Please join Shorenstein Center Visiting Fellow, Jim Cashel, for a study group that will explore what happens as the next three billion people come online over the next three to five years. This study group will look at what is happening regarding internet extension currently, what are the opportunities that arise, and what are the main challenges. Miss the first meeting, not a problem. Join the conversation any time this semester.

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Please join David Eaves for a conversation with Sahil Sanghvi and Dan McConnell (from Booz Allen Hamilton’s Strategic Innovation Group) on combining social media, mobile, advanced analytics, cloud, blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT) with modern techniques including user-centered design, Agile, and DevSecOps to provide powerful digital solutions across the federal government.

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Please join us for a conversation with technologist and civil society advocate Nikhil Pahwa. He will share how the privacy, equity, and access debates are evolving in India; and what the future holds for Aadhaar and the India Stack from a civil society perspective.

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Please join us for a conversation with digital HKS senior fellow, Yasodara Córdova, and Brazilian scholar and Ph.D. candidate, Sérgio Barbosa, on lessons learned from the use of WhatsApp during the 2018 Brazilian presidential elections. Before being used to share misinformation, WhatsApp, a tool that evokes trust and intimacy among Brazilian users, was used for civic engagement in the biggest strike Brazil has ever seen. What can we learn from these two very different use cases of WhatsApp?... Read more about WhatsApp and the Brazilian Elections: Weapon or Tool?