GDL Presents: Keeping the Internet Free & Open
By Derek Slater, Policy Manager
More than 2 billion people around the world use the web to discover, work, share, and
communicate. This week,
Google Developers
Live Presents will host a series on Internet regulation and the
future of our web. Airing Tuesday through Thursday at 3:30pm PST (23:30 UTC), technical,
entrepreneurial, and policy experts weigh in on the economic and social impact of the
Internet, as well as its future if we don’t take action.
Visit the
Google+
events to RSVP, add the episodes to your Google calendar, tune in live on
GDL, and
ask questions of our on-air
guests. And, most importantly,
raise
your voice for a free and open web.
Tuesday: The State of Our Web | 3:30 pm PST | 23:30 UTC | Featuring
M-Lab and the
Transparency Report |
Watch live |
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calendar
How can you tell if an application is being throttled? What are the trends in governments
seeking access to users' data? Minds behind M-Lab and the Transparency report – two projects
trying to empower Internet users with data about the state of the Internet – join us
in-studio.
Wednesday: Entrepreneurs on the #freeandopen web | 3:30 pm PST | 23:30 UTC
| Featuring
Google for
Entrepreneurs and
Engine Advocacy |
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calendar
Google for Entrepreneurs is
helping startups around the world and
Engine
Advocacy is the startup voice in government. Learn more about what they’ve picked up
along the way about the culture of successful communities of entrepreneurs, and policies on
the table that may impact them.
Thursday: Internet Freedom and the ITU | 3:30 pm PST | 23:30 UTC |
Featuring
Access Now,
Association for Progressive Communications,
Centro de Technologia e Sociedade (Brazil),
Fundacion Karisma (Colombia),
Derechos Digitales (Chile) |
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calendar
This week, the world's governments are gathering in Dubai to discuss the future of the
Internet. Some governments want to use this meeting to increase censorship and regulate the
Internet. Hear from five leading advocacy groups from around the world about what’s at
stake.
Connect with us at developers.google.com/live. Tune in to
live programming, check out the latest in Google tools and technologies, and learn how to make
great apps.
Derek
Slater defends the open Internet on Google's public policy team. He supports the
company's global advocacy efforts on innovation policy, and recently helped launch google.com/takeaction.
Posted by Scott Knaster,
Editor
