Politics & Government

Eshoo: Web Future Needs Privacy, Transparency

"State of the Net" round table offers vision for the future of the internet.

Innovation in Silicon Valley risks being stifled by government if private industry cannot quickly develop safeguards for digital privacy, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-Menlo Park) said today.

Nearly a decade after the congresswoman helped usher in the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, Eshoo today joined Stanford Law School’s Ryan Calo and Common Sense Media’s Alan Simpson, at “State of the Net: West,” a roundtable discussion that put online privacy at the center of the political debate over the future of the internet.

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