Category Archives: Politics

Cover Slide for "If You Tweet in the Woods, Can You Be Fired?" [2018-06-01]

If You Tweet in the Woods, Can You Be Fired? [Lecture]

2018-06-01 If You Tweet in the Woods, Can You Be Fired? from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered on June 1, 2018, at the Ontario College of Teachers “Inspiring Public Confidence” conference in Toronto, Canada. If you are interested in scheduling a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me…

2015 MN Teacher of the Year Insults Trump on Facebook, Loses Licensing Board Slot

Amy Hewett-Olatunde, a teacher of English Language Learning at the LEAP High School in St. Paul, Minnesota, was removed from the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) after making comments on Facebook that were harshly critical of President Trump. State-Wide Recognition: Just over three years ago, Hewett-Olatunde was selected as the Minnesota Teacher…

Cover Slide for "Is It Possible to Protect Yourself Online in the USA?" [2018-05-17]

Is It Possible to Protect Yourself Online in the USA? [Lecture]

2018-05-17 Is It Possible to Protect Yourself Online in the USA? from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered on May 17, 2018, at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou, China. If you are interested in scheduling a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information regarding my…

Cover Slide for "Information Security in a Knowledge-Based Society" [2018-05-16]

Information Security in a Knowledge-Based Society [Lecture]

2018-05-16 Information Security in a Knowledge-Based Society from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered on May 16, 2018, at the United States Consulate in Guangzhou, China. If you are interested in scheduling a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information regarding my rates and availability.

[L to R] Baratunde Thurston, Anneka Jong, Scott Hartley, David Ryan Polgar, and Joe Leonardo -- Funny as Tech, November 7, 2017

Funny As Tech: A Thought-Provoking and Entertaining Evening

If you live in the New York area, I highly recommend making a trip to the People’s Improv Theater on East 24th Street in Manhattan to attend a performance of “Funny as Tech.” The show is the brainchild of tech ethicist David Ryan Polgar (@TechEthicist) and comedian Joe Leonardo (@ImJoeLeonardo). Each month, they tape a…

Five Things Senator Ted Cruz and His Staff Can Teach Your Kids

Is it just me or has the news cycle accelerated to the point of near-incomprehensability? Events which once would have been a topic of conversation for a week (if not longer) are now rapidly buried under an uending onslaught of newly-shocking developments. While that is challenge for anyone who writes a blog (or frankly, for…

The FCC Should Get Out of the Business of Regulating Speech [Updated]

[Update 2017-05-23]: On Tuesday, May 23, the Federal Communications Commission issued a statement that it will not take any action against Stephen Colbert for a sexually-explicit joke [see below] that he made about Donald Trump on the May 1 episode of his show, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” According to Variety, which was the…

"Your Honor, This Woman Gave Birth to a Naked Child!" Robert Minor, Cartoon of Anthony Comstock (1915)

Trumpism is the New Comstockery [Guest Post]

By Dr. Amy Werbel Author of the forthcoming book Lust on Trial: American Art, Law, and Culture During the Reign of Anthony Comstock [Columbia University Press, 2018] A new word has entered common parlance and it bodes well for the future of democracy: Trumpism. The tendency of Donald Trump to run his campaign and his…

Cultivating a Culture of Cybersafety [Lecture]

2017-05-02 Cultivating a Culture of Cybersafety from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered at Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES on May 2, 2017. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information regarding my rates and availability.

Art & Ethics: Censorship [Lecture]

2017-04-27 Art & Ethics: Censorship from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered to the Art & Ethics class at Fordham University on April 27, 2017. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information regarding my rates and availability.