Photo: Dr. Steven Luckert from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is one of the panelists at “Fueling Extremism in a Wired World” on Sept. 21.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum presents “Fueling Extremism in a Wired World,” on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 7 pm at the Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center 12701 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. The program is co-presented with Arizona State University and Scottsdale Community College.
Nazis used radio; today’s extremists use social media. Then as now, new technology provides extremists with unchecked ability to spread hate and prey upon disenfranchised audiences to realize their deadly agenda. This event will explore the tension between protecting free speech and limiting incendiary propaganda.
What might the Nazis have done with the Internet and social media at their disposal? While digital tools are fostering unprecedented global conversation and interaction, extremists are using them to foment hate, recruit followers and incite violence. What responsibility do technology companies, governments and individuals have to limit uses of technology to keep our world safe?
The panel, which is moderated by Janine Zacharia, the senior program curator and Carlos Kelly McClatchy Visiting Lecturer at Stanford University, includes Dr. Steven Corman, director, Center for Strategic Communication, Arizona State University; Mouafac Harb, an independent media and political consultant and former news director at the Middle East Radio Network; and Dr. Steven Luckert, senior program curator of Digital Learning and New Media, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
The program is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required at ushmm.org/events/wired-arizona. For more information, contact the museum’s Western Regional office at 310-556-3222 or email at [email protected].
