Sandvig to present at SXSW: "Is Social Media a Human Right?"

CSL Professor Christian Sandvig, MACS and ICR, will speak at this month's SXSW Interactive, part of the larger South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival of original music, independent film, and emerging technology. Sandvig will speak on the topic "Is Social Media a Human Right?" in a panel that will consider access to the Internet by prisoners, children, the homeless, and the urban and rural poor. The discussion will consider subsidies for the provision of Internet access and also laws and rules that prohibit Internet access.

The panel will also feature the director of digital media at global advertising agency Tribal DDB Ed Lee, filmmaker Michealene Risley, and media artist and human rights activist Nick Szuberla. SXSW Interactive is the portion of the festival dedicated to digital media and is being held March 9-13, 2011 in Austin, Texas.