As part of the Emirates Literature Festival, Sara is speaking speaking at Zayed University to a group of students about “How To Make the Internet Less Evil” on February 11th at noon!

Emirates News Event Description:

“…For more than 15 years, Forden covered the Italian fashion industry from Milan, chronicling the explosion of labels including Gucci, Armani, Versace, Prada and Ferragamo from family ateliers into mega brands. She is now based in Washington, D.C. with Bloomberg News, leading a team that covers lobbying and the challenges faced by big technology companies such as Amazon, Facebook and Google.

In this talk, Sara will discuss how a handful of large corporations have achieved the power they have and what is being done by policymakers to rein them in following questions surrounding data, privacy, and criticism that Big Tech is exacerbating real-world harms.

From the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission's antitrust cases against Google and Facebook to investigations of Apple and Amazon, we'll be uncovering the structural and ethical integrity of the companies that underpin our daily lives.

The visit is a part of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Educational Programme, which spotlights award-winning authors and illustrators.”