Webchat To Explore Freedom of Speech and the Internet

From the announcement, 'January 24 Webchat To Explore Freedom of Speech and the Internet':

Cato Institute's James Harper will be online to answer questions

Washington -- James Harper, director of information policy studies at the Cato Institute, will answer questions and discuss freedom of speech in the Internet age during a live webchat January 24 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (1400 GMT).

Harper is also a member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee.

At the Washington-based Cato Institute, Harper focuses on the challenges of adapting law and policy -- relating to freedom of speech, privacy, intellectual property rights and other issues -- “to the unique problems of the information age,” according to the institute’s Web site.

The webchat is part of International Information Program’s continuing dialogue on democracy issues around the world.

More information on Harper’s writings and a biography is available on the Cato Institute Web site, which describes the institute as a nonprofit public policy research foundation that is named for Cato's Letters, a series of libertarian pamphlets that helped lay the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution.

See the site for information on how to participate.

Tags: Freedom of Speech, Internet