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Malden Forum Draws Five Candidates to Debate AI, Privacy and Schools
Summary
Reconnect Malden’s forum convened five candidates to discuss AI, data privacy, surveillance and workforce impacts; the moderator urged civil discourse and encouraged voter participation on Sept. 1.
A forum organized by Reconnect Malden and Schools Beyond Screens brought five Democratic legislative candidates together to answer six moderated questions about data centers, student privacy, AI in schools, algorithmic bias and workforce impacts.
Organizers set rules for a polite forum; the moderator Guillermo Hamlin capped answers and asked candidates to move across the chamber in rotation. Candidates used the forum to outline policy priorities such as the Location Shield Act, student and educator data privacy protections, moratoria on data centers, limits on surveillance technology, and workforce retraining. The event closed with candidates sharing campaign contact information and the moderator urging attendees to register and vote on Sept. 1.
The forum was recorded and will be available via Urban Media Arts and Ooma channels, organizers said; no formal votes or policy adoptions occurred during the event.
