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Joi Chaney

The digital divide is the gap between those who have access to digital technologies and resources and those who do not.  If you asked most people what the digital divide was, they would probably assume it’s a reference to Internet access or computer usage. While these are both accurate representations of the digital divide, there’s more to it than that. The digital divide is actually a social divide that exists between individuals based on their access to technology and its benefits. In other words, it’s the disparity in technological knowledge, skills, and usage among different social groups.  One of the areas in which this divide has massive implications is privacy. For example, state governments that surveil women who are seeking abortions can discourage them from going online and taking advantage of all of the benefits that technology has to offer for entrepreneurship, education, and remote work.   Bio  Joi O. Chaney is a domestic legal policy expert, a political strategist, and currently the Executive Director of the Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President, Policy and Advocacy at the National Urban League. The Washington Bureau represents the League before the Legislative and Executive Branches, leads policy discussions that advance economic and social equality for the communities we serve, and engages the Urban League movement in advocacy campaigns aimed at achieving policy wins. Bios Dr. Alisa Valentin Twitter LinkedIn Instagram  Dr. Alisa Valentin recently joined the National Urban League as the Senior Director of the Technology and Telecommunications Policy where she works on a broad range of issues including broadband, privacy, and media diversity. Alisa was previously the Special Advisor to FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks where she advised the Commissioner on broadband access and adoption, prison phone justice, and future of work policies. Joi Chaney Joi O. Chaney is a domestic legal policy expert, a political strategist, and currently the Executive Director of the Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President, Policy and Advocacy at the National Urban League. The Washington Bureau represents the League before the Legislative and Executive Branches, leads policy discussions that advance economic and social equality for the communities we serve, and engages the Urban League movement in advocacy campaigns aimed at achieving policy wins. Resources National Urban League Washington Bureau State of Black America Podcast Condé Nast (Wired), The US Has a Historic Opportunity to Bridge the Digital Dividec(2022), https://www.wired.com/story/digital-divide-broadband-fcc/ (last visited Aug 8, 2022).

The digital divide is the gap between those who have access to digital technologies and resources and those who do not.  If you asked most people what the digital divide was, they would probably assume it’s a reference to Internet access or computer usage. While these are both accurate representations of the digital divide, there’s more to it than that. The digital divide is actually a social divide that exists between individuals based on their access to technology and its benefits. In other words, it’s the disparity in technological knowledge, skills, and usage among different social groups.  One of the areas in which this divide has massive implications is privacy. For example, state governments that surveil women who are seeking abortions can discourage them from going online and taking advantage of all of the benefits that technology has to offer for entrepreneurship, education, and remote work.   Bio Joi O. Chaney is a domestic legal policy expert, a political strategist, and currently the Executive Director of the Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President, Policy and Advocacy at the National Urban League. The Washington Bureau represents the League before the Legislative and Executive Branches, leads policy discussions that advance economic and social equality for the communities we serve, and engages the Urban League movement in advocacy campaigns aimed at achieving policy wins. Bios Dr. Alisa Valentin <a href="https://www.twitter.com/AlisaValentin" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisavalentin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alisavalentin/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Dr. Alisa Valentin recently joined the National Urban League as the Senior Director of the Technology and Telecommunications Policy where she works on a broad range of issues including broadband, privacy, and media diversity. Alisa was previously the Special Advisor to FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks where she advised the Commissioner on broadband access and adoption, prison phone justice, and future of work policies. Joi Chaney Joi O. Chaney is a domestic legal policy expert, a political strategist, and currently the Executive Director of the Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President, Policy and Advocacy at the National Urban League. The Washington Bureau represents the League before the Legislative and Executive Branches, leads policy discussions that advance economic and social equality for the communities we serve, and engages the Urban League movement in advocacy campaigns aimed at achieving policy wins. Resources <a href="https://nul.org/washington-bureau" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Urban League Washington Bureau</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1hrIYlS9ma3RXPCIIvggrG?si=-EDg-iTsSU-KcLoKojCyBA&amp;dl_branch=1&amp;nd=1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">State of Black America Podcast</a> Condé Nast (Wired), The US Has a Historic Opportunity to Bridge the Digital Dividec(2022), <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/digital-divide-broadband-fcc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/digital-divide-broadband-fcc/</a> (last visited Aug 8, 2022).

Joi Chaney & Alisa Valentin: The Digital Divide - How Technology Impacts Our Lives

Dr. Alisa Valentin: The Unifying Power of Social Justice (Ep. 178) Alisa Valentin of Public Knowledge joined Joe Miller to discuss her approach to building a constructive dialogue at the intersection of tech and social justice. Bio Alisa Valentin (@alisavalentin) is the Communications Justice Fellow at Public Knowledge, where she focuses on digital inclusion policies for communities of color and policies that diversify media ownership. Prior to joining Public Knowledge, Alisa served as an intern in the Office of Commissioner Mignon Clyburn at the Federal Communications Commission and as a legislative fellow for Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke. Alisa was also an adjunct professor at several D.C. area colleges and universities where she taught communications and women’s studies courses. Alisa received her Ph.D. in Communications from Howard University. She also earned her B.S. from the University of Florida and an M.S. from Northwestern University. Resources Public Knowledge  Racial Taxation: Schools, Segregation and Taxpayer Citizenship, 1869-1973 (Justice, Power &amp; Politics) by Camille Walsh  #TechPolicySoWhite by Alyssa Valentin (Public Knowledge, 2019)   News Roundup Facebook failed to block 20% of New Zealand shooter videos Facebook failed to block some 20% of videos showing the shooting in New Zealand, including videos that praised the shooting. That’s some 300,000 videos. The company reports though that it did manage to take down some 1.2 million videos related to a white supremacist’s massacre of 50 worshippers at 2 mosques in Christchurch. Arlington approves Amazon incentives Arlington County,  Virginia has approved $23 million in incentives for Amazon to put its second headquarters in Crystal City. Protestors attended an Arlington County board meeting to oppose the vote saying the county should focus on affordable housing before Amazon. Opponents are also concerned about traffic congestion and school overcrowding. The Arlington chapter of the NAACP also opposed certain aspects of the incentive package. But the County board unanimously approved the incentives with a 5-0 vote. So again—just like in Queens—very superficial engagement by Amazon to reach out to the local community or even include them in negotiations. It’s just extremely poor stakeholder engagement – and they do it because they can. Facebook reinstates Warren ads calling for tech breakup Facebook  has reinstated Senator Elizabeth Warren’s ads calling for a breakup of the social media giant along with Google and Amazon. A company spokesman says it removed the ads because they violated a policy regarding the use of Facebook’s logo … even though the whole point of that type of policy is obviously to prevent ads going up that criticize the company. Apple defends is app store policies against Spotify Finally, Apple is defending its app store policies against Spotify after Spotify filed  a complaint against Apple in Europe for allegedly engaging in anticompetitive behavior by setting its cost to carry the Spotify app in the app store too high. Apple currently charges 30% for anything sold in the app store. Apple says Spotify is simply seeking to avoid paying the same fee everyone else pays. Events Federal Trade Commission Hearing on Competition and Consumer Protection in U.S. broadband markets Constitution Center 400 7th St. NW 9AM-5:45pm Wed., 3/20  https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events-calendar/ftc-hearing-10-competition-consumer-protection-21st-century   Public Knowledge/Georgetown/Goodfriend Group Algorithmic Exclusion and Data Deserts Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Ave., NW 3:30-5:30PM Monday, 10/25 https://www.georgetowntech.org/datadeserts

Dr. Alisa Valentin: The Unifying Power of Social Justice (Ep. 178) Alisa Valentin of Public Knowledge joined Joe Miller to discuss her approach to building a constructive dialogue at the intersection of tech and social justice. Bio Alisa Valentin (<a href="https://twitter.com/AlisaValentin?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@alisavalentin</a>) is the Communications Justice Fellow at Public Knowledge, where she focuses on digital inclusion policies for communities of color and policies that diversify media ownership. Prior to joining Public Knowledge, Alisa served as an intern in the Office of Commissioner Mignon Clyburn at the Federal Communications Commission and as a legislative fellow for Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke. Alisa was also an adjunct professor at several D.C. area colleges and universities where she taught communications and women’s studies courses. Alisa received her Ph.D. in Communications from Howard University. She also earned her B.S. from the University of Florida and an M.S. from Northwestern University. Resources <a href="https://www.publicknowledge.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Public Knowledge</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Racial-Taxation-Segregation-Citizenship-1869-1973/dp/1469638940/ref=pd_ybh_a_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=9ZH05TSATAZBQ5KDN8CN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Racial Taxation: Schools, Segregation and Taxpayer Citizenship, 1869-1973 (Justice, Power &amp; Politics) by Camille Walsh</a> <a href="https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/techpolicysowhite" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> #TechPolicySoWhite</a> by Alyssa Valentin (Public Knowledge, 2019)   News Roundup Facebook failed to block 20% of New Zealand shooter videos Facebook <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/17/facebook-new-zealand/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">failed to block some 20% of videos</a> showing the shooting in New Zealand, including videos that praised the shooting. That’s some 300,000 videos. The company reports though that it did manage to take down some 1.2 million videos related to a white supremacist’s massacre of 50 worshippers at 2 mosques in Christchurch. Arlington approves Amazon incentives Arlington County, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/arlington-board-plans-vote-on-amazon-hq2-incentives-after-lengthy-hearing/2019/03/15/604977e8-4507-11e9-8aab-95b8d80a1e4f_story.html?utm_term=.56cdb18ba510" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Virginia has approved $23 million in incentives for Amazon</a> to put its second headquarters in Crystal City. Protestors attended an Arlington County board meeting to oppose the vote saying the county should focus on affordable housing before Amazon. Opponents are also concerned about traffic congestion and school overcrowding. The Arlington chapter of the NAACP also opposed certain aspects of the incentive package. But the County board unanimously approved the incentives with a 5-0 vote. So again—just like in Queens—very superficial engagement by Amazon to reach out to the local community or even include them in negotiations. It’s just extremely poor stakeholder engagement – and they do it because they can. Facebook reinstates Warren ads calling for tech breakup Facebook <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/11/facebook-removes-elizabeth-warren-ads-1216757" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> has reinstated Senator Elizabeth Warren’s ads</a> calling for a breakup of the social media giant along with Google and Amazon. A company spokesman says it removed the ads because they violated a policy regarding the use of Facebook’s logo … even though the whole point of that type of policy is obviously to prevent ads going up that criticize the company. Apple defends is app store policies against Spotify Finally, Apple is <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/business/apple-spotify.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">defending its app store policies against Spotify</a> after Spotify filed  a complaint against Apple in Europe for allegedly engaging in anticompetitive behavior by setting its cost to carry the Spotify app in the app store too high. Apple currently charges 30% for anything sold in the app store. Apple says Spotify is simply seeking to avoid paying the same fee everyone else pays. Events Federal Trade Commission Hearing on Competition and Consumer Protection in U.S. broadband markets Constitution Center 400 7th St. NW 9AM-5:45pm Wed., 3/20 <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events-calendar/ftc-hearing-10-competition-consumer-protection-21st-century" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events-calendar/ftc-hearing-10-competition-consumer-protection-21st-century</a> Public Knowledge/Georgetown/Goodfriend Group Algorithmic Exclusion and Data Deserts Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Ave., NW 3:30-5:30PM Monday, 10/25 <a href="https://www.georgetowntech.org/datadeserts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.georgetowntech.org/datadeserts</a>

Dr. Alisa Valentin: The Unifying Power of Social Justice