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The Internet in the 21st Century
Established in 2011 by Professor Dawn Nunziato and Professor Arturo Carrillo, GW Law's Global Internet Freedom and Human Rights Distinguished Speaker Series presents a range of timely topics addressing global internet free speech and human rights issues.
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Public - RSVP |
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GWU Law |
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12/02/2013 to
12/02/2013 |
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The Jacob Burns Moot Court Room 2000 H Street, NW Washington, DC |
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| Vinton G. Cerf
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
2:30 pm
The Jacob Burns Moot Court Room
2000 H Street, NW
Washington, DC
The freedom of the Internet is at risk as governments that feel threatened try to suppress freedom of expression and access to information. Dr. Cerf will review some of the relevant threats as well as the principal actors involved in this dynamic. He will focus in particular on "bit rot," which is the loss of ability to correctly understand the bits we store away, especially after long periods of time. Advances in storage technologies give us the ability to store large quantities of information, but even if the hardware to read the information survives, the software to interpret it might not.
Dr. Cerf will discuss the challenges of keeping information alive, proposing the idea of digital vellum: a reliable, survivable medium or ecosystem for preserving the meaning of digital information over long periods of time. A Question & Answer period will follow.
Click here to learn more about the Global Internet Freedom and Human Rights Distinguished Speaker Series. |
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