Protocol: Tech regulation is coming. How does Big Tech respond?

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CDT's Director of Policy Samir Jain joins a webinar hosted by Protocol entitled "Tech regulation is coming. How does Big Tech respond?" White text on a black background, with a close up of an illustration of the U.S. Capitol building.

Tech regulation is coming. How does Big Tech respond?

Date: January 26, 2022
Time: 10:30 AM PT  //  1:30 PM ET

Calls for tech regulation — from lawmakers, regulators, small businesses, even consumers — have become deafening. It now seems almost certain that antitrust action, privacy laws and more will influence the industry in some form in a bid to undermine the most powerful companies in the world’s most powerful industry.

But those companies want a hand in shaping what that regulation looks like. And while lawmakers argue about what policy should actually look like, tech companies are able to change their behaviors and business models to prepare for what’s coming down the pike.

In this event, we’ll look at what lawmakers really hope to achieve, how tech companies are already responding to the threat and what a realistic version of tech regulation might actually look like a few years from now.

Speakers

  • Justin Brookman, Director of Privacy and Technology Policy, Consumer Reports
  • Julie Brill, Chief Privacy Office, Microsoft
  • Samir Jain, Direct of Policy, Center for Democracy & Technology
  • Linda Moore, President & CEO, Technet

Moderator

  • Ben Brody, Senior Reporter, Protocol

Welcome Remarks

  • Bennett Richardson, President, Protocol