National Conference for Media Reform 2011, Call for Suggestions

Presenters

• Angela Campbell

  Georgetown Law

  

  Angela Campbell teaches at Georgetown Law and directs the First Amendment and Media Project at the Institute for Public Representation, a public interest law firm and clinical education program. Under Campbell’s supervision, law students and graduate fellows provide free legal assistance to nonprofit organizations, including the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, the Center for Digital Democracy, Children Now and Free Press. Campbell began working in the privacy area in the 1990s, when she filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against a website targeting children, a complaint that ultimately led to the adoption of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Recently, the Institute filed comments with the FTC urging that COPPA be updated to reflect new technologies and marketing practices, as well as comments on the FTC’s proposed privacy framework that argued that adolescents need additional privacy protections. Prior to joining Georgetown Law in 1988, Campbell was an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and an associate with a law firm. She holds an L.L.M. from Georgetown University Law Center, a J.D. from UCLA School of Law, and a B.A. from Hampshire College.

  Sessions

  The Future of Privacy in the Age of Google
• Jeff Chester

  Center for Digital Democracy

  

  Jeff Chester is executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit. CDD’s mission is to foster democratic expression and consumer protection in the digital media era. Chester’s  book, Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy, provides an in-depth examination of the threats to the public interest from both old and new media consolidation. Bill Moyers has called Chester the "Paul Revere" of the media reform movement. 

  A former investigative reporter and filmmaker, Chester has been engaged in public interest policy advocacy for more than three decades. In the 1980s, he helped direct the successful campaign to establish the Independent Television Service for public TV. In the 1990s, he co-founded the Center for Media Education, spearheading an effort that led to passage of the 1998 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and to rules requiring children's educational programming for broadcasting. In 1996, Newsweek Magazine named Chester one of the Internet's 50 most influential people. He was named a Stern Foundation “Public Interest Pioneer” in 2001. Chester also helped to organize grassroots opposition to the FCC’s proposed media ownership rules in 2003.  Under his leadership, CDD has pressed the Federal Trade Commission and other federal policymakers to address how new digital marketing practices threaten privacy and consumer welfare. He has authored a series of reports exposing threats from online marketing, including practices involving finance, health and children. Chester was named the 2011 “Domestic Privacy Champion” by the Electronic Privacy Information Center. 

   

  Sessions

  The Future of Privacy in the Age of Google
• Lillie Coney

  Electronic Privacy Information Center

  

  Lillie Coney is associate director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a public interest research organization in Washington, D.C. EPIC was established to focus public attention on civil liberties issues. Ms. Coney joined EPIC in 2004 to head up the organization's voting and privacy project. In 2005, she was named associate director.

  She has testified before the House Judiciary Committees on privacy and cybercrime enforcement, the House Committee on Homeland Security on watchlists, and the House Science Committee on smart grid deployment and privacy. She also testified several times before the Department of Homeland Security's Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee on domestic surveillance, CCTV surveillance and "fusion centers." Ms. Coney has testified before the Election Assistance Commission on the subject of voter registration database privacy, electronic voting system standards development, and reliable measures for voting administration and equipment management.

  Her work at EPIC includes coalition development and civil rights in the digital information age. She serves as the coordinator for the Privacy Coalition, an EPIC project. The Privacy Coalition has more than 40 organizations and affiliates, representing a broad political spectrum, committed to freedom and privacy rights. She also provides advice and input on privacy issues related to cloud computing and smart grid implementation.

  Ms. Coney is co-chair of the 2011 Computers Freedom and Privacy Conference, which will be held at Georgetown Law Center on June 14-16, 2011.

  Sessions

  The Future of Privacy in the Age of Google