SSP Forum: Roddy Lindsay ('07) on Regulating Social Media Algorithms
The
Symbolic Systems Forum
presents
How to Regulate Social Media Algorithms
Roddy Lindsay (’07)
Hustle and Envelop
Monday, October 18, 2021
1:15-12:15 pm
Everyone is welcome to join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android (requires logging in to a Zoom account): https://stanford.zoom.us/j/99713091022?pwd=b0hna3VRUkFWWHl0TUEwcTRQYktwQT09
(Only students enrolled in SYMSYS 280 may attend in person – venue will be sent to the class list)
ABSTRACT:
Join us for a conversation with Roddy Lindsay, a 2007 graduate of the Symbolic Systems Program. Roddy was a software engineer at Facebook from 2007 to 2013, and more recently has co-founded Hustle (where he currently serves as Chief Evangelist) and Envelop (for which he currently serves on the Board). Roddy recently published an op-ed in the New York Times: “I Designed Algorithms At Facebook. Here Is How to Regulate Them.” He will speak about his proposal for regulating social media platforms' algorithms through Section 230 reform.
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