Events

Designing for Democracy: Social Media Feeds in a Hyper-Polarized World

Organized by the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) for Georgetown’s Tech & Society Week 2026, this panel will examine the relationship between algorithmic feed design and social and political polarization.

Digital Competition Conference 2026

At the Digital Competition Conference 2026, cutting-edge research will meet policy on the most pressing digital market competition issues of our time.

Better Access: Data for the Common Good

Join KGI for a live discussion introducing the Better Access framework and unpacking what the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape means for independent access to high-influence public platform data. Members of KGI’s Expert Working Group on Public Platform Data will explore current barriers to access, emerging regulatory responses in the EU, UK, and US, and what the next phase of platform data access could look like heading into 2026 and beyond.

Google Search: A View from the Counsel’s Table

Join us in-person or virtually as Jonathan Sallet, lead litigator for the State Plaintiffs in the landmark US v. Google search antitrust case, breaks down the trial and remedies issued by the court.

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.

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).

Watch the recording here.

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.

Watch the recording here.

DMA and Beyond Conference

A policy and research conference exploring the lessons, challenges, and opportunities of competition regulation and enforcement in digital markets, featuring keynotes from MEP Andreas Schwab, Filomena Chirico (European Commission), and Anu Bradford (Columbia University).

CrowdTangle Funeral

A diverse community gathered to mourn the loss of CrowdTangle, Meta’s transparency tool that the company killed on August 14, 2024. The funeral highlighted why this tool and others like it are so important.

Artificial Intelligence and Democracy

Leading academic experts and senior professionals discussed the level of peril, highlighted the role of AI, and considered how it may affect the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other events key to the future of democracy.