Tim Lordan

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.
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#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.
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🚨 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/
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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...

Elections in the Age of AI: Analyzing 2024 and Shaping Future Campaigns SPEAKERS - Kara Frederick, Director, Tech Policy Center, The Heritage Foundation - Jennifer Huddleston, Senior Fellow in Technology Policy, Cato Institute - Tim Harper, Senior Policy Analyst and Project Lead, Elections and Democracy, Center for Democracy & Technology - Oma Seddiq, Technology Policy Reporter, Bloomberg Government (moderator)

📺 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
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Elections in the Age of AI: Analyzing 2024 and Shaping Future Campaigns · Luma 2024 was the first election since the emergence of powerful artificial intelligence models, and the dust is settling. Join a panel of election tech experts as…

🗳️ 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.
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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...

As the open social web grows, a new nonprofit looks to expand the 'fediverse' | TechCrunch A new project launching today aims to capitalize on the momentum seen within the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which describes

I am looking forward to learning more about Evan Prodromou's Social Web Foundation.
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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

PANELISTSHillary Brill, Professor, Georgetown University LawMike Masnick – CEO, Floor64, editor, Techdirt blogAmy James – Co Executive Director, Web3 Working... The Fediverse And The Future Of Social Media: What Policymakers Need To Know

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

Supreme Court to weigh adult industry’s challenge to Texas law The Supreme Court has indicated it will take up a case next term involving the adult entertainment industry’s challenge to a Texas law requiring pornography sites to implement age-verification meas…

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
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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 AI Safety Fellowship — TechCongress Learn more about and apply for the AI Safety Fellowship. Applications will close on June 12th, 2024.

🇺🇸⛑️🤖💪 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

How MLB finally ended its Angel Hernandez problem MLB had apparently seen enough, and Angel Hernandez was seemingly willing to walk away for the right price.

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?...
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