Academic

Fordham Law School's Center on Law and      
           Information Policy Presents:        
   
      FOURTH LAW AND INFORMATION SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM:    
         HATE VERSUS DEMOCRACY ON THE INTERNET      
   
            Friday, March 26, 2010          
    Fordham Law School, Lowenstein Building, Pope Auditorium 
             113 West 60th Street          
   
   
   SCHEDULE: 
   
   9:15:
   Panel 1:
   
   The Internet as a Dual Use Technology-Democracy and 
   Extremism
   
   11:00: 
   Panel 2:
   
   Distinguishing Hate Speech from Legitimate Political 
   Expression
   
   12:30:
   Lunch & Keynote Address: Jing Zhao (aka Michael Anti), 
   Political Columnist and Blogger
   
   2:00: 
   Panel 3:
   
   Online Hate Speech and Diverse International Concerns 
   
   3:45: 
   Panel 4:
   
   How to Combat Hate Speech While Promoting Democracy
   
   
   CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
   
   - Yaman Akdeniz, Associate Professor in Law, Human Rights 
    Law Research Center, Istanbul Bilgi University & 
    Director, Cyber-Rights.Org
   - Ann Bartow, Professor of Law, University of South 
    Carolina School of Law
   - Susan Benesch, Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute
   - David E. Bernstein, Professor of Law, George Mason 
    University School of Law
   - Danielle Citron, Professor of Law, University of Maryland 
    School of Law
   - Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Professor, Chair in Politics, 
    University of Hull
   - Sandra Coliver, Senior Legal Officer, Open Society 
    Justice Initiative
   - Philippe Dufresne, Director & Senior Counsel, Canadian 
    Human Rights Commission
   - Bruce Etling, Director of the Internet & Democracy 
    Project, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard 
    University
   - Holly Hawkins, Director of Consumer Advocacy and Privacy, 
    AOL
   - Steven J. Heyman, Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College 
    of Law
   - Kenneth Lasson, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore 
    School of Law
   - Peter Molnar, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Media 
    and Communications Studies, Central European University
   - Joel R. Reidenberg, Professor of Law and Academic 
    Director of the Center on Law & Information Policy, 
    Fordham Law School
   - Philippe A. Schmidt, Chairman, International Network 
    Against Cyber Hate
   - Julie Suk, Associate Professor of Law, Benjamin N. 
    Cardozo School of Law
   - Zephyr Teachout, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham Law 
    School
   - Alexander Tsesis, Assistant Professor of Law, Loyola 
    University School of Law
   - Mark Weitzman, Director of Task Force on Hate & 
    Terrorism, Simon Wiesenthal Center
   - Nicole Wong, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, 
    Google, Inc.
   
   
   REGISTRATION:
   
   For additional information and registration please visit:
   
      http://law.fordham.edu/CLIPconference