Databricks. Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and NTIA Administrator. Ex-Mozilla, ex-Google, ex-CDT. Technology + Policy. Dad.
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Grateful to be confirmed today to serve as Assistant Secretary of Commerce @NTIAgov. My thanks to @SecRaimondo and the many supporters who made this possible. Now on to the work of connecting America and building a better Internet.
And congratulations to @JRosenworcel and @gigibsohn - two terrific public servants - on their historic FCC appointments. I look forward to working closely with them both.
Great reminder @amac: Many of the most pro-consumer, pro-innovation features of Internet law today are not random but the product of principled organizations and people fighting for important things, sometimes over years and at great cost.
Tremendous Breyer opinion in Google v. Oracle. Hugely positive for the future of computing (and copyright.)
theverge.com/2021/4/5/223678…
Congratulations to the many who contributed to this case over the last decade. This amicus last year from @mozilla and other open source tech orgs was just one of many to lay out the stakes. blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2…
Another historic and frustrating tech CEO hearing today. Nobody should walk away satisfied. That may be just the recipe needed for action. energycommerce.house.gov/com…
The @jack open social media protocol has real promise and was underexplored once again. It remains one of the best product ideas out there for giving users more control over their feeds.
Repeal Section 230? Leave it alone? Something in between? Something else entirely? Diving into these questions and what might actually happen in DC, with the excellent @ellgood
@oliviersylvain @ericgoldman @glakier Tuesday at #SOTN2021.
Alan Davidson retweeted
Joe Biden and fmr President Trump agreed on only one thing: Section 230 needed to be "revoked, immediately." But amending 230 is more likely. Our experts - @abdavidson @oliviersylvain @glakier @ellgood @ericgoldman - will break down the myriad proposals. sotn2021.eventbrite.com
Reading through these orders is like reliving the worst moments of the last Administration, only in reverse.
It's been a good day for America.
Today @POTUS will sign executive orders to:
* Rejoin Paris Climate Accord
* Require masks for fed buildings & employees
* End Muslim travel ban
* Bring back DACA
* Pause student loans, mortgage payments & evictions
With historic challenges, this Administration is #ReadyonDayOne.
This just in: So pleased to share “Reimagine Open”, a paper examining how an updated vision of “openness” can create the better Internet we need. With @mozilla @MitchellBaker @amunyua @ambaonadventure and online here:
blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/0…
Today’s internet moved away from this. “Open” is a watered-down term. Open standards became closed platforms. Companies build walled gardens but call them open. And old tools for accountability have failed to scale. The result: An internet we know can be better.