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The McCourt Institute is proud to support the 2023-2024 Tech and Public Policy grants from the McCourt School at Georgetown University. Find more info & how to join the Georgetown grant application below – proposals are due Feb 27!

Feb 8 at 12:30 PM | Join Ashoka United States, Sixto Cancel, Albert Fox Cahn🦊 (@[email protected]), Konstanze Frischen, Rosanne Haggerty, Frank McCourt and McCourt Global for a celebration of the release of Ashoka’s “America’s Path Forward.” RSVP today: bit.ly/40c8QOz

Throughout this week we’ve had the honor of hosting Georgetown University and Sciences Po faculty and students selected for the Georgetown Technology Policy Initiative “Ideathon.” Today we hosted a roundtable discussing the analysis and projection of the DSA and Section 230. Stay tuned for takeaways and more!


We spoke with Chaire Digital Gouvernance Souveraineté Chair @flogsell & Georgetown Law Professor Anupam Chander to get their transatlantic perspectives on how the #DigitalServicesAct and #Section230 are redefining the relationship between tech platforms and society. Read more: tinyurl.com/2kuv5jdr

McCourt Institute's partner and collaborator Frances Haugen spoke today at Georgetown University for an event hosted by McCourt School's Tech & Public Policy program. The conversation highlighted the best path forward for building better social media. Stay tuned for more insights!


Our Executive Director Constance Bommelaer de Leusse on stage today at Paris Blockchain Week with Romain Pellerin🇫🇷🇺🇸, Teana Baker-Taylor, Brynly Llyr and Chris Donovan for a conversation about “The next move of governance models.” #PBW2023


Roundtable discussion from our event this morning at the McCourt Institute, with Project Liberty Founder Frank McCourt and Stanford University professors @robreich and Jeremy Weinstein. Thank you to everyone who joined us for a great discussion!


Project Liberty’s McCourt Institute recently provided submissions to UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, UN Human Rights, and Int’l Telecommunication Union arguing that decentralized technology can be part of the solution to some of the internet governance challenges we face today. Read more: tinyurl.com/tmpb46dw

Hear from Georgetown University students who were at Sciences Po last month for the inaugural Ideathon organized by McCourt School’s Tech & Public Policy Program and Georgetown Technology Policy Initiative on how they contributed to developing technology policy solutions through collaboration:


What are the current challenges of regulating Web2 and how do they present opportunities for building Web3? Hear more from our discussion last month with Project Liberty's founder Frank McCourt and Stanford University professors @robreich and Jeremy Weinstein: tinyurl.com/2p864bnt

The European Citizens' Panel on #VirtualWorldsEU initiated by the European Commission has shared its final recommendation, following the closing session of the Panel held in Brussels, April 23rd which the McCourt Institute was proud to participate in. Find more:tinyurl.com/3sbck45p
