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The Internet Association, a group of internet-related companies including Amazon, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Netflix, and many others has released a roadmap of policy areas for the incoming administration and Congress.
The roadmap's opening letter begins by congratulating President-elect Trump and goes on to say:
Our country's foundation of digital entrepreneurship flows from policy decisions the United States government made long ago to encourage continued innovation and a vibrant e-commerce marketplace. These policies have allowed the internet industry to flourish in the U.S. and to export our products and services worldwide.
[...] Included with this letter is a roadmap of key policy areas that have allowed the internet to grow, thrive, and ensure its continued success and ability to create jobs throughout our economy. The internet industry looks forward to engaging in an open and productive dialogue. Thank you for your consideration of the following policy priorities.
Most of the positions discussed in the roadmap are exactly the sort of policies we, as technical people, support. They include:
- Intermediary Liability
- Copyright
- Privacy and Data Security
- Trade and Global Internet Policy
- Surveillance Reform
- Patent Reform
- Enhance U.S. STEM and Computer Science Education
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @09:17PM
At least slavery was transparently evil.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2016, @06:09PM
Actually one of the main propaganda points of African slavery was that it was better to be a Christian slave and go to heaven than a Muslim freeman going to hell.