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Leading Scholars Break Down Section 230 Legislation At SOTN

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 that has been inflaming passions for years. There are myriad proposals to amend 230 up for grabs (there’s a list here) and others say, “Leave it alone.”

Next week, Mozilla VP of Global Policy, Trust and Security Alan Davidson will lead an export group of legal scholars at a State of the Net panel titled “Revising Section 230: What Proposals are on the Table?” The group will break down what types of legislative proposals are on the table and what implementation might look like. Don’t miss it.

230 Panel

See below for a list of our expert speakers, and follow us on Twitter @SOTN #SOTN2021 for updates!
Registration is open.

Nick Feamster Matt Tooley
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Nick Feamster and Matt Tooley NCTA | Was the Internet was resilient during COVID

Nick Feamster (University of Chicago) and Matt Tooley (NCTA) discuss whether the Internet was resilient during COVID, what network architects call a “low probability, high impact” event. January 27 at 11:05 pm.
Register at sotn2021.eventbrite.com

Nick Feamster
Neubauer Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Center for Data and Computing, University of Chicago

Matt Tooley
VP of Broadband Technology, NCTA

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Rep Eshoo and Charlotte Willner
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Rep. Eshoo on COVID disinfo & TSPA’s Charlotte Willner on Trust & Safety behind-the-scenes

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 will discuss the critical importance of heading off COVID-19 vaccine disinformation online and beyond and Willner will share the TSPS’s goals and plans in this critical sector.

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Rep Eshoo and Charlotte Willner
Save The Date
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Save The Date Jan 26 & 27 2021 | The Transition of Internet Policy

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! 

Save The Date

A new Administration promises to usher in new Internet policies from government and from industry itself. We’ll dive into the most pressing policy issues. Congressional and federal leaders will engage with stakeholders on issues such as broadband, consumer privacy, content moderation, election security, artificial intelligence, and many more.

As always, State of the Net will be your first look at the new players and the new issues that will take center stage in 2021. This conference is unique for its diverse blend of perspectives and provocative thinkers. As policy debates become more polarized, State of the Net is the most important stakeholder gathering which brings together key players who disagree (respectfully). That’s the point.

Past keynote speakers include White House CTOs Aneesh Chopra, Megan Smith, and Michael Kratsios, Senators John Thune, Roger Wicker, and Amy Klobuchar, UBER Founder/CEO Travis Kalanick, advocate Max Schrems, Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, and many others. Want to know more? Find out more by looking at recent past speakers here and our 2020 recap here.

Stay tuned for speaker announcements…

Make sure you follow @SOTN and use the hashtag #SOTN2021 on Twitter for conference updates!

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Diversity at State of the Net 2020

Two months ago we were thrilled to convene the Internet stakeholder community at the 16th annual State of the Net Conference in Washington, DC, the nation’s most prominent Internet policy summit.

As attendees witnessed, the diversity of our speakers’ perspectives makes SOTN unlike any other Internet policy conference in the world. We also strive to assure diversity of the speakers and attendees. Below is a recap of our gender diversity statistics at #SOTN2020.

LEADERSHIP: DIVERSITY & BALANCE
State of the Net works assiduously to make our panels as diverse as possible. We are very proud of these results. While the gender diversity of speakers at #SOTN2020 exceeds national averages, it dramatically exceeds the averages in our space

KEYNOTE SPEAKER DIVERSITY

62.5% women, 37.5% men

PANEL SPEAKER DIVERSITY

50% women,50% men

Agenda, Video, Photos
SOTN 2020 is over. Here are links to the program agenda, speakers, videos, and photos.

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Watch: Streaming Wars

Most of us are working through our social distancing binge list. At State of the Net we brought together market analysts and streaming entrepreneurs to discuss the streaming wars.

During these times it’s obvious that Over-The-Top video streaming services have radically transformed how we watch TV and the economics of “television.” Disney+ is just the latest with Peacock and HBOMax on the way.

In case you missed it, watch the video featuring market analysts, best selling authors, entrepreneurs, and artists discussing what the revolution in streaming video means and what the future holds. Speakers below.

Streaming Wars
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C-SPAN Tonight: USDOJ & R Street’s Baker Debate Crypto

Last month the Internet policy community came together at State of the Net in Washington, DC. Among the most pressing debates was the use of strong end-to-end encryption. After a feisty panel on crypto C-SPAN producers interviewed two of our key speakers, Justice Department Associate Attorney General Sujit Raman and former FBI General Counsel James Baker.

That debate, filmed in the lobby of State of the Net, will air on the C-SPAN show “The Communicators” through this weekend and into next week. The first airing will be tonight, February 21, at 10:30 am. Visit C-SPAN here to be alerted to additional broadcast times and streaming.

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Watch Reps. McMorris Rodgers & Hurd, w/ FEC’s Weintraub, on C-SPAN This Weekend

The award-winning C–SPAN show “The Communicators” will broadcast in-depth interviews from the State of the Net tonight at 10:30 pm ET and through the weekend on C–SPAN.

The first set of featured interviews include Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub, and Rep. Will Hurd. Each interview expanded on their comments at State of the Net.

Visit C–SPAN here to be alerted to broadcast times.

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#SOTN2020 Conversations

Then agenda, videos, and photos for the conference are now available. 
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