Playing Politics: Social Media, Censorship, and Speech Gamification with Professor Khaled Beydoun
Playing Politics: Social Media, Censorship, and Speech Gamification with Professor Khaled Beydoun
Thursday, February 13, 2025
12:00 p.m. - 01:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. - 01:00 p.m.
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Playing Politics: Social Media, Censorship, and Speech Gamification with Professor Khaled Beydoun
At 12 p.m. on Thursday, Feb 13, 2025, in the Grand Salon, Khaled Beydoun, Professor of Law at Arizona State, will give a talk about his in-progress article, “Playing Politics: Social Media, Censorship, and Speech Gamification.” The article focuses on Meta’s content moderation policies and political opportunism and the perils they pose to modern speech and citizenship. Lunch will be provided. Professor Beydoun is the author of the critically acclaimed books American Islamaphobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear & The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims. He is a leading scholar on constitutional law, civil rights, and critical race theory, who has served on the US Commission for Civil Rights. He appears frequently in The New York Times and The Washington Post, as well as on CNN, The BBC, and ESPN. Professor Beydoun is widely regarded as one of the leading experts on identity matters tied to Arab, Middle Eastern, and Muslim identity in the world. He has a broad following on social media, with over 2.6 million follows on Instagram, and has been recognized as one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims of the World. Registration is required to attend this event.
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McGeorge School of Law
McGeorge School of Law
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At 12 p.m. on Thursday, Feb 13, 2025, in the Grand Salon, Khaled Beydoun, Professor of Law at Arizona State, will give a talk about his in-progress article, “Playing Politics: Social Media, Censorship, and Speech Gamification.” The article focuses on Meta’s content moderation policies and political opportunism and the perils they pose to modern speech and citizenship. Lunch will be provided.
Professor Beydoun is the author of the critically acclaimed books American Islamaphobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear & The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims. He is a leading scholar on constitutional law, civil rights, and critical race theory, who has served on the US Commission for Civil Rights. He appears frequently in The New York Times and The Washington Post, as well as on CNN, The BBC, and ESPN. Professor Beydoun is widely regarded as one of the leading experts on identity matters tied to Arab, Middle Eastern, and Muslim identity in the world. He has a broad following on social media, with over 2.6 million follows on Instagram, and has been recognized as one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims of the World.
Registration is required to attend this event.
