Internet education foundation. It is three and a half hours. [chatter] hello. Alright, lets get going. He has a long day ahead of us. Welcome everybody. So, i am the executive director of the internet a dictation foundation which coordinates the state of the net conference. Welcome to the 20th annual date of the net which seemed to need to be insane because i didnt think we would get to the second annual. But there is a totally different story. I would like to make a profound Statement Today about what 20 years needs, where we are at what point in time, internet policy we are in time now looking back over the 20 years of internet policy, the ebb and flow. Something certainly new. We are we talk of internet policy because we feel like something is happening in the next 20 years will be even more exciting than the last 20 years. That said, a lot of the issues we dealt with 20 years ago are still in play today. We are at an incredibly important Inflection Point in history when it comes to
Legal foundation. The foundation for individual rights and expression. Id like to welcome you to this Years Supreme Court preview discussion and also welcome to our viewers on cspan. The courts term begins on monday of next week, although this morning we got the surprise of several grants and new cases at that theyre going to hear and its shaping up to be an exciting term. Theres a little bit of something for everyone. Free speech, guns, taxes, and of course, overreach by administrative agencies. We have a lot of ground to cover and only about an hour to do soso im going to jump right into brief introductions of our distinguished panel. John elwood is a partner at arnold and poller where he heads up to the Supreme Court cases. Hes argued 10 cases before the Supreme Court and appeared before nearly every federal Appeals Court in the country. And john writes, the popular relist watch for scotus blog. I hope youll bring back the relist carols this holiday season. And a National Writer on
Internet education foundation. It is three and a half hours. [chatter] hello. Alright, lets get going. He has a long day ahead of us. Welcome everybody. So, i am the executive director of the internet a dictation foundation which coordinates the state of the net conference. Welcome to the 20th annual date of the net which seemed to need to be insane because i didnt think we would get to the second annual. But there is a totally different story. I would like to make a profound Statement Today about what 20 years needs, where we are at what point in time, internet policy we are in time now looking back over the 20 years of internet policy, the ebb and flow. Something certainly new. We are we talk of internet policy because we feel like something is happening in the next 20 years will be even more exciting than the last 20 years. That said, a lot of the issues we dealt with 20 years ago are still in play today. We are at an incredibly important Inflection Point in history when it comes to
Im sorry were a few minutes late in the beginning. We did have a vote in the floor and in the middle of it a colloquy concerning our schedule. This time i recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon and a warm welcome to each of our witnesses who are going to join us today. We are here on what has turned out to be an oabsolute lee gorgeous day in washington d. C. But were here to talk about an ugly, sorted subject. And that is online sex trafficking. Or its the name of as the organization describeds it more bluntly, slavery. As the stings continue to proliferate, those that thought slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 america have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, its on the rise and in large part because the internet, the technological master piece of our time has made it much easier to do. And both the house and the senate this year were facing up to the challenge with a long over due conversation dri
Im sorry were a few minutes late in the beginning. We did have a vote in the floor and in the middle of it a colloquy concerning our schedule. This time i recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon and a warm welcome to each of our witnesses who are going to join us today. We are here on what has turned out to be an oabsolute lee gorgeous day in washington d. C. But were here to talk about an ugly, sorted subject. And that is online sex trafficking. Or its the name of as the organization describeds it more bluntly, slavery. As the stings continue to proliferate, those that thought slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 america have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, its on the rise and in large part because the internet, the technological master piece of our time has made it much easier to do. And both the house and the senate this year were facing up to the challenge with a long over due conversation dri