Before we get started i need to type that you should silence your cell phones please personal recording is not allowed. After the session each of the authors all will be its a mass in your festival program. We have three terrific books. To the far left. John ward book. The fight that broke the Democratic Party. My former Los Angeles Times colleague. As someone who is about to turn 75 i lived in a great number of the events described in this book. As i was saying to miriam just before the program started the first event i remember is as a High School Freshman in 1958 a great year for the Democratic Party in california was a big democratic sweep. The voters of california were wise enough to reject an anti union right to work law. With that as a start. Tell me a little bit about what makes the brown family distinct. There are so many pieces of that but i will try to focus on a few of them. The democrats who have not held power in california for a very long time to think of california as a
Book, 26 words that created the internet by jeff kosseff. General housekeeping notes, week, for the first time will have our offer and two commentators reflect on this book followed by a question and answer session. Then about 1 30 p. M. , we shall have lunch and more conversation about these issues. Lets go to the subject matter today. Legislators and regulators work on a greater burden that facilitates intimate speech. Left and right receive whats treated as the publishers of the users speech. That means subject to all the rules that go for number publishers, its unknown but utperhaps very damaging effectsn speech or freedom of speech. Australia content, a recent law include jail social media executives, uk created social media regulator. They do not remove harmful content. This morning, parliament voted for antiterrorism bill which required requires them to act on reports of terrorist content within 60 minutes. As large of 4 of their revenue. Think about what that would mean for Lar
Welcome to the Cato Institute. The Vice President here at the Cato Institute. Id like to welcome you to our performed today on an important book, the 26 works that treated the internet by jeff kosseff. General housekeeping notes, we, for the first time, will have our offer and two commentators reflect on this book all about question and answer session. Then about 1 30 p. M. , we shall have much. And more conversation about these issues. Lets go to the subject matter today. Legislatures and regulators work on the greater border in that speech. American, left and right would see platforms treated as the publishers at a user speech. That means subject to all the rules that go for normal publishers. With unknown but perhaps very damaging effects on speech or freedom of speech. Australia sharing content bill, a recent law includes provisions to jail social media executives, uk creating social media regulator with Broad Authority who do not remove harmful content. The justice wanted to go to
Declaration of rights, was a delegate to the federal convention in philadelphia, but refused to sign the constitution because it did not include a bill of rights. Gunston hall. I am the education manager here. I am very excited to give you a tour today. We are standing in front of the house right now. And 1759ilt in 1755 and was the home of george mason and his first wife. If you look at the house, the carving and decoration outside, tells us that george mason belonged to the strata of society he thought he did. Man. S a wealthy the house tells us that in the details. The driveway you come up was lined, in his lifetime, with cherry trees. Ever addon to the house. The house you see now is what mason built in 1769. Its kind of interesting because most other Founding Fathers did add third floors or wings, like mount vernon and monticello. Saw people like jefferson and others of the founding generation going into deep debt doing things like this. Today we would think of it as keeping up wi
House right now. It was built in 1755 and 1759 and was the home of george mason and his first wife. If you look at the house, the carving and decoration outside, the house tells us that george mason belonged to the strata of society he thought he did. He was a wealthy man. The house tells us that in the details. The driveway you come up was lined, in his lifetime, with cherry trees. He didnt ever addon to the house. The house you see now is what mason built in 1769. Its kind of interesting because most other Founding Fathers did add third floors or wings, like mount vernon and monticello. George mason saw people like jefferson and others of the founding generation going into deep debt doing things like this. Today we would think of it as keeping up with the joneses or keeping up with the kardashians. Mason did not want to be in that position himself. So, we are going to have a chance to explore all of the spaces in the house. We will learn who george mason was and why we remember georg