New Technologies, Human Rights and Transparency: A Cross Disciplinary and Public Interest Approach

This grant supported an innovative partnership between Wharton, Annenberg, Law, Engineering, and other Interdisciplinary centers on campus that will place the University of Pennsylvania at the forefront of a significant field of research. New Technologies, Human Rights, and Transparency examines the relationship between government and corporate power in today’s digitally networked world. Project goals include the construction of a sound methodology for analyzing the policies and practices of powerful Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies as well as the creation of a high profile, cross-institution research group to explore free expression and privacy online, associated public policy issues, and methods for educating the public about how new communications technologies affect citizens’ rights and liberties in the Internet age.