Confession: I appropriated the @SOTN theme ""More Than Meets the AI" from last year's @ILPFoundry's Trivia Night. @CenDemTech's won "Best Team Name" with it. CDT won again this year with "Love A(I)sland USA." Expect that to be your 2027 SOTN theme! #sotn26

22nd year in a row. Starting soon. #sotn26

🔋 Inside Tuesday’s AI–Energy Congressional Briefing: With data centers, AI energy needs, and affordability in the headlines, our AI Energy experts laid out the key issues.➡️ 📺 Watch youtu.be/Pe3LhB6yQTw 📝 Read www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/u... 🎧 Listen netcaucus.org/listen/

Join me in DC to start 2026 at #SOTN2026.

Want to help plan the 2026 State of the Net Conference. We're hiring a fellow. Apply on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/hiring/jobs/...

If you missed it C-SPAN covered our panel "Rethinking The FCC’s Video Regulations In The Age Of Streaming." We've posted the video, audio, and transcript. 📺 youtu.be/LUV6LqD_HjU 📝 netcaucus.org/wp-content/u... 🔈https://netcaucus.org/listen/ #FCCVideo #Streaming

The @ilpfoundry.bsky.social Internet Law Trivia Night is back on Wed July 30. Get your tix. 🏆 The best in Internet Law and Policy will battle head to head. Join quizmaster @kurtopsahl.bsky.social, Foundry fellows, and DC’s Internet Law and Policy community. www.eventbrite.com/e/foundry-tr...

🚨 THREAD: What does is mean to preserve online expression in the digital age? Here are 4 key takeaways from our Hill Briefing, “The Future of Online Expression In The Trump Era: Freedom vs Regulation” #OnlineSpeech Full video/audio here 👇 1/ www.netcaucus.org/event/online...

This should be quite a discussion.

The new co-chairs of the Congressional App Challenge in the House for the 119th Congress. Rep. Brett Guthrie and @repkimschrier.bsky.social, appointed by the Internet Caucus co-chairs Rep. Michael McCaul and @rephaleystevens.bsky.social www.congressionalappchallenge.us/congressiona...

📺 Watch Live: Future of Kids Online Safety. Congressional Internet Caucus congressional briefing. bit.ly/onlinesafety... 📅 Thurs. March 13, 2025 ⏰ 12 PM ET Speakers: Ash Johnson @itif.org, Andrew Zach @famonlinesafety.bsky.social, Maureen Flatley, Common Sense Media, Miranda Nazarro @thehill.com.

Rep. Michael McCaul has appointed @rephaleystevens.bsky.social to succeed frm. Rep. Anna Eshoo as co-chair of the Congressional Internet Caucus. We look forward to working with her.

📺 What Will Tech Policy Look Like in the 119th Congress? Rayburn lunch event January 29! 📅 Watch live with Kellee Wicker @thewilsoncenter.bsky.social , Amy Box @netchoice.bsky.social Evan Swarztrauber FAI, Sara Collins @publicknowledge.bsky.social RSVP: lu.ma/ns519y6m #TechPolicy119

Rep Anna Eshoo delivered her final floor speech yesterday. Founding Member of the Congressional Internet Caucus in 1996. Co-chaired it since 2011. Co-founded the Congressional App Challenge in 2015. Thank you, Rep. Eshoo, for your leadership! Final floor speech here: www.c-span.org/video/?c5145...

📺 Video from How Did AI Impact Voters and Campaigns?" is up. Speakers: @jrhuddles.bsky.social Tim Harper @cendemtech.bsky.social Kara Frederick and Oma Seddiq @bloomberg.com. #TheAIElection 📺 bit.ly/aielection

🗳️ How did AI shape the election results? 🤖 Join our Congressional briefing where election tech experts - Tim Harper CDT, Jennifer Huddleston Cato, and Kara Frederick Heritage - discuss the first ever AI election. lu.ma/w2cxqc4l

Last week I was so heartened to hear Richard Whitt express hope for the #worldwideweb as he discusses his new book "Reweaving the Web" with Evelyn Remaley. So many great ideas. Buy it www.amazon.co.uk/Reweaving-We...

I am looking forward to learning more about Evan Prodromou's Social Web Foundation. techcrunch.com/2024/09/24/a...

The @CongressionalAC director Joe Alessi addressing the #CongressionalHackathon and announcing @NationalAppChallenge day! #Congress4CS

TIL that the 2003 mission to capture Saddam Hussein was codenamed OPERATION RED DAWN.

8 takeaways from "What Policymakers Need to Know About the Fediverse" on Medium. Everything from privacy to content moderation to antitrust safe harbors to cryptocurrencies. Read here www.decentralizedfuturecouncil.org/2024/07/8-ta...

📺 Watch live the Hill briefing on #NetChoice #SCOTUS decisions live today at 12pm in Rayburn. With Steve DelBianco (NetChoice), Yael Eisenstat, Olivier Sylvain, Vera Eidelman ACLU, & Nadine Farid Johnson. How did #SCOTUS decide Moody vs @NetChoice vs Paxton? Watch bit.ly/scotus1sta #SCOTUSTech

Tech journalist @caseynewton.bsky.social is as excited as us about the "fediverse" maybe, just maybe, creating a more positive vision for the future of the Internet. Check his June 20 edition of Platformer. Check out our What Policymakers Need to Know #Fediverse event www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9YM...

To all the grammar geeks out there, is "who're" a commonly used contraction? It was used in an @Axios piece about Biden's performance. Even if it's not common, is it a good word choice given the alternative, "who are" includes the same number of characters.

House briefing on #NetChoice #SCOTUS decisions 7/12 in Rayburn and livestream. With Steve DelBianco (NetChoice) Yael Eisenstat Olivier Sylvain @fordhamuniversity.bsky.social Vera Eidelman (ACLU). How did #SCOTUS decide Moody vs @NetChoice vs Paxton? RSVP to find out: scotus1sta.eventbrite.com

27 years after ACLU vs Reno and 15 years after #SCOTUS denied cert regarding COPA, age-verification is back at the Court. thehill.com/policy/techn...

🏆 Get ready DC people! #FoundryTrivia is coming July 23! 🎟️ Tickets go on sale tomorrow. The amazing quizmaster @kurtopsahl.bsky.social is coming east to MC. Follow @ilpfoundry.bsky.social for details. It's going to be epic.

The video of "The #Fediverse, What Policymakers Need To Know" is now online, along with transcript. The expert panel featured Amy James, @mmasnick.bsky.social, Hillary Brill, and @rbs.io @eff.org. 📺 Watch youtu.be/B9YMvDeJM2U 👓 Read Transcript dfcouncil.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/u...

The #Fediverse is rising! What do policymakers need to know? Join us 6/11 where Amy James, @mmasnick.bsky.social, Hillary Brill, and @rbs.io @eff.org break it all down. #threads #mastadon #bluesky RSVP fediversepolicy.eventbrite.com

🇺🇸⛑️🤖💪 TechCongress is recruiting an AI safety team for the first branch of US government, AKA Congress. $190K/12 months: www.techcongress.io/ai-safety-fe... www.techcongress.io/ai-safety-fe... You — or someone you know — can help make our union stronger, safer, and smarter! Please scrub in.

what percent of the celebrity images in my Facebook feed are AI generated?

There have been several "Quantum" tech conferences in DC lately. Is Quantum a thing yet or will there be a moment, like the release of ChatGPT, when we realize that it's actually here? Photo credit: Photo credit: @ReimanisK on Unsplash

I continually stand in awe of people who fail upward. Angel Hernandez just got paid to go away. One of the worst umpire's in baseball history. "He retired 30 years too late." youtu.be/ZgCHGtaOUns?... nypost.com/2024/05/28/s...

This is why we can't have nice things anymore. www.cnn.com/travel/inapp...

The House has launched the 2024 Congressional App Challenge! If you know a student ready to build an app let them know? #CodeforCongress. #Congress4CS www.congressionalappchallenge.us/students/stu...

Happy Boston Marathon Day to those who celebrate. Oh, and Patriots Day. And #GoSox! #BostonMarathon 🎽📣

Great to be back in the Capitol Building celebrating the winners of the Congressional App Challenge. These student app developers are amazing. #HouseOfCode

About 25 years ago Vint Cerf gave a speech to the Congressional Internet Caucus saying that someday there would be TCP/IP in space someday. And this is next level TCP/IP. twitter.com/gbrumfiel/st...

Junior Senator Ed Markey addressing the Data Transfer Summit hosted by @[email protected].

Registration is open for the 20th Annual The State of the Net Conference. Besides myself, I think there are many Internet policy people who have been to every single one of them. Registration link in here: mailchi.mp/stateofthene... #SOTN2024

Call for Proposals for the State of the Net Conference (Feb 12 in DC). Send in your proposals for Lightning Talks and Salons. The submission form is open. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Just in: The Supreme Court will leap into online content debates for the second year running, saying it'll hear cases on the constitutionality of Texas and Florida state laws that seek to restrict how social media companies moderate their platforms: www.supremecourt.gov...

Anna Gomez took her seat as an FCC commissioner today, bringing the Commission up to full strength. The FCC announcement says that she is the first Latina on the Commission in 20 years. I can't believe it's been 20 years since Commissioner Tristani. www.fcc.gov/about/leader...

DC Tech Policy folks: @kashhill.bsky.social is coming to talk about her amazing new book at Politics & Prose in NW DC on Sunday 10/8. Go, listen, and buy the book at the counter. "YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US." You'll thank me. politics-prose.com/kashmir-hill

Watch July's Congressional Internet Caucus briefing: "AI Regulation Roundup" Audio too. Video - https://youtu.be/m4mHK1Q7SAs Audio -https://otter.ai/u/n0gnEwOsUE3nVX1yxdaJnqsioLM PDF - https://www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/AI-Regulation-Roundup_Transcript.pdf MT @annalenhart.bsky.social

📅 Join me Friday 12 pm ET for our "AI Regulation Roundup." AI policy experts will recap the dizzying number of AI policy proposals over the last seven months. Join us in-person or virtually. MT @NicholasPGarcia @AnnaCLenhart @PatentJosh @EviFuelle RSVP https://aipolicyjuly.eventbrite.com/

Good piece on the inevitable content moderation as a service industry https://techpolicy.press/the-evolving-trust-and-safety-vendor-ecosystem/

Kevin Mitnick, the "world's most famous hacker," passes away. Mitnick was a complicated personality. Anyone writing a good retrospective of his hacking exploits of the '90s and law enforcement's response to them? https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/20/kevin-mitnick-hacker-dies/

Last week we convened experts to drill down on smart contracts. #Smartcontracts are fascinating and are fueling innovation in the decentralized web space. Video and transcript below ICYMI #dweb #web3 📄 https://otter.ai/u/O6k5LzGgszcnxFeBWH-f3cNfZSI 📺 https://youtu.be/XyXV9frOhM8 MT @rbs.io

Starting in 30 minutes our #DWeb fellow Scott Babwah Brennen is is giving a #TrustCon lightning talk on "Content Policy on the Decentralized Web" He'll present his #Web3 Content Policy research. Room Seacliff B. #TrustCon2023