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Blending Data Analytics and AI: Policy Implications

Rayburn House Office Building

October 26, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – @ 1:00 pm

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Data analytics is becoming an essential part of companies’ operations, planning and innovation. In the Internet age, companies are generating an unprecedented amount of data, and an entire industry has grown out of the need to process and understand it. How have these insights helped change the way businesses interact with consumers? What is the difference between Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, and how are these technologies used to inform decision making?

At the same time, with the advent of this new technology comes new challenges. How do the inherent biases in data sets influence analytic outcomes and decision-making algorithms? What can we do to encourage innovation when many data sets are proprietary? Join us as we explore these questions and more with a panel of experts.

SPEAKERS

Leighanne Levensaler, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Workday (bio)

Dean Garfield, President & CEO, Information Technology Industry Council (bio)

Chris Calabrese, Vice President for Policy, Center for Democracy and Technology (bio)

Neil Chilson, Acting Chief Technologist, Federal Trade Commission (bio)

MODERATOR

Joshua New, Policy Analyst, Center for Data Innovation

Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2017
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Rayburn House Office Building Room 2237
Follow: @NetCaucusAC | #BigDataAI

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Hacking: What Color Is Your Hat? Vulnerability Disclosures and the Law

Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2226

October 13, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – @ 1:00 pm

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White hat researchers look for vulnerabilities in information systems and play an increasingly crucial role in our nation’s cyber security defenses. Yet, the rules of the road for these types of “hackers” have been slow to evolve in terms of civil and criminal liability. Worse, often times the white hats are mistaken for black hats when they attempt to report vulnerabilities to other companies. Now, more and more new legislation and regulations are starting to include specific protections and procedures for disclosing these vulnerabilities responsibly. The Department of Justice has even issued a set of guidelines that include white hat protections for disclosures.  But these measures are just the start. Should more companies adopt procedures to better ingest and respond to vulnerability disclosures? They they be disclosed publicly for others? What are the pros and cons of “bug bounties?” And, does law enforcement know the difference between a black hat, a grey hat and a white hat?

SPEAKERS:

  • Leonard Bailey – Special Counsel for National Security, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, U.S. Department of Justice (bio)
  • Harley Geiger – Director of Public Policy, Rapid7 (bio)
  • Franck Journoud – Cybersecurity & Technology Policy, Oracle (bio)
  • Katie Moussouris – Founder and CEO, Luta Security (bio)

MODERATOR:

  • Chris Bing –  Associate Editor,  CyberScoop (bio)

Date: Friday, October 13, 2017

Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Location: Rayburn House Office Building Room 2237

Follow: @NetCaucusAC | #VulDis

Photo Credit: Christoph Scholz via Flickr

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Carving Out Exceptions to Section 230: How Will It Affect The Internet?

Rayburn House Office Building

September 8, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – @ 1:00 pm

 

 

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Over 21 years ago, at the dawn of the commercial Internet, Congress passed a seemingly minor  amendment to the massive Telecom Act of 1996 — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (HR 1555). HR 1555 was designed to limit liability of Internet providers for content posted by their users and also to give them a safe harbor to manage objectionable behavior on their platforms.

There is no question that with Section 230 Congress enabled the meteoric growth of the Internet. The impact of Section 230 has been showered with superlatives like “The Most Important Law in Tech” and “The Legislation That Saved the Internet.” Yet, since Section 230’s passage, it has been litigated hundreds of times. Further, hundreds of lawmakers’ bills have been introduced seeking to hold intermediaries liable for the actions of its users. In fact, there are several bills in Congress right now that seek to hold scale back Section 230’s scope including two on human trafficking.

We invite you to a discussion about Section 230 and efforts to limit the scope of the law. The panel will include legal scholars and industry representatives that rely on the law. The panel will discuss the origins of the law, the role it plays in enabling Internet services and technologies. Join us on September 8 at noon in Rayburn 2237.

SPEAKERS

  • Julie Cohen – Mamolen Professorship in Law & Technology, Georgetown University Law School (Bio)
  • Eric Goldman – Professor of Law and Co-director of the High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara Law School (Bio)
  • Rachel Wolbers – Policy Director, Engine (Bio)

More speakers will be announced.

Date: Friday, September 8, 2017
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Rayburn House Office Building Room 2237
Follow: @NetCaucusAC | #Sec230

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Julia Hartz, President and Co-Founder of Eventbrite | Speaker Series

Rayburn House Office Building

October 13, 2015 @ 12:00 pm – @ 1:00 pm

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Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speakers:

  • Julia Hartz, Co-Founder and President of Eventbrite (Bio)
  • Rebecca Cooper, Moderator, Executive in Resident, American University Kogod School of Business (Bio)

Join the Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus and the Women’s High Tech Coalition for a fireside chat about re-imagining the workplace with Julia Hartz, Co-Founder & President of Evenbrite.

As co-founder and President of Eventbrite, Julia Hartz has evolved the company from an innovative ticketing platform to the world’s largest marketplace for live experiences. Since the company founding in 2006, Eventbrite has generated over $3 billion in gross ticket sales, with more than 200 million tickets processed to events and experiences around the globe. Eventbrite has secured $200M in funding, and through Julia’s leadership, has cemented its place in the “Unicorn Startup Club,” reserved exclusively for companies with an over $1B valuation.

Under Julia’s guidance, company culture and optimizing workplace performance has remained an integral part of Eventbrite, which now boasts over 500 employees in eight offices around the world. Eventbrite secured a spot on Fortune’s 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials, and has been voted one of the “Best Places to Work in the San Francisco Bay Area” six years running. In the years since founding Eventbrite, Julia has been honored as one of Fortune’s 2015 40 Under 40 business leaders, Inc.’s 35 under 35 in 2014, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in 2013, and has been profiled in Forbes in both 2013 and 2015.

Julia landed in Silicon Valley via Hollywood where she began her career as a development executive at MTV and FX Networks. In today’s digital age, Julia believes that real-life, human experiences lead to individual happiness and strong global communities. This belief continues to fuel her passion while running Eventbrite today.

This address by Ms. Hartz is a continuation of the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee Speakers Series, which brings Internet leaders and luminaries to the Capitol Complex to share their expertise with Internet policy leaders in Congress. Past “Speakers” have included Internet founding fathers such as Vint Cerf, Tim Berners-Lee and Marty Cooper as well as industry leaders like Bill Gates, Michael Eisner, Meg Whitman, and Kazuo Hirai. Renowned Internet researcher danah boyd kicked off the 2014 Speakers Series back in February.

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Spencer Rascoff, CEO, Zillow, “Turning the Lights On: Open Data, Open Markets”

Rayburn House Office Building

March 27, 2014 @ 12:00 pm – @ 1:00 pm

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One of the pillars of the American economy remains the housing market. Over the last decade the Internet has increasingly made life easier and more transparent for perhaps the most significant and terrifying purchase an American will ever make — buying a home. Sites like Realtor.com, Redfin, Trulia, and Zillow have all contributed to providing more information to home buyers as they ponder their purchase. According to the National Association of Realtors over 90% of consumers will start their home search on the Internet. Zillow’s Spencer Rascoff will discuss the evolution of the Internet-enabled home purchase and how Zillow hopes to provide home buying services to American consumers. O’Reilly Media’s Government 2.0 reporter Alexander Howard will interview Mr. Rascoff during this event.

Date: Thursday, March 27, 2014
Time: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm (boxed lunch will be served starting at 12:15 pm)
Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2237

Speakers:

  • Spencer Rascoff, CEO of Zillow [Bio]
  • Alexander Howard, Writer, Editor [Bio]
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The War for the Web: Countering ISIS and Violent Extremism Online

Rayburn House Office Building

July 21, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – @ 1:00 pm

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In the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in London UK Prime Minister has been at the forefront of international calls for the technology companies to do more to combat online extremism. The British Government has announced its intention to stamp out extremism “in all its forms, both across society and on the Internet”. Within the United States, the Department of Homeland Security just announced a $10 million grant for two-year programming to organizations that will work to improve security in our communities and thwart terrorism. Countering-Violence Extremism, specifically online, is the effort to proactively counter efforts by extremist groups to recruit and radicalize followers worldwide. This effort now more than ever requires the increasing cooperation between the private, public, and academic sector amongst others. Tech companies have been experimenting with new techniques and guidelines. At the same time the Trump Administration is determined to prevent domestic terrorism. These are complex issues at the intersection of freedom of expression and national security. How will all of these proposed changes and solutions express themselves online, domestically and abroad? How do these efforts to identify and prevent early online radicalization square with the First Amendment and notions of freedom of expression?

SPEAKERS

  • Kevin Adams – First Secretary, Home Affairs, Embassy of the United Kingdom to the United States(Bio)
  • Dr. Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens – Research Director, Project on Extremism, George Washington University (Bio)
  • Mark MacCarthy – Senior Vice President, Public Policy, Software & Information Industry Association (Bio)
  • Arthur Rizer – Director of National Security and Justice Policy, R Street (Bio)
  • Clara Tsao – Chief Technology Officer, CVE Task Force, Department of Homeland Security, and White House Presidential Innovation Fellow (Bio)

Date: Friday, July 21, 2017
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Rayburn House Office Building Room 2237
Follow: @NetCaucusAC | #CVEOnline

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Balancing National Security and Privacy Protections. What will Congress do about FISA’s 702?

Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2237

July 14, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – @ 1:00 pm

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Without Congressional action Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) will cease to be a law enforcement tool at the disposal of law enforcement. In the aftermath of 9/11 Congress empowered America’s top law enforcement agencies to the collect the data on non-US persons. Critics say that 702 surveillance enables law enforcement to gather data in bulk as well as data incidental and unrelated to legitimate threats. Law enforcement maintains that 702 is a critical tool in thwarting terrorism and in fighting crime. Yet, Congress has set the expiration date on 702 powers to December 31, 2017. Now, Congress must weigh the pros and cons of the provision and decide to one of three things: 1) reauthorize 702) revise 702 or 3) retire the 702 by not-acting (it will simply sunset). When it comes to balancing national security and privacy protections, what will Congress do with 702?

Speakers:
– Elizabeth (Liza) Goitein, Co-Director, Liberty & National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice (Bio)
– Michelle Richardson, Deputy Director, Freedom, Security, and Technology Policy, Center for Democracy and Technology (Bio)
– Adam Klein, Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security (Bio)
– Stuart Evans, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice

– Tim Lordan, Executive Director, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee (Moderator)

Date: Friday, July 14, 2017
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Rayburn House Office Building Room 2237
Follow: @NetCaucusAC | #FISAFriday

 

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Data Warrants From Across the Pond: Fighting Crime While Preserving Privacy

Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2237

July 10, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – @ 1:00 pm

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Fighting crime and thwarting terrorism is not what it was 20 years ago. Globally, law enforcement agencies are demanding more and more ready access to social media company data about customers — most of which is held by U.S.-based Internet giants like Google, Facebook, Twitter and Snap. However, expedient access to that data is hampered by privacy rules and our Constitution’s 4th amendment. Now, the U.S. Department of Justice, working with allies around the globe, have proposed that Congress streamline the rules so that foreign police agencies could access social media data more quickly. The fix would require updating the the Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA), which many critics say is outdated. Our panel will explore the pros and cons of this proposed fix and what it means for Congress, for U.S. citizens, and for U.S. Internet companies.

Speakers:

– Opening Remarks: Chris Randle, Legislative Director & Counsel, Rep. Jeffries (NY-08) (Bio)
– Opening Remarks: Judd Smith, Legislative Director & Counsel, Rep. Marino (PA-10) (Bio)
– Moderator: Carrie Cordero, Counsel, ZwillGen PLLC (Bio)
– Jennifer Daskal, Associate Professor of Law, American University (Bio)
– Richard Downing, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice (Bio)
– Neema Singh Guliani, Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union (Bio)
– Stephanie Martz, Reform Government Surveillance (Bio)
More speakers will be added on a rolling basis.

Date: Monday, July 10, 2017
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Rayburn House Office Building Room 2237
Follow: @NetCaucusAC | #crossborderwarrants
RSVP: Via Eventbrite here.

For Congressional Staff, Walk-Ins are welcome
Box lunch will be served.

Work in the age of AI, Automation, and the Gig Economy: A well oiled machine?

Rayburn House Office Building Room 2226

June 9, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – @ 1:00 pm

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What does the future of work, in the age of continued automatization, look like?

Startups continue to follow the path set by companies such as Uber: short term ‘gigs’ that allow workers more freedom to chose their work hours but also bring with it more uncertainty. At the same time, manufacturing jobs continue to be supplemented and replaced by automation. Finally, AI looms large on the horizon as software promises to replace not only blue collar but also white collar labor.

Will American workers have to compete both with foreign labor and domestic, machine labor? Or is there another way that will lead to increased integration of human and machine? Join our panel of experts as we discuss these and other questions and hear all sides of the story.

Speakers:
– Steve DelBianco, Executive Director, NetChoice
– Lori Sanders, Associate VP of Federal Affairs, R Street Institute
– Kristin Sharp, Executive Director, SHIFT Commission on Work, Workers & Technology
– Steven Overly – Technology Reporter, POLITICO Pro (moderator)(Bio)

Date: Friday, June 9, 2017
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Rayburn House Office Building Room 2226
Follow: @NetCaucusAC | #futurework

For Congressional Staff, Walk-Ins are welcome
Box lunch will be served.

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Frivolous Defamation Suits vs. Online Reviews – Gagged by the Law(yers)?

Cannon House Office Building Room 234

June 6, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – @ 1:00 pm

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Join us for a lunch debate about the current state of Anti-SLAPP legislation and judgements on Tuesday, June 6. We’re thrilled that Eric Goldman from Santa Clara Law School has flown in for this special event. He’ll be joined by Yelp’s Director of Public Policy, Laurent Crenshaw. Details and RSVP info below.

Date:  Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Time:  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location:  Cannon House Office Building Room 234
Follow: @NetCaucusAC | #AntiSLAPP

It has become almost second nature for users to seek out reviews and criticism of companies, products, brands, and services online or to voice our displeasure if something falls short of promised standards. Online commentary has thus become a powerful force for enacting change or exposing malfeasance. But the anonymity of the Internet has also given rise to contentious questions of how to defend against such criticism.

Controversial Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP), lawsuits intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by raising the specter of a costly legal defenses until commentators abandon their criticism or opposition, have occurred with some regularity. As a result, multiple states have passed Anti-SLAPP legislation, aimed at protecting the rights of online critics. However, those too have proven controversial.

But does Anti-SLAPP legislation present undue barriers to the right to petition for those  who sincerely believe they have been wronged? Join our panel of experts as we discuss these and other questions and hear all sides of the story.

SPEAKERS

  • Laurent Crenshaw – Director of Public Policy, Yelp (Bio)
  • Eric Goldman – Internet Law, Advertising Law & IP Professor, Santa Clara Law (Bio)
  • Paul Alan Levy – Attorney, Public Citizen Litigation Group (Bio)

MODERATOR

  • Nancy Scola – Senior Technology Reporter, POLITICO Pro (Bio)

For Congressional Staff,  Walk-Ins are welcome
Box lunch will be served. 

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