Five weeks ago the Internet stakeholder community came together for the 14th annual State of the Net Conference, the nation’s most prominent Internet policy summit. They grappled with the most pressing issues facing the Internet in 2018 including the Internet’s effect on democracy, free expression, blockchain and much more. Below is a recap of #SOTN2018 with links […]
State of the Net works assiduously to make our panels as diverse as possible. This year, 46.81% of the speakers were men and 53.19% were women. We are extremely proud of these numbers, as they illustrate our goal to build panels step by step in order to insure an appropriate balance of perspectives and gender. […]
At the 2018 State of the Net Conference, we talked about some of the biggest issues facing the tech industry and policymakers. From Senator Amy Klobuchar highlighting Russia’s attempts to hack twenty-one state election systems in 2016, to our panel with FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub examining whether the Internet is disrupting democracy, to our robust discussion of […]
The Communicators” aired interviews with panelists from the “Is the Internet Disrupting Democracy?” discussion at this year’s State of the Net Conference. The four interviews featured are with Katie Harbath, Facebook, Candice Hoke, Director of the Cleveland-Marshall Center for Cybersecurity & Privacy, Karen Kornbluh, Former Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and Miranda Bogen, Upturn. […]
Cryptocurrencies are trendy now, but the State of the Net dealt with them way back in 2014 and 2015 with panels and a keynote by Coinbase’s CEO Fred Ehrsam. This year #SOTN2018 moved beyond virtual currencies and explored how the blockchain can be used as an authentication ledger for all sorts of purposes. If you […]
Society Under Strain: Americans Struggle with Technology’s Impact, Look to Policymakers and Internet Companies for Solutions After a Year of Fake News and Russian Manipulation Allegations, Americans Worry that Democracy is Weakened by New Technologies Americans Leery of Bitcoin, Skeptical About Ability to Secure Internet Washington, DC, Jan. 29, 2018 — A new wave of […]
Forget Bitcoin and Ethereum – you learned about virtual currency policy at SOTN way back in 2014 and 2015 and heard from Coinbase’s CEO then. This year we’re moving beyond those issues because there’s so much more to blockchain than cryptocurrency. The speakers on our panel Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin: Authentication in a Post-Equifax World will discuss how blockchain technology could help […]
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The 2018 State of the Net Conference agenda has arrived, with even more speakers and conversations to be announced next week. As always, the State of the Net lays out the key issues challenging Internet policy in 2018 with diverse perspectives and thoughtful speakers. Full Agenda Headlining the agenda are keynotes from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Chairmen Bob Goodlatte and Greg Walden, […]
We are excited to announce that the CEO of Zello Inc, Bill Moore, will participate in a keynote conversation with Representative Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, at State of the Net on January 29. Zello is an app that transforms mobile phones into walkie-talkies, even with minimal network connection, making it especially useful during […]