Sign up for our awesome New York Tech Events weekly email newsletter.     LOCATION EVENT DETAILS <H2><SPAN>Should social platforms have their own "First Amendment"?</SPAN></H2> <P><SPAN>BuzzFeed and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism invite you to a breakfast discussion</SPAN>on the power of social media platforms and the threat to free press and free speech standards.<BR></P> <P>As journalists, news organizations and citizens increasingly turn to social platforms as their principal means of publishing, are there enough safeguards against tech giants misusing their new power?</P> <P>BuzzFeed Editor in Chief Ben Smith and BuzzFeed Asst General Counsel Nabiha Syed recently authored an <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="https://medium.com/@BuzzFeed/a-first-amendment-for-social-platforms-202c0eab7054#.lvzbzblg5" REL="nofollow">article</A> which put the case for a First Amendment for social platforms:"<SPAN CLASS="markup--quote markup--p-quote is-other">We are suggesting that the platforms make a public commitment not just to opaque and ad hoc rules, but to time-honored principles and process."</SPAN></P> <P><STRONG><SPAN CLASS="markup--quote markup--p-quote is-other">As BuzzFeed takes on the platforms, join us for a </SPAN><SPAN CLASS="markup--quote markup--p-quote is-other">panel discussion at Columbia Journalism School:</SPAN></STRONG></P> <P>Ben Smith,<SPAN>BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief</SPAN></P> <P>Nabiha Syed,<SPAN>BuzzFeed Asst General Counsel</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>Stuart Karle,<SPAN>William J. Brennan Jr. Visiting Professor of First Amendment Issues at Columbia Journalism School</SPAN></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>Emily Bell,</SPAN>Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism</P> <P><EM>Additional speakers to be confirmed.</EM></P> <P><BR></P> <P><EM><IMG SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FBJcwQ2P.png&sig=ADR2i7-q0RXW9dJOG5OpkzefvdJM40TvLA" ALT="logos"></EM></P>