Olivier Sylvian, associate professor of law, focuses on inequities in access to technology. The professor is part of Fordham Law School’s Center on Race, Law and Justice. He focused on disparities in access to technology, such as the inaccessability of laptops and desktop computers for minorities. Sylvian’s academic concentration is in media law and policy. Hastings Law Journal published Sylvia in February. The law journal is the University of California’s Hasting College of Law review. In the piece, he argued that the federal government designed the Communications Act to guarentee equitable access to internet, regardless of background. However, policy makers have instead encouraged innovation in technology. New York City recently made a deal with a company to convert old pay phones in the city into free wi-fi spots.
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Professor Focuses on Tech Inequity
March 30, 2016
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