CS Table 5/1/18: SESTA & FOSTA
Computer Science 2018-05-02
Summary:
We'll be discussing the recent passing of the Stop Enabling Online Sex Trafficking Act (SESTA) and Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) and its implications for human trafficking and digital privacy.
- This Slate article summarizes these developments: April Glaser, After Backpage, Slate.com. April 27, 2018.
- An optional reading is a brief article from the EFF: Elliot Harmon, How Congress Censored the Internet, Electric Frontier Foundation. March 21, 2018.
Computer science table (CS Table) is a weekly meeting of Grinnell College community members (students, faculty, staff, etc.) interested in discussing topics related to computing and computer science. CS Table meets Tuesdays from 12:00–12:45pm in JRC 224A (inside the Marketplace). Contact the CS faculty for the weekly reading. Students on meal plans, faculty, and staff are expected to cover the cost of their meals. Visitors to the College and students not on meal plans can charge their meals to the department (sign in at the Marketplace front desk).