts are handling consumer protection and product liability claims—and what the future may hold.

Organized by the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) and Georgetown’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy.

Reckoning with the Evolving Social Media Landscape

The last five years have witnessed profound changes to the social media ecosystem, including the rise of upstart platforms like TikTok and Bluesky and the transformation of established ones like Twitter (now X). Leading experts Renée DiResta (Georgetown University), Sean Martin McDonald (Digital Public), Samantha Lai (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), and Prithvi Iyer (Tech Policy Press) will reckon with this evolving social media landscape, its consequences for our everyday lives, and what the future may hold.

Organized by the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI).

Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First

Join KGI for a live discussion about how to promote algorithmic feeds that put users’ interests front and center. The session will provide a roadmap for policymakers at the state, federal, and global levels grappling with how to address concerns about the link between online algorithms and a variety of harms.