The lecture will be held in Edwards Hall, 64 Upper College Road. Angwin will discuss her efforts trying to protect her privacy, and will raise questions about whether we want to live in a society where only the rich can buy their way out of ubiquitous surveillance.
The presenting sponsor is Cox Business. Thanks to the generosity of Cox Business a free iPad mini will be given away at each event. You must attend the event to have a chance to win.
Angwin is a senior reporter for the independent news organization ProPublica. From 2000 to 2013, she was a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where she was on a team of reporters that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of corporate corruption. At the Journal, she also led a team covering online privacy that was a finalist for a 2012 Pulitzer.
Her book “Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance,” was published by Times Books in 2014. She is also the author of “Stealing Myspace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America.”
Angwin received a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics from the University of Chicago and a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University.
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Those unable to attend the lecture can watch it live online at URI Live! 
Presenting Sponsor: Cox Business
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This release was written by Caitlin Musselman, a URI Marketing and Communications intern and a public relations and political science major.