Communicators of tech policy roundtable with three working journalist. We will look ahead to the fall at what the congress and executive agencies may be doing when it comes to tech policy. Lets introduce our panel beginning with Emily Birnbaum of the hill. We also have ashley gold of the information, and Alexandra Levine of politico. Ms. Levine, first question to you. Facebook has seen a lot of attention in this town in the last couple of months. Do we expect whats going on with that case and we expect further attention to that company . Thank you for having. Great to be. The ftc 5 billion settlement with facebook which was the culmination of this long privacy probe prompted by the Cambridge Analytica data scandal has divided washington. On the one hand, you have republicans and Industry Groups say this by building daughters find because is the largest to come that that in history of te agency really, that it meant facebook was being held accountable. On the other side you have democra
Whats going on with that case and do we expect further attention to that company . Ms. Levine thank you for having me, it is great to be here. Settlement5 billion with facebook, culminating the cambridge Analytical Data scandal, has divided washington. On one hand you have republicans and Industry Groups saying the 5 billion fine, because it was the largest in the history of the agency, it met facebook was being held accountable. On the others, you have democrats and consumer and privacy advocates blasting the ftcs track record on enforcement and saying that because of facebooks size and how much money it has, this wont deter facebook from bad behavior in the future. Right now in washington, we are in this wait and see mode with facebook. Facebook is still doing damage control to convince skeptics and lawmakers who are, by the way, watching facebooks every move to see if there are any other privacy missteps. Facebook is trying to prove itself to these skeptics and lawmakers. At the sam
The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 1420 to amend the independent energy act to promote Energy Efficiency via information and computing tech nollings and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from illinois, mr. Rush and the gentleman from michigan, mr. Upton, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. Mr. Rush i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h. R. 1420. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Rush mr. Speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from illinois is recognized. Mr. Rush mr. Speaker, i want to thank my friends and colleagues on the energy and Commerce Committee, ms. Eshoo of the great state of california, mr. Kinzinger of my home state of illinois, for working in a bipartisan manner to bring h. R. 1420, the
Host this week on the communicators, it is a tech policy roundtable with three working journalists. We look ahead to the fall and what congress and executive agencies may be doing when it comes to executive policy. Our panel begins with Emily Birnbaum of the hill. Ashley gold of the information and Alexander Levine of politico. Facebook, what is going on with that case . Thank you for having me. The ftcs 5 billion with 5 billion settlement with facebook opted by the cambridge has dividedandal washington. On one hand you have republicans and Industry Groups saying the meantlion fine, that it facebook was being held accountable. On the other side you have democrats and consumer and privacy advocates blasting the ftc track record on enforcement and saying that because of facebooks size and money, this wont deter facebook in the future. Right now in washington, we were we are in this wait and see mode with facebook. Facebook is still doing damage control to convince skeptics and lawmakers
The hill, we also have ashley gold of the information and Alexandra Levine of politico. Ms. Levine, first question to you. Facebook has seen a lot of attention in this town the last couple of months. Do we expect what is going on with that case and do we expect further attention . Thank you for having me. Great to be here but 5 million settlement with facebook was a combination of this long privacy probe by the Cambridge Analytic data scandal was in washington so on one hand you have republicans and Industry Groups saying that the 5 billiondollar fine because its the largest go down in history of the agency that it meant facebook was being held accountable. On the other side you have democrats in Consumer Privacy advocates blasting the ftcs track record on enforcement and saying that because of facebooks size and how much money it has it will not deter facebook from bad behavior in the future but right now in washington we are sort of in this wait and see mode with facebook where faceb