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2013 Banned Books Week: Gov’t Surveillance Discussion | SF

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE
San Francisco Main Public Library | 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102

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Banned Books Week 2014

Banned Books Week is the national book community’s annual celebration of the freedom to read and takes place from September 21-27, 2014.

Hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of challenged books and hosting a variety of events.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Gov't Surveillance Discussion | Banned Books Week 2014

Cory Doctorow’s One City One Book 2013 selection Little Brother may already be five years old, but its “day after tomorrow” setting seems closer than ever to reality.

From the Occupy protests to newly revealed government surveillance programs, the real-world San Francisco is starting to look more and more like Doctorow’s version. But how close is it, really?

In this panel, held during Banned Books Week, tech policy experts, computer programmers, and crypto activists, including staff from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, will discuss some of the key elements and technologies described in the novel. Could the events Doctorow describes happen here? Have we already seen some of them happen?

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Cost: FREE
Categories: Literature, San Francisco
Address: 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102