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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.
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
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:
Consumer groups livid over Senate privacy hearing snub
Consumer advocates are furious that the Senate Commerce Committee's initial witness list for its upcoming hearing on data privacy consists entirely of industry-backed groups. The panel, led by Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS), announced a slate of witnesses headlined by representatives from prominent tech trade groups. A Senate staffer familiar with the committee described the Feb. 27 session as a starting point on privacy discussions that will lay the groundwork for future hearings. But privacy advocates said the snub reflected a lack of regard for consumers.
Behold the Ides of March: March 2019 FCC Meeting Agenda
On March 15, we’ll aim to make progress on many of the issues core to the Federal Communications Commission’s mission: promoting US leadership on 5G, closing the digital divide, advancing public safety, modernizing our media rules, helping rural consumers, and more.
A hearing on the need for comprehensive data privacy and security legislation