Upcoming event

Digital Inclusion Week is an annual campaign that recognizes local digital inclusion organizations and special events that promote digital equity across the country.

Witnesses

• Dr. Alan Mislove, Professor and Interim Dean, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University
• Ms. Laura Edelson, Ph.D. Candidate and Co-Director of Cybersecurity for Democracy at New York University
• Dr. Kevin Leicht, Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Sociology

Children and teens face immense peer pressure and social expectations to broadcast their lives online. Recent Wall Street Journal investigations have revealed troubling insights regarding what Facebook knows about how Instagram affects young users, including their mental health. This hearing will cover Facebook’s research into the impact of its apps on young audiences, its actions to address threats to these users, and policy considerations to safeguard kids online.

Witnesses

• Antigone Davis, Director, Global Head of Safety, Facebook

This hearing will examine how to better safeguard consumer privacy rights, including by equipping the Federal Trade Commission with the resources it needs to protect consumer privacy through the creation of a privacy bureau; and the need for a comprehensive federal privacy law.

At this meeting, the Task Force will hear updates from the Working Group leadership and discuss recommendations.

This agenda may be modified at the discretion of the Task Force Chair and the Designated Federal Officer.

Before the pandemic-driven surge of public investment in broadband networks, the federal government had subsidized rural broadband by approximately $6 billion a year. So why does the rural-urban digital divide persist? Why are we looking to the new infrastructure bill to solve a problem that should have been solved a decade ago? Author of Farm Fresh Broadband Dr.

A dizzying number of new federal funding programs have created exciting opportunities to address broadband inequities in US communities. New state initiatives are also cropping up, geared towards increasing digital equity. And there may be more to come. For local digital inclusion organizations and coalitions, navigating these programs to match the right resources with community needs is the new challenge.

Witnesses

1. Mr. Steve Satterfield

   Vice President, Privacy & Public Policy

   Facebook, Inc.

   Menlo Park, CA

2. Mr. Markham Erickson

   Vice President Of Government Affairs And Public Policy

   Google, Inc.

   Mountain View, CA

3. Ms. Sheila Colclasure

   Global Chief Digital Responsibility And Public Policy Officer

   IPG Kinesso

   Little Rock, AR

4. Mr. John Robb

   Author

   The Global Guerrillas Report

   Acton, MA

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