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Who Governs the Digital Public Square?
When an algorithm decides what news 50 million users see, is that a governance question or a product question — and whose responsibility is it? SmartNews founder Ken Suzuki and former Digital Minister Taro Kono explore the collision between platform power and democratic accountability.
Speakers
Taro Kono
Member of the House of Representatives
Taro Kono was born on January 10, 1963. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1985. After working at Fuji Xerox and Nippon Tanshi, he was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1996...
Ken Suzuki
Project Researcher, The University of Tokyo
Born in Nagano, Japan, in 1975. Suzuki received his B.S. in Physics from Keio University in 1998 and his Ph.D. in Academic Studies from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at The University of...