Tech Policy Grind

We're back for day 2 of our week of bonus State of the Net 2018 discussions! Every day this week we'll be releasing some bonus episodes of Tech Policy Grind including conversations Joe and Emory had with panelists at the largest internet policy conference in the country!

Today we are joined by Sanja Kelly of Freedom House, whose incredible project, "Freedom on the Net," is the subject of much discussion! Freedom on the Net assesses countries on their internet freedom score, stay tuned for our favorite quote of the day on a certain country's continual "innovation in a negative way!" We have been really excited to bring you these conversations, and we're thrilled to be trying out something a little new here at TPG. Let us know what you think, we'd love to hear from you!

 

Well isn't this exciting! Emory here, to let you know that yes, we're bucking the norm this week and releasing some very special BONUS episodes of Tech Policy Grind! Last week Joe and I attended State of the Net, the largest internet policy conference in the country! We streamed some of what we did that day live - maybe you caught us then! If not, that's fine, because all this week we're releasing interviews and discussions we had with movers and shakers, and generally fascinating people doing work at the very front lines of tech policy. From fake news to robotic job snatchers, techno-dictators and sensible internet policy - we've got it all, right here, this week, on Tech Policy Grind!

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Today, we're starting things off with the first chat we had of the day, with James Bessen and Charles Duan. We talk about how much we have to fear (or do we?) from the much hyped impending robot takeover.

 

Joining us this week is Rachel Wolbers - and Pinal and Emory pick her brain about what it's like to be in the lobbying world, how you can get in touch with your elected officials, and advice for anyone getting started in the patent field without a science background. If you like what you hear, let us know on twitter, and if you can, please head over to iTunes and leave a review! It really helps.

This week Tech Policy Grind is on the scenes at State of the Net, in D.C.! Stay tuned for interviews with panelists and on-the-floor streams of the biggest internet policy conference in the country!

 

 

Joining us today:

Rachel Wolbers the Policy Director at Engine. Previously, Rachel worked as a Legislative Director at TwinLogic Strategies, a bi-partisan, all female, tech-lobbying shop. Her issue areas include patents, copyright, telecom and technology policy. Before joining TwinLogic Strategies, Rachel worked for Congressman Blake Farenthold (TX-27). Rachel received her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and her undergraduate degree from The George Washington University.

This week on TPG we grabbed Kristian Stout to talk about how he made the leap from programmer to think-tanker, advice for 20 year olds everywhere, and a substantive, in-the-weeds discussion on FCC and FTC authority, informational injury, privacy and all sorts of wonky wonderfulness. Tune in, we think you'll like it. (And, if you do, don't forget to follow us on twitter, and head over to iTunes to rate and review the show - we're looking for any and all feedback!)

Stay tuned to the end of the episode for a special note about upcoming episodes! On Jan. 29th Tech Policy Grind will be at State of the Net, the country's largest internet policy conference, to record a series of brief interviews with panel speakers about topics ranging from AI to Internet Governance to Cyber Security and Fake News. Keep your eyes peeled on our twitter @techpolicygrind for more info!

 

Joining us today:

Joining us today is Kristian Stout! Kristian is the Associate Director for Innovation Policy at the International Center for Law and Economics (ICLE) and a contributor to TheHill.com. He has kindly offered to mentor listeners, so if you'd like to reach out to Kristian, you can reach him at [email protected] .

Happy New Year! Inaugural fellow Camille Stewart joins us to talk "responsible" encryption policy in the Trump administration as well as her new podcast, Hustle Over Entitlement. We talk about her journey, from drafting contracts as a child to negotiating national security policies with the Five Eyes. We're beyond thrilled to start the year off right, and there's more excellent content coming down the pipe in 2018!

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Joining us today:

Joining us today is Camille Stewart!Camille Stewart is a senior consultant with Deloitte & Touche LLP’s cyber risk services practice focused on cyber, privacy, and identifying emerging technologies to bring to market. As a cyber, technology, and intellectual property attorney, Camille brings specialized, crosscutting perspective to bear on complex technology, cyber, and national security issues. She served as the Senior Policy Advisor for Cyber Infrastructure & Resilience Policy at the Department of Homeland Security in the Obama Administration. Prior to working at DHS, Camille spent five years as the Senior Manager, Legal Affairs at Cyveillance, Inc. She also founded a legal consultancy and startup incubator, MarqueLaw, PLLC. Camille is an Inaugural Internet Law and Policy Foundry Fellow, a Truman Security Fellow, a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member, and on the leadership team of Women in Technology. Camille recently launched the Hustle Over Entitlement Podcast - telling stories of trailblazers and risk takers. Subscribe. Listen. & Share. www.HustleOverEntitlement.com. You can find out more about Camille and her current projects at www.CamilleStewart.com or follow her on Twitter @CamilleEsq

This Week, on December 14th, the FCC is likely to vote to repeal the Open Internet Order of 2015, effectively handing regulatory oversight of the Internet to the FTC, and ending the three bright-line rules against throttling, blocking and paid prioritization. The issue of Net Neutrality is a complex, hotly debated one, and it should be. On this episode of Tech Policy Grind, we bring on two experts in the field to discuss the nitty-gritty, in-the-weeds, insider-baseball details behind the buzzwords.

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Joining us today:

Joining us today are Randy Abreu and Tom Struble. Opposing the rollback is Randy Abreu, an attorney, published author, tech-aficionado and recent candidate for New York City Council from the Bronx. Randy is an alum of the Google Policy fellowship, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute law fellowship, and the Obama Administration.

 Tom supports the rollback, is Technology Policy Manager at R Street Institute, and previously worked at TechFreedom, the Competitive Carriers Association, and the Mobility Division of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.

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Will Rinehart, Director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the American Action Forum, offers up his thoughts on risk assessment models and then argues with Joe about data portability. The crew introduces a new segment to preview the Foundry Book Club and everyone talks about what they are reading. Listeners can find Will's writings on Medium here: https://medium.com/@willrinehart.

Joining us today:

Will Rinehart is Director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the American Action Forum, where he specializes in telecommunication, Internet, and data policy, with a focus on emerging technologies, innovation, and increasingly, algorithmic decision-making.

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Tiffany Li, who heads the Wikimedia/Yale Law School Initiative on Intermediaries and Information at Yale Law's Information Society Project, joins the crew to discuss algorithms, artificial intelligence, and how they challenge the European Union's so-called Right to Be Forgotten. She also takes about her recent transition from working an in-house attorney to academia. Listeners can find Tiffany's latest paper, Humans Forget, Machines Remember: Artificial Intelligence and the Right to Be Forgotten, on SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3018186.

Joining us today:

Tiffany C. Li is an attorney and Resident Fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project. She is an expert on privacy, intellectual property, and law and policy at the forefront of new technological innovations.

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Tim Lordan, Executive Director of the Internet Education Foundation, and Ali Sternburg, Senior Policy Counsel at the Computer & Communications Industry Association, join Emory, Joe, and Pinal to discuss the origins of and motivations behind the Internet Law and Policy Foundry. They chat about their paths in tech policy and take some time to discuss the importance of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, often referred to as "The Most Important Law on the Internet."CCIA has more information about Section 230 here: http://www.ccianet.org/section230/.

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Joining us today:

Ali Sternburg is Senior Policy Counsel at the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), where she focuses on copyright policy and the Internet, and is one of the main contributors to CCIA’s innovation-centered online initiative, the Disruptive Competition Project (DisCo).Ali is also a singer/songwriter working on her first album, and she can’t wait for everyone to be able to listen to it on online streaming services.

Tim Lordan serves as executive director for the Internet Education Foundation (IEF), non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, dedicated to educating the public and policy makers about the potential of a decentralized global Internet to promote democracy, communications and commerce. The IEF coordinates the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee and the State of the Net Conference series. He developed both the Congressional App Challenge and the Internet Law & Policy Foundry.

Welcome to the show! On Tech Policy Grind we'll hammer out the latest in tech law and policy, twice a month, with friends and fellows of the Internet Law and Policy Foundry. Join Pinal Shah, Joe Jerome and Emory Roane as we talk algorithmic justice, AI and copyright, digital surveillance, national security - and everything else that proves we're living in sci-fi reality.

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