Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
While AI and emerging technologies create new opportunities, they also risk disrupting politics and democracy, exacerbating the spread of misinformation and disinformation. In an age where controversial algorithms have been subject to greater scrutiny, can we truly use AI to enhance democracy, rather than erode it?
Featured:
Matt Boggie, Chief Technology and Product Officer, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Danya Henninger, Editorial Director, Technical.ly
Logan Molyneux, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University
State Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-Montgomery), Chair, Communications and Technology Committee, Pennsylvania General Assembly
Jim Friedlich (moderator), Executive Director & CEO, Lenfest Institute
Recorded on Oct. 15, 2025, as part of "Free Speech at the Crossroads: A Keystone Dialogue," a convening of discussions on challenges to Free Speech and other First Amendment freedoms at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of American democracy.
While AI and emerging technologies create new opportunities, they also risk disrupting politics and democracy, exacerbating the spread of misinformation and disinformation. In an age where controversial algorithms have been subject to greater scrutiny, can we truly use AI to enhance democracy, rather than erode it?
Featured:
Matt Boggie, Chief Technology and Product Officer, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Danya Henninger, Editorial Director, Technical.ly
Logan Molyneux, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University
State Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-Montgomery), Chair, Communications and Technology Committee, Pennsylvania General Assembly
Jim Friedlich (moderator), Executive Director & CEO, Lenfest Institute
Recorded on Oct. 15, 2025, as part of "Free Speech at the Crossroads: A Keystone Dialogue," a convening of discussions on challenges to Free Speech and other First Amendment freedoms at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of American democracy.
