Internet Policy Wars3.0 | Is The Past A Prologue To The Fight For Web3?
Channel: Congressional Internet Caucus Academy
Date: 2021-10-28

Policy battles during Web 1.0 like key escrow and CDA foreshadowed the fight for Web 3.0.

At the dawn of Web 1.0 policymakers nearly quashed the Internet with legislation such as the Communications Decency Act and key escrow. Many policy experts fear the same cycle has begun at the advent of Web 3.0. The clumsy cryptocurrency language in the Infrastructure Bill laid bare the lack of policymaker awareness of the broader “Web3” ecosystem.

- Carlos Acevedo, Sr. Director, Sales at Brave Software - Regional Lead: Latin America [Bio]
- Andrew McLaughlin, President, Assembly OSM Co-founder, Higher Ground Labs [Bio]
- Cleve Mesidor, Founder, National Policy Network of Women of Color in Blockchain, Author, THE CLEVOLUTION: My Quest for Justice in Politics & Crypto [Bio]
- Kevin Werbach, Professor,The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Author, The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust [Bio]
-  Danny O'Brien, Senior Fellow, Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web [Bio](moderator)