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Tech Policy From The Hill episodes

  • Consumer Privacy Across The Atlantic: Exploring The New EU-US Privacy Shield

    <img width="800" height="605" data-tf-not-load src="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/privacy-shield-panel.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Andrea Glorioso, Nancy Scola, Ted Dean" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/privacy-shield-panel.jpg 800w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/privacy-shield-panel-300x227.jpg 300w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/privacy-shield-panel-768x581.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

    Date: Thursday, March 24, 2016 Description: The predecessor to the Privacy Shield was the EU-US Safe Harbor, which was invalidated by a European Court back in October over surveillance concerns (watch prior event here). That court ruling triggered widespread concern over the effect on Internet businesses in the U.S. Our event features officials from the […]
    1 hr 1 min
  • Gagged by the Fine Print: Protecting Consumer Rights to Share Reviews Online

    <img width="512" height="341" data-tf-not-load src="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/Manifestation.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/Manifestation.jpeg 512w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/Manifestation-300x200.jpeg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" />

    Date: Friday, January 15, 12:00 pm Location: Rayburn House Office Building Room 2226 Follow: @NetCaucusAC | #ConsumerSpeech Online review sites have enabled millions of consumers to share feedback about products and businesses — even the federal government has begun to encourage the public to review its services as a way to improve performance. But some […]
    1 hr 3 min
  • An EU Court Just Sank The U.S. Digital Privacy Safe Harbor: Must Congress Pass An Internet Privacy Law Now?

    <img width="350" height="235" data-tf-not-load src="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/sinking-ship-by-flickr-born1945-350x2351.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/sinking-ship-by-flickr-born1945-350x2351.jpg 350w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/sinking-ship-by-flickr-born1945-350x2351-300x201.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" />

    Date: Friday, October 13 Speakers:  Damien Levie, Head of Trade Section, Delegation of the European Union to the United States (Bio) Mary Ellen Callahan, Partner, Jenner & Block, Moderator (Bio) Adam Schlosser, Director, Center for Global Regulatory Cooperation International, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Bio) Abigail Slater, VP, Legal and Regulatory Policy at the Internet Association (Bio) Amie […]
    0 min
  • Julia Hartz, President and Co-Founder of Eventbrite | Speaker Series

    <img width="222" height="168" data-tf-not-load src="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/Julia-Hartz-headshot2-e1444837910368.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Julia Hartz" decoding="async" />

    Date: Tuesday, September 25 Speaker: Julia Hartz Details: Join the Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus and the Women’s High Tech Coalition for a fireside chat about re-imagining the workplace with Julia Hartz, Co-Founder & President of Eventbrite. As co-founder and President of Eventbrite, Julia Hartz has evolved the company from an innovative ticketing […]
    0 min
  • The Past and Future of WiFi: How The FCC’s Junk Saved The Mobile Internet

    <img width="300" height="300" data-tf-not-load src="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/20150918internetcoin-mp3-image.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/20150918internetcoin-mp3-image.jpg 300w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/20150918internetcoin-mp3-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/20150918internetcoin-mp3-image-124x124.jpg 124w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

    Date: Friday, September 25 Details: Join us for a discussion on the history of WiFi and the role it plays in everyone’s mobile data usage. Our panel will explain how clever engineers developed WiFi in a backwater band of spectrum that the FCC set aside in the 80’s for “junk” common household appliances like cordless […]
    1 hr 13 min
  • The Third Era of Currency: How the Internet, Mathematics, & Bitcoin are Innovating Money

    <img width="300" height="300" data-tf-not-load src="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/image-square-300.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/image-square-300.jpg 300w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/image-square-300-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/image-square-300-124x124.jpg 124w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

    Date: Friday, September 18 Details: From sheckels to silver dollars, the medium with which we exchange for goods and services has always been indicative of the times. Today we explore the next era of currency, one backed by mathematics, powered by the Internet, driven by the market and delivered by the innovative open source protocol […]
    54 min
  • The Internet Takes Flight: Commercial Drones and the Online Economy

    <img width="300" height="300" data-tf-not-load src="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/image-square-300.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/image-square-300.jpg 300w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/image-square-300-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/image-square-300-124x124.jpg 124w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

    Date:Monday, August 3, 2015 Details: Details: In just ten years, the commercial drone sector is projected to become a multi-billion-dollar industry, creating thousands of jobs and putting over 80,000 new vehicles in the air. These Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have extended the Internet to the skies, bridging the gap between atoms and bits and promising […]
    1 hr 3 min
  • Data Across Borders: Treaties, Law Enforcement, and Digital Privacy in the Aftermath of Snowden

    <img width="300" height="300" data-tf-not-load src="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/20140808euforgotten-mp3-image.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/20140808euforgotten-mp3-image.png 300w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/20140808euforgotten-mp3-image-150x150.png 150w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/20140808euforgotten-mp3-image-200x200.png 200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

    Date:Friday, July 24, 2015 Details: Do warrants allow law enforcement to reach into data centers across borders? Can 19th-century international legal processes keep up with 21st-century speed? Join us for a briefing on the law and policy that determines the reach of law enforcement into data stored outside of the United States and the important […]
    57 min
  • Taylor Swift or Congress? Who Has More Power in the Digital Music Streaming Marketplace?

    <img width="300" height="300" data-tf-not-load src="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/20140808euforgotten-mp3-image.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/20140808euforgotten-mp3-image.png 300w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/20140808euforgotten-mp3-image-150x150.png 150w, https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/20140808euforgotten-mp3-image-200x200.png 200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

    Date:Friday, July 17, 2015 Details: Did you know Congress is a major player in the music streaming business? Really, Taylor Swift and Apple have nothing on the House and Senate. Congress has been at the policy turntables a long time making key decisions on how music is distributed through every new medium from radio to […]
    0 min
  • Will Frivolous Defamation Suits Be the End of the Internet?

    <img width="144" height="144" data-tf-not-load src="https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/image-square-144.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" />

    Date: Friday, July 10, 2015 Details: The explosion of online platforms enabling public participation — blogs, comment sections, review websites, and social media, among others — has let millions of individuals share opinions and exercise their freedom of speech online. However, such public declarations can also expose contributors to retaliation by the subjects of their […]
    0 min

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The Congressional Internet Caucus Academy works to educate policymakers on critical Internet policy issues. With funding and logistical support from the Internet Education Foundation, the Internet…