Speech, Competition, and the AI Charge: First 3 Panels for #SOTN2025
We are one week away from State of the Net, and we are excited to announce three of our panels featuring an amazing slate of speakers. You can learn more about our panels here, and checkout the amazing panelists below.
State of the Net is on Tuesday, February 11th. Register now!
The Frontiers For Free Speech In The Trump Era: The Content Moderator’s Dilemma

Jacob Mchangama
Executive Director
The Future of Free Speech Project

Joel Thayer
President
Digital Progress Institute

Ari Cohen
Lead Counsel of Tech Policy
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

Yael Eisenstat
Senior Fellow
Cybersecurity for Democracy
Cybersecurity for Democracy

Oma Seddiq
Tech Policy Reporter
Bloomberg Government
Bloomberg Government
Tech Competition Policy: From Hipster To Trumpster Antitrust

Svetlana Gans
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Avery Gardiner
Global Competition Policy
Spotify

Jenn Taylor Hodges
Director of US Public Policy & Government Relations
Mozilla
Mozilla
Jennifer Huddleston
Senior Fellow in Technology Policy
Cato Institute
Cato Institute
Leah Nylen
Antitrust Reporter
Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AI at Work: Making the Digital Transformation Work for Everyone
Amber Ezzell
Policy Counsel
Future of Privacy Forum
Future of Privacy Forum
Brent Orrell
Senior Fellow
American Enterprise Institute
American Enterprise Institute
Dr. Athina Kanioura
Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer
PepsiCo
PepsiCo
Steven Overly
Host and Producer
POLITICO Tech
POLITICO Tech