[applause] 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 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
Look at this headline at the Washington Post tonight. Bomb cyclone to blast east coast before polar vortex uncorks cold late this week. Happy new year. Happy bomb cyclone. I mean bomb and cyclone both sound bad. Not only did i not know that was a thing you have to worry about, who knew thats a thing you have to worry about in the weather . Bomb cyclone. Happy new year. Wow. And, in the wake of the east coast storm that were getting, theyre saying the cold in the wake of the storm will be 20 to 40 degrees below normal for friday and saturday. So, like i said, long underwear. You and me both. Im not ashamed. This new year is starting with literal bluster in the form of this extreme weather but bluster also characterizes the new year of news so far. Kim jopg unand north korea is ringing in 2018 by simultaneously offering talks with south korea about his country hopefully being allowed into the olympics next month. And hes announced, quote, the entire u. S. Territories are within our firin
The war in Ukraine has put projects with Russian museums on hold. But museums in Berlin and the state of Saxony are maintaining some dialogue with Russian colleagues.