The Public Square Project Book Launch

Wed, Dec 01, 2021 6pm AEDT Verity Lane Market

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Politics in the Pub: The Public Square Project 
BOOK LAUNCH 

6pm Wednesday 1st December 2021

Verity Lane Market (upstairs)
50 Northbourne Ave
Sydney Building, Civic

FREE, but bookings essential

Speakers:

  • Katharine Murphy, Political Editor at Guardian Australia
  • Nicholas Davis, Managing Director at Swift Partners
  • Peter Lewis, Centre for Responsible Technology at the Australia Institute 
  • Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at the Australia Institute

Launching our Centre for Responsible Technology's new book The Public Square Project, Reimagining our Digital Future by Peter Lewis and Jordan Guiao.

Western democracy has always been anchored by the idea of a public space where people gather to share ideas, mediate difference and make sense of the world. When Facebook blocked Australian users from viewing or sharing news in 2021, it sounded the alarm worldwide on our growing reliance on global tech companies to fulfil this critical role in a digital world. Facebook's hostile act, constituting a very real threat to participatory democracy, was a direct response to government attempts to regulate Big Tech's advertising monopoly and to mediate its impact on public interest journalism. The conflict sparked a new sense of urgency around the growing movement to imagine alternative digital spaces that operate in the public interest rather than simply for a commercial bottom line. Can we create sustainable media models to help us tackle society's problems? Can we engender a civic platform built on facts and civility? Can we control the power of our data and use it to promote the common good? The Public Square Project draws together leading tech scholars, industry experts, writers and activists to chart a path towards a public square worthy of the name.

When

Wednesday, December 01, 2021 at 6:00pm - 7pm AEDT

Where

Verity Lane Market
50 Northbourne Ave
Sydney Building
Canberra, ACT 2601
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