[applause] conference about identity com. Rosenworcel good afternoon. Thank you to everyone for being here today. You got me somewhere between senator and the Deputy Attorney general. So its a treat to be back at the state of the net conference and a special thank you to the Internet Education Foundation for having me and thank you for the good work you do to foster conversation about internet policy. Upfront i think i need a disclaimer. As a commissioner at the fcc speaking at the state of the net Conference Im going to defy some expectations today. Im not going to talk about Net Neutrality. I support Net Neutrality and i voted against last months this is an to last months decision to roll back those rules and i made a ruckus and there is no shortage of place where you can read my heated and sometimes fiery take on what happened. But today instead of talking about the substance of Net Neutrality i want to use it as a launching pad and i want to go big and discuss policymaking in the i
Syrias war just got more chaotic as alliances shift the country safe media says that pro Regime Forces are going to help Kurdish Militia expel turkish troops from the border region of afrin that turkey invaded last month the move pushes turkey a nato ally and syria one step closer to direct conflict possibly even war and so far neither side is backing down turkeys foreign minister responding to the news by saying that if the Syrian Regime moved to protect the kurds the turkish offensive would continue we will hear directly from the former leader of the syrian kurds in just a moment but first this report on the fighting in the territory that his party currently governs. An entire town in mourning this is become a familiar sight enough rain in recent weeks with residents regularly attending mass funerals for kurdish fighters killed in clashes with turkish troops. Its against this backdrop that syrian state t. V. Reported on a move that could change the dynamic of the fighting the news an
Just got more chaotic as alliances shift the country state media says that pro Regime Forces are going to help Kurdish Militia expel turkish troops from the border region of afrin that turkey invaded last month the move pushes turkey a nato ally and syria one step closer to direct conflict possibly even war and so far neither side is backing down turkeys foreign minister responding to the news by saying that if the Syrian Regime moved to protect the kurds the turkish offensive would continue we will hear directly from the former leader of the syrian kurds in just a moment but first this report on the fighting in the territory that his party currently governs. An entire town in mourning this is become a familiar sight enough rain in recent weeks with residents regularly attending mass funerals for kurdish fighters killed in clashes with turkish troops. Its against this backdrop that syrian state t. V. Reported on a move to change the dynamic of the fighting the news anchor of this bulle
Upfront i think i need a disclaimer. As a commissioner at the fcc speaking at the state of the net Conference Im going to defy some expectations today. Im not going to talk about Net Neutrality. I support Net Neutrality and i voted against last months this is an to last months decision to roll back those rules and i made a ruckus and there is no shortage of place where you can read my heated and sometimes fiery take on what happened. But today instead of talking about the substance of Net Neutrality i want to use it as a launching pad and i want to go big and discuss policymaking in the internet era. I want to talk about some shortcomings in our Civic Infrastructure because i think we need to make real changes if we want to give the public a fair shot at getting through to those who make decisions in washington. Yeah that is lofty stuff so let me start small. Let me start with three quick stories about three individuals. First story. Ketchikan is the largest city in southern alaska and
On the final day of the Munich Security Conference Benyamin Netanyahu the israeli Prime Minister confronts iran over a drone shot down by israel irans foreign minister gets back calling nessun you know whose appearance a circus act. And after u. S. Officials indicted thirteen russians for meddling in the twenty six thousand election and x. Troll tells t w theyre just the tip of the iceberg in russias fake news factory its. Also on the program a bonus legal battle of the ghosts you just mentioned up but hosted. Visitors winning the last four times the two sides messed up but it proved to be a close game. And for female driven movies you see impressed at the Berlin International Film Festival of youre about the italian adoption drama exploring a young girls search for identity. Plus the swedish black comedy is its divided critic. Oh im terry martin welcome to the program is not a rapid evolution of relations between germany and turkey last week turkeys Prime Minister been out the visit b