Using the Internet to make government more responsive and accountable to its citizens remains a stubbornly bipartisan issue. While other aspects of Internet policy have become politicized, “civic tech” is having a decade of policy support from both sides of the aisle. From the US Digital Service, 18F, the Presidential Innovation Fellowship program, and the […]
Rep. John Katko to Keynote Followed by “The Solar Winds of Cybersecurity: Biden and the 117th Congress Need A Unified Strategy” Panel The newly minted Biden Administration will need to work with Congress to address devastating attacks like the recent SolarWinds hack. Rep. John Katko, the new Ranking Member on the Homeland Security Subcommittee on […]
The only thing that Joe Biden and former President Trump seemed to agree on was that Section 230 needed to be “revoked, immediately.” Those were President Biden’s words in 2020 and President Trump inserted a repeal of 230 in the National Defense Authorization Act passed in December. Legislative repeal is only one option for a law […]
Michael K. Powell President & CEO, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association Interviewed by Clint Odom, Senior Vice President for Policy and Advocacy, National Urban League https://sched.co/h8f3
We are pleased to announce that Senator Amy Klobuchar will keynote State of the Net. Senator Klobuchar’s comments will cover a range of tech policy issues and likely will touch upon antitrust issues. Her comments will be followed by an expert panel on antitrust and competition policy (see speakers below). Registration free and is open. Regardless […]
Presidential de-platforming, Parler, and insurrection are getting all the disinfo headlines lately. But consider the mortal implications of COVID vaccine disinformation. Experts predict that large swaths Americans will refuse the vaccine because of misinformation, resulting in scores of deaths in America. There’s an urgent need to tackle widespread misinformation about its safety, efficacy and deployment […]
“The New Geopolitics Of The Internet: How Will The Biden State Department Navigate Them?” Panel Dear <<First Name>>, The State of the Net Conference is around the corner and we’ve assembled a panel of experts to make sense of the new geopolitical forces shaping Internet policy. Two former ambassadors, one of DC’s top strategic thinkers, and a […]
Misinformation is going to be a huge focus at the the State of the Net Conference this year. We’re thrilled to announce that Representative Anna G. Eshoo and Charlotte Willner, the new Founding Executive Director of the Trust & Safety Professional Association, will keynote the conference on issues related to content moderation and misinformation. Representative Eshoo […]
The developments of yesterday and today made an already challenging content moderation environment all the more difficult. We had already planned on a heavy Section 230 and content moderation focus at the State of the Net Conference on January 26 & 27. Pandemic and election misinformation made 2020 incredibly hard for moderation content on platforms. But just […]
We’ll explore all the tech policy transitions at the 17th Annual State of the Net Conference on January 26 & 27, 2021. It is the must-attend tech policy event to start the new year. Save the date! A new Administration promises to usher in new Internet policies from government and from industry itself. We’ll dive […]