What's on the agenda for policymakers.
Agenda
A Federal Data Privacy Framework?
The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing a federal data privacy law -- and displayed the same political divide that appeared in a House hearing earlier in the week. Republicans and industry witnesses warned against a "patchwork" of potentially conflicting state privacy regimes, perhaps most notably the California privacy law that takes effect in 2020. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) and various witnesses from the telecommunications and computer industries talked throughout about needing strong federal regulation, addressing concern that stronger state regulations
Every day, Internet users interact with technologies designed to undermine their privacy. And the law says this is okay because it is mainly up to users to protect themselves—even when the odds are deliberately stacked against them. In this talk, Professor Hartzog will argue that the law should require software and hardware makers to respect privacy in the design of their products. Current legal doctrine treats technology as though it is value-neutral: only the user decides whether it functions for good or ill. But this is not so.
House Privacy Hearing Shows Representatives United on Privacy, Divided on Details
The House Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on privacy showcased both the bipartisan call for federal legislation and the reason a bipartisan bill will be no slam dunk. Republican representatives talked about privacy, but also about the need to protect small businesses, the targeted-ad based internet economy, and talked up the wisdom of preempting state attempts to regulate privacy that veer into the feds lane.
Keynote Speaker
Panel 1
Legislation, Regulation, and Public Policy: This panel will examine the current landscape of FCC regulation and proposed federal legislation and regulation, alongside related administrative law issues. The panel will also discuss state net neutrality efforts, federalism concerns, and preemption litigation.
| 9:20 – 10:10 AM |
Introduction: How Public Interest Technologists are Changing the World |
A debate & panel discussion with leading proponents and opponents of the deal
Debate
The Hon. Robert McDowell, Cooley LLP
David Goodfriend, The Goodfriend Group
Panel
Seth Bloom, Bloom Stategic Counsel
The Hon. Mignon Clyburn, Former FCC Commissioner
Yosef Getachew, Common Cause
Ben Moncrief, C Spire
Moderator: Alexandra Givens, Georgetown Institute for Tech Law & Policy
FCC Commissioner Carr's Mobile World Congress Remarks on a Modern Regulatory Approach to 5G
I want to provide an update on the significant progress we’ve made in the US to update our infrastructure rules. And I want to share some of the results we’re already seeing, including Internet speeds that are up 40% and 5G networks that are being built in the US at an accelerated clip.
9:30 A.M. REGISTRATION
10:00 GREETINGS, WELCOME — MA. CRISTINA CABALLERO, Pres. Dialogue on Diversity RAUL GRIJALVA, U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona FRANKLIN GARCÍA, U.S. Representative, Shadow, for the District of Columbia JACKIE REYES-YANES, Director, Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs. D.C. AMERICAN ELDORADO : NEWCOMERS’ DUE SHARE
FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for March 2019 Open Meeting
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the items below are tentatively on the agenda for the March Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Friday, March 15, 2019: