Wyden Tells Hackers of Hill Efforts 'Trying To Keep the Internet Open'
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and John Thune, R-S.D., were among lawmakers to visit hackers at the Hack4Congress event at Google’s Washington headquarters Thursday. “This is hacking for a good cause,” Wyden said. He cited bipartisan efforts focused on the Internet…
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wherein “everything was about trying to keep the Internet open” and what he considered big victories in battles on the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act. He lamented the repressive Internet policies of China: “It just takes your breath away.” Thune praised “open, transparent” processes and the virtues of “disruptive force.” He cited several efforts underway to improve how government works and the construction of FirstNet, “something that’s long overdue.” Several lawmakers, including Thune and Wyden, and Federal Election Commission Commissioner Ann Ravel submitted challenges for the hackers to take on. “As mobile phone users make up an increasing portion of Internet traffic, the FEC’s data needs to be accessible for these users, but currently it is not,” Ravel said in the problem she outlined.