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A South Bay congressman wants a bill of rights for internet users similar to the one provided to airline passengers.
Days after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified on Capitol Hill about the Cambridge Analytica data breach, House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi asked U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat representing most of Silicon Valley, to draft a new bill to outline just what users rights should be.
On Sunday, he held a town hall at Independence High School in San Jose, saying he'll be engaging with Silicon Valley tech giants Google, Facebook and Apple for input.
Since arriving on Capitol Hill last year, Rep. Ro Khanna has advocated for Americans' rights to their own private data on the web. Now, fellow Bay Area Rep. Nancy Pelosi has tapped him to outline just what those rights are.
Pelosi, the longtime Democratic leader who represents San Francisco, asked Khanna last week to draft an "Internet Bill of Rights," days after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress over the Cambridge Analytica data leak. The news was first reported by Newsweek on Thursday.
It makes sense the congressional district that essentially created the Internet should lead the legislative effort to create a more equatable platform and protect the privacy of its users. That's why House Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has tasked Rep. Ro Khanna to lead the effort.
The assignment is a significant appointment for the first-term Khanna, who represents Fremont and Silicon Valley in Congress.
U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna, of California's 17th Congressional District will meet with WVU Tech and WVU representatives on Beckley's campus Monday to discuss STEM education and industry in the state.
Tech officials reported Khanna will be visiting alongside representatives from high-tech manufacturing, healthcare, information technology and data analysis companies to discuss how the WVU system is encouraging the growth of STEM fields in the state.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) discusses Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's appearance on Capitol Hill and what he wants to see for the future of data privacy and user protection.
Watch the video here: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/04/11/rep-ro-khanna-why-we-need-an-internet-bill-of-rights.html
Rep. Ro Khanna (D., Calif.) called for an Internet "bill of rights" similar to those in Europe during an appearance Wednesday on CNBC.
Khanna, whose California district includes Silicon Valley, said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's appearances on Capitol Hill revealed a "knowledge gap" about social media among lawmakers.
U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's testimony was long overdue. He speaks with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."
Watch the video here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-04-11/rep-ro-khanna-says-zuckerberg-s-testimony-was-long-overdue-video
Increased regulation in the technology sector would be good for Facebook but bad for its competitors, said Kevin Knight, former Team Lead of Facebook Creative Shop in New York.
"The harder the government makes it for companies to access shared data or data that changes places, that changes between different platforms," Knight told CNBC, "the stronger it makes companies that have access to tons of data within their own right. That means Facebook, Amazon, Google."
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein was just a twelve-mile drive from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., when she fielded a question about what Washington is doing to protect America's Democratic process from cyber attacks by foreign actors.
Rep. Ro Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley in the House, says he has spoken to Facebook officials and warned them that it is time to create an Internet Bill of Rights that includes the right to know your data, delete your data and transfer your data online.
Watch the video here: https://www.msnbc.com/kasie-dc/watch/democrat-khanna-calls-for-internet-bill-of-rights-1205959747562