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Pushing Back on Misinformation: What’s needed to secure democracy
Pushing Back on Misinformation: What’s needed to secure democracy
Oct 17 @ 4:10 pm – 5:10 pm
 From your inbox to the ballot box, how do we keep misinformation from destroying democracy? A recent bipartisan Senate investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election confirmed that Russian agents used social media and other means to help the Trump campaign. Fake events, rampant misinformation, and other techniques were designed to sow discord and pit neighbor against neighbor. One group singled out in the report is African Americans, who were targets of the Russian agents. The Senate report recommends sweeping changes. Hear from Renee DiResta and Matt Mitchell … Continued
4:12 pm
Panel Discussion on San Francisco’s Facial Recognition Ban
@ Glass Room Exhibition
Panel Discussion on San Francisco’s Facial Recognition Ban
@ Glass Room Exhibition
Oct 17 @ 4:12 pm – 5:12 pm
As part of the Talks Program at The Glass Room, a panel discussion is being held about what the facial recognition ‘ban’ in SF really means for its citizens. We are bringing together activists from EFF, ACLU, Oakland Privacy and others to discuss the topic. Some background info about The Glass Room and its talks program: The Glass Room will be open from October 16th til November 3rd, daily from 12pm-8pm, at 838 Market Street in downtown San Francisco. The exhibits presented in the Glass Room provoke questions about who … Continued
6:30 pm
‘Hillbillly’ : Documentary
@ Ellen Driscoll Playhouse
‘Hillbillly’ : Documentary
@ Ellen Driscoll Playhouse
Oct 17 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Oct 17 7:00 pm in Piedmont; Nov. 3 12:30 pm in Oakland at The New Parkway Theater, 474 24th Street, Oakland Throughout American history, there has been an undeniable divide between urban and rural America. People from certain regions are viewed as “the other,” and blamed for America’s social ills. Since the 2016 presidential election, that cultural divide has only expanded and deepened. With their documentary Hillbilly, co-directors Ashley York and Sally Rubin – both natives of Appalachia- have made a complex film about complex people. Hillbilly is an entertaining, … Continued
7:00 pm
Omni General Assembly
@ Omni Commons
Omni General Assembly
@ Omni Commons
Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Come by our open Delegates Meetings! We’ll give space to brief announcements, updates from working groups, proposals up for consensus, and discussion around important issues. The schedule is created weekly at the following url: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom This meeting usually happens in the Ballroom, but the the location may change depending on the access needs of people attending and other events taking place in the building.66939
7:00 pm
Rapture, Grief, Beauty: Terry Tempest Williams introducing Erosion
@ NorthBrae Community Church
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