Hearings

Subcommittee: Disrupting Dangerous Algorithms: Addressing the Harms of Persuasive Technology

December 9, 2021
10:45 AM

UPDATE:  Out of deference to the passing of former Senator Bob Dole, who will lie in state in the Rotunda beginning at 10 AM, this hearing will now begin at 10:45 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband will convene a hearing titled, “Disrupting Dangerous Algorithms: Addressing the Harms of Persuasive Technology,” at 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, December 9, 2021. This hearing will consider legislative solutions that address the dangers of online platforms’ use of technology to manipulate user experiences. Witnesses will discuss the need for greater transparency of automated processes and artificial intelligence, as well as policies to make platforms accountable for their use of algorithms designed to optimize engagement over harm to users.

 

WITNESSES

  • Ms. Jessica J. González, Co-CEO, Free Press
  • Ms. Rose Jackson, Director, Democracy & Tech Initiative, Digital Forensic Research Lab, Atlantic Council
  • Dr. Dean Eckles, Associate Professor of Marketing, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Mr. James Poulos, Executive Editor of the American Mind, The Claremont Institute

 

DETAILS

Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband

10:45 a.m.

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Committee Hearing Room, Russell 253

 

WATCH LIVE STREAM:  www.commerce.senate.gov

 

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Testimony

  • Ms. Jessica J. González

    Co-CEO
    Free Press
    Download Testimony (265.00 KB)

  • James Poulos

    Executive Editor of the American Mind
    The Claremont Institute
    Download Testimony (377.32 KB)

  • Dr. Dean Eckles

    Associate Professor of Marketing
    MIT Sloan School of Management
    Download Testimony (147.72 KB)

  • Rose Jackson

    Director, Democracy & Tech Initiative
    Digital Forensic Research Lab, Atlantic Council
    Download Testimony (493.51 KB)