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#1 ON FYRE: YOU KNOW FRAUD WHEN YOU SEE IT : https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/100616 (SXSW)
SPEAKERS
- Carliss Chatman, Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee University School Of Law
- Christina Sautter, Professor, Louisiana State University
- Najarian Peters, Assistant Professor, Seton Hall Law School
- Carla Reyes, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University College of Law
Everybody wants to be a part of the next best thing—whether it’s by being the first to attend the next Coachella or to be the first person to invest in the next Facebook. When Billy McFarland developed the Fyre Festival and Fyre Media, he preyed on our basic human desires to be included and to be the first. His ventures were the perfect storm for a good fraudulent scandal: emotional appeal, endorsements by famous people, investors believed to be knowledgeable, and documentation that looked real enough to trick people. These factors made people completely ignore the obvious red flags. By going just slightly below the surface, and asking some common sense questions, Fyre Festival attendees and Fyre Festival Media Investors could have avoided a loss that exceeds $25MM.
#2 Tweeting While Black: You in Danger, Girl…: https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/98311 (SWSW)
SPEAKERS
- Shontavia Johnson, Associate Vice President, Clemson University
- Tonya Evans, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of the UNH Law Blockchain Online Professional Certificate Program, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law
- Tressie McMillan Cottom, Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Carliss Chatman, Assistant Professor , Washington and Lee University School of Law
Twitter represents a frenetic dichotomy for black women. On one hand, Twitter is a place to converse publicly and build community. The success of Black Twitter is but one example of how black women thrive in the Twitterverse. On the other hand, Twitter can be dangerous for black women. A 2018 Amnesty International study found that black women are Twitter’s most targeted group. It showed that black women are 84% more likely than white women to receive abusive tweets. It also labeled 1 in 10 tweets about Black women as abusive or problematic, with those tweets being sent every 30 seconds. Our panel will address this Twitter dichotomy. From the research, to having a large following, to going viral, this diverse group of panelists will explore the present and future of black women on Twitter.
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