Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series: Demystifying Doxxing

As a national leader in promoting an inclusive campus climate, the Trotter Multicultural Center serves as a campus facilitator, convener, and coordinator of cultural awareness and inclusive leadership education initiatives for students. The Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series is designed to increase healthy discourse and learning throughout the University of Michigan by inviting speakers from the political and public service sectors of national and international note. Our goal is to bring together bright minds with talks that are idea-focused on a wide range of subjects to foster learning, inspiration, and wonder – and provoke conversations that matter to students at the University of Michigan. The Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series is developed with the financial support of generous donor gifts.

Demystifying Doxxing

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February 20, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Trotter Multicultural Center - Multipurpose Rooms
Dr. Sarita Schoenebeck (U-M School of Information Faculty & Director of Living Online Lab), Douglas E. Lewis (Director of Student Legal Services and Attorney)

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, the threats to personal security and privacy are mounting, with doxxing emerging as a critical concern. Join experts from the fields of information and law in our informative and engaging panel discussion, "Demystifying Doxxing." Food will be provided.

Our multidisciplinary panel will delve deep into the menacing phenomenon of doxxing, laying bare its definition, characteristics, and the motivations behind it. They will tackle the complex legal implications, bringing you up to speed with the current framework, laws, potential legal actions, and their limitations in dealing with issues related to doxxing.

We are welcoming in School of Information faculty member Dr. Sarita Schoenebeck. As the Director of Living Online Lab some of her current projects are promoting justice for targets of online harassment, measuring dark patterns in design and algorithms, and supporting identity and privacy on social media.

We are also excited to bring Douglas E. Lewis, Director of Student Legal Services and Attorney. Mr. Lewis’ area of legal expertise at SLS is criminal defense, consumer, and real estate. He is also very active in his community as a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Washtenaw County Bar Association, and the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.

This is a partnership with the National Center for Institutional Diversity, American Civil Liberties Union Undergrad chapter, and Students of Color Interested in Law, Government, Policy, and Social Justice.

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