Social Listening and the #Infodemic – An Epidemiology for the Body Politic

Keynote by Larry Backer

at: Governance of #SocialListening in the context of Serious Health Threats (22-24 August 2023)
#Bioethics #PublicHealth Penn State Law

That's a wrap! Grateful for all the fascinating and diverse contributions of our speakers

Governance of #SocialListening in the context of Serious Health Threats (22-24 August 2023)

Calvin Ho @Leung_Gilbert Larry Backer @FedGermani @MarinaJoubert @Keymenthri Susan Bull ...

Dr Claire Methven O'Brien Jacques Hartmann Freya Baetens Dundee Law School University of Dundee ISSR | DundeeUni Larry Backer Dr Misan Afinotan Matteo Fermeglia Joana Setzer Piers Reilly Thought provoking discussions.

Excited to announce the publication of 'The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights -
A Commentary' by Elgar Publishing. It includes a forward by Surya Deva and chapters by Robert McCorquodale, Dr Claire Methven O'Brien, Anil Yilmaz, Rachel Chambers, Larry Backer, Humberto Cantú Rivera

Energizing day 1 of our Spring Academy ft. discussions w/ regulators (OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives, European Commission) on the problems in sustainability regulation that tech can &cannot address, & what public solutions might do. Larry Backer's keynote exposed 'techno-bureaucracies' of due diligence.

Maya Parizer et al. v. AJP Educational Foundation, Inc. a/k/a American Muslims for Palestine and National Students for Justice in Palestine Case 1:24-cv-00724 US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Filed 05/01/24)
lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/maya-p…

Letter From Elected Officials of the United States to Karim A.A. Khan KC, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court

lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/letter…

Carter Center China Focus Program (Virtual): 'How Should the U.S. and China Manage their Nuclear Relationship During the 'New Cold War'?' 28 May 2028
lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/carter…

The Principal Contradiction (主要矛盾) of Internationalism and the Chinese Path: 为迷茫的世界注入希望，为人类的进步探索方向（和音）[Inject hope into the confused world and explore the direction for human progress (Harmony)]

lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/inject…

Revolutionary Anarchism Comes into Its Own (Again): A View From the CrimethInk Revolutionary Collective and the Gaza Initiative in the West

lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/revolu…

Larry Backer 👀

For its first issue the FRPL includes a very intriguing set of essays on Climate Change and Public Law, with a great introduction by Jean-Bernard Auby and Laurent Fonbaustier. Essays on Climate Change and Public Law--French Yearbook of Public Law

lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/essays…

''You Can’t Stop the Signal': From the Past to the Future of Digitally Mediated Sustainability Due Diligence'

Public Lecture by Larry Catá Backer (Larry Backer Penn State Law) next Mon, April 8 at 16.30h online TMC Asser Instituut.

Free registration & details via asser.nl/education-even…

'Regulation of State-Controlled Enterprises' book launch EISPS on Feb 10 at 6:00 pm & on Zoom
Join the book presentation & discussion on #SOEs #FTAs reform, #NationalSecurity #arbitration with Julien Chaisse Professor Leila Choukroune Larry Backer Ji MA Dr Spano
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A very worthwhile read!

A super overview of the US Government NAP on RBC published this week. I have ss my favourite paragraph but the whole read is a treat. #NAP #BHR #BusinessHumanRights #RBC

Excited about Larry Backer's talk (and his notorious slides!) tomorrow, Mon TMC Asser Instituut & Amsterdam Law School.

Was due diligence always supposed to become a techno-bureaucracy, and whom does this 'digital turn' (dis-)empower?

Online registration still open: asser.nl/education-even…

Cold War Style Cognitive Warfare: 'Deepening the Response to Authoritarian Information Operations in Latin America'/'Contrarrestar las operaciones de información de actores autoritarios en Latinoamérica' lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/cold-w…

Join us on Monday for an online lecture by Larry Backer titled: “You can’t stop the signal”: From the past to the future of digitally mediated sustainability #duediligence ?

Brought to you by TMC Asser Instituut & Amsterdam Law School.

Register: asser.nl/education-even…

#BizHumanRights #CSDDD