Fueling Extremism in a Wired World
Wednesday, May 17
7:00 PM
THIS IS HELD AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
In partnership with the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum and Temple Israel of Boston.
Nazis used radio; today’s extremists use social media. Then as now, new technology provides extremists with the unchecked ability to spread hate and prey upon disenfranchised audiences to realize their deadly agenda. How can societies counter these hateful messages and keep the world safe?
Speakers
Dr. Steven Luckert, Senior Program Curator, Digital Learning and New Media, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Amanda Nimmer, Associate Program Director, Quantum Communications
Nicco Mele, Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Moderator
Charles M. Sennott, Founder and Executive Director, The GroundTruth Project
Co-presented with Temple Israel of Boston and The Vilna Shul