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Tim Lordan

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Internet policy / CS STEM advocate. Founder @congressionalac, ED @netcaucusac @netedfound @ILPFoundry @dfuturecouncil

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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Packed room of House staff at today's AI Regulation + the First Amendment briefing to hear @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social at @netchoice.bsky.social, @kateruane.bsky.social @cdt.org, @meganiorio.bsky.social at @epic.org, & @viacristiano.bsky.social @bgov.com. Audio, transcript and video coming soon.
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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📺 LIVE: Can Congress regulate AI, or is it speech? Watch live from Congress on 9/22 with @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social at @netchoice.bsky.social @kateruane.bsky.social @cdt.org, @meganiorio.bsky.social at @epic.org, @viacristiano.bsky.social 📺 Watch bit.ly/airegulation...
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Really timely Hill briefing.
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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📅 Hill Briefing: Can Congress regulate AI, or is it speech? Join us in Rayburn on 9/22 for a special briefing with @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social at @netchoice.bsky.social, @beccabranum.bsky.social @cdt.org, and @meganiorio.bsky.social at @epic.org. RSVP for in-person or livestream luma.com/yd3hter2
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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🔏 ICYMI SCOTUS Chatrie Location Privacy Rayburn Briefing: Video online. Featuring @jrhuddles.bsky.social @jakelaperruque.bsky.social & @paultaske.bsky.social . 📺 Watch youtu.be/vcfouh4Ag2A 📝 Read netcaucus.org/wp-content/u... 🎧 Listen netcaucus.org/listen/ 📷 Photos flic.kr/s/aHBqjCYLSD
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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Watch Live: SCOTUS Just Redrew the Privacy Line. Chatrie -mobile phone location privacy, warrantless surveillance, the 3rd-party doctrine? Featuring @jrhuddles.bsky.social @cato.org @jakelaperruque.bsky.social @cdt.org & Paul Taske @netchoice.bsky.social. ⏰ 7/9 12pm 📺 YouTube bit.ly/scotus-privacy
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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
📅 SCOTUS Just Redrew the Privacy Line. Chatrie v. US. Lunch Thursday 7/9. mobile phone location privacy, warrantless surveillance, the 3rd-party doctrine? W/ @jrhuddles.bsky.social , @jakelaperruque.bsky.social , & Paul Taske @netchoice.bsky.social ⏰ 7/9 12pm 📍 Rayburn HOB ✅ RSVP luma.com/drtxe7rv
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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🤖⚠️ The AI debate is no longer just about innovation. It's about cybersecurity, national security, and critical infrastructure. 🥪 Lunch & Livestream 🏛️ Rayburn House Office Building 📅 June 12 12pm 🎟️ Register: luma.com/mgyvb44j
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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Watch Live Today at 12pm The UN World Radiocommunication Conference is coming and could shape the future of Wi-Fi, wireless competition, and U.S. tech leadership. Feat. frm. senior U.S. telecom officials. 📅 Mon. May 11 ⏰12 pm 📷 Watch Live bit.ly/wrc-spectrum
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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🛰️ 🚀 ICYMI: The Rapid Rise of LEO Space-Based Internet: What Congress Should Know. Feat. FCC's Jay Schwarz, Scott Wallsten @techpolicyinst.bsky.social and Karina Perez @ccianet.bsky.social ➡️ 📺 Watch youtu.be/OZOJVx_f4ug 📝 Read www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/u... 🎧 Listen netcaucus.org/listen/
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Confession: I appropriated the @SOTN theme ""More Than Meets the AI" from last year's @ILPFoundry's Trivia Night. @CenDemTech's won "Best Team Name" with it. CDT won again this year with "Love A(I)sland USA." Expect that to be your 2027 SOTN theme! #sotn26
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
22nd year in a row. Starting soon. #sotn26
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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🔋 Inside Tuesday’s AI–Energy Congressional Briefing: With data centers, AI energy needs, and affordability in the headlines, our AI Energy experts laid out the key issues.➡️ 📺 Watch youtu.be/Pe3LhB6yQTw 📝 Read www.netcaucus.org/wp-content/u... 🎧 Listen netcaucus.org/listen/
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Join me in DC to start 2026 at #SOTN2026.
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Want to help plan the 2026 State of the Net Conference. We're hiring a fellow. Apply on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/hiring/jobs/...
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
If you missed it C-SPAN covered our panel "Rethinking The FCC’s Video Regulations In The Age Of Streaming." We've posted the video, audio, and transcript. 📺 youtu.be/LUV6LqD_HjU 📝 netcaucus.org/wp-content/u... 🔈https://netcaucus.org/listen/ #FCCVideo #Streaming
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The @ilpfoundry.bsky.social Internet Law Trivia Night is back on Wed July 30. Get your tix. 🏆 The best in Internet Law and Policy will battle head to head. Join quizmaster @kurtopsahl.bsky.social, Foundry fellows, and DC’s Internet Law and Policy community. www.eventbrite.com/e/foundry-tr...
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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
🚨 THREAD: What does is mean to preserve online expression in the digital age? Here are 4 key takeaways from our Hill Briefing, “The Future of Online Expression In The Trump Era: Freedom vs Regulation” #OnlineSpeech Full video/audio here 👇 1/ www.netcaucus.org/event/online...
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
This should be quite a discussion.
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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The new co-chairs of the Congressional App Challenge in the House for the 119th Congress. Rep. Brett Guthrie and @repkimschrier.bsky.social, appointed by the Internet Caucus co-chairs Rep. Michael McCaul and @rephaleystevens.bsky.social www.congressionalappchallenge.us/congressiona...
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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
📺 Watch Live: Future of Kids Online Safety. Congressional Internet Caucus congressional briefing. bit.ly/onlinesafety... 📅 Thurs. March 13, 2025 ⏰ 12 PM ET Speakers: Ash Johnson @itif.org, Andrew Zach @famonlinesafety.bsky.social, Maureen Flatley, Common Sense Media, Miranda Nazarro @thehill.com.
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Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Rep. Michael McCaul has appointed @rephaleystevens.bsky.social to succeed frm. Rep. Anna Eshoo as co-chair of the Congressional Internet Caucus. We look forward to working with her.
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
📺 What Will Tech Policy Look Like in the 119th Congress? Rayburn lunch event January 29! 📅 Watch live with Kellee Wicker @thewilsoncenter.bsky.social , Amy Box @netchoice.bsky.social Evan Swarztrauber FAI, Sara Collins @publicknowledge.bsky.social RSVP: lu.ma/ns519y6m #TechPolicy119
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Rep Anna Eshoo delivered her final floor speech yesterday. Founding Member of the Congressional Internet Caucus in 1996. Co-chaired it since 2011. Co-founded the Congressional App Challenge in 2015. Thank you, Rep. Eshoo, for your leadership! Final floor speech here: www.c-span.org/video/?c5145...
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
📺 Video from How Did AI Impact Voters and Campaigns?" is up. Speakers: @jrhuddles.bsky.social Tim Harper @cendemtech.bsky.social Kara Frederick and Oma Seddiq @bloomberg.com. #TheAIElection 📺 bit.ly/aielection
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Elections in the Age of AI: Analyzing 2024 and Shaping Future Campaigns
SPEAKERS - Kara Frederick, Director, Tech Policy Center, The Heritage Foundation - Jennifer Huddleston, Senior Fellow in Technology Policy, Cato Institute - Tim Harper, Senior Policy Analyst and Project Lead, Elections and Democracy, Center for Democracy & Technology - Oma Seddiq, Technology Policy Reporter, Bloomberg Government (moderator)
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
🗳️ How did AI shape the election results? 🤖 Join our Congressional briefing where election tech experts - Tim Harper CDT, Jennifer Huddleston Cato, and Kara Frederick Heritage - discuss the first ever AI election. lu.ma/w2cxqc4l
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Elections in the Age of AI: Analyzing 2024 and Shaping Future Campaigns · Luma
2024 was the first election since the emergence of powerful artificial intelligence models, and the dust is settling. Join a panel of election tech experts as…
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
Last week I was so heartened to hear Richard Whitt express hope for the #worldwideweb as he discusses his new book "Reweaving the Web" with Evelyn Remaley. So many great ideas. Buy it www.amazon.co.uk/Reweaving-We...
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
I am looking forward to learning more about Evan Prodromou's Social Web Foundation. techcrunch.com/2024/09/24/a...
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As the open social web grows, a new nonprofit looks to expand the 'fediverse' | TechCrunch
A new project launching today aims to capitalize on the momentum seen within the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which describes
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
The @CongressionalAC director Joe Alessi addressing the #CongressionalHackathon and announcing @NationalAppChallenge day! #Congress4CS
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
TIL that the 2003 mission to capture Saddam Hussein was codenamed OPERATION RED DAWN.
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 29/07/2024
8 takeaways from "What Policymakers Need to Know About the Fediverse" on Medium. Everything from privacy to content moderation to antitrust safe harbors to cryptocurrencies. Read here www.decentralizedfuturecouncil.org/2024/07/8-ta...
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8 Takeaways From The Fediverse: What Policymakers Should Know – Decentralized Future Council
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
📺 Watch live the Hill briefing on #NetChoice #SCOTUS decisions live today at 12pm in Rayburn. With Steve DelBianco (NetChoice), Yael Eisenstat, Olivier Sylvain, Vera Eidelman ACLU, & Nadine Farid Johnson. How did #SCOTUS decide Moody vs @NetChoice vs Paxton? Watch bit.ly/scotus1sta #SCOTUSTech
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 08/07/2024
Tech journalist @caseynewton.bsky.social is as excited as us about the "fediverse" maybe, just maybe, creating a more positive vision for the future of the Internet. Check his June 20 edition of Platformer. Check out our What Policymakers Need to Know #Fediverse event www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9YM...
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The Fediverse And The Future Of Social Media: What Policymakers Need To Know
PANELISTSHillary Brill, Professor, Georgetown University LawMike Masnick – CEO, Floor64, editor, Techdirt blogAmy James – Co Executive Director, Web3 Working...
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 03/07/2024
To all the grammar geeks out there, is "who're" a commonly used contraction? It was used in an @Axios piece about Biden's performance. Even if it's not common, is it a good word choice given the alternative, "who are" includes the same number of characters.
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
House briefing on #NetChoice #SCOTUS decisions 7/12 in Rayburn and livestream. With Steve DelBianco (NetChoice) Yael Eisenstat Olivier Sylvain @fordhamuniversity.bsky.social Vera Eidelman (ACLU). How did #SCOTUS decide Moody vs @NetChoice vs Paxton? RSVP to find out: scotus1sta.eventbrite.com
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
27 years after ACLU vs Reno and 15 years after #SCOTUS denied cert regarding COPA, age-verification is back at the Court. thehill.com/policy/techn...
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Supreme Court to weigh adult industry’s challenge to Texas law
The Supreme Court has indicated it will take up a case next term involving the adult entertainment industry’s challenge to a Texas law requiring pornography sites to implement age-verification meas…
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 25/06/2024
🏆 Get ready DC people! #FoundryTrivia is coming July 23! 🎟️ Tickets go on sale tomorrow. The amazing quizmaster @kurtopsahl.bsky.social is coming east to MC. Follow @ilpfoundry.bsky.social for details. It's going to be epic.
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 18/06/2024
The video of "The #Fediverse, What Policymakers Need To Know" is now online, along with transcript. The expert panel featured Amy James, @mmasnick.bsky.social, Hillary Brill, and @rbs.io @eff.org. 📺 Watch youtu.be/B9YMvDeJM2U 👓 Read Transcript dfcouncil.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/u...
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 04/06/2024
The #Fediverse is rising! What do policymakers need to know? Join us 6/11 where Amy James, @mmasnick.bsky.social, Hillary Brill, and @rbs.io @eff.org break it all down. #threads #mastadon #bluesky RSVP fediversepolicy.eventbrite.com
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Alexander Howard @digiphile.bsky.social · 03/06/2024
🇺🇸⛑️🤖💪 TechCongress is recruiting an AI safety team for the first branch of US government, AKA Congress. $190K/12 months: www.techcongress.io/ai-safety-fe... www.techcongress.io/ai-safety-fe... You — or someone you know — can help make our union stronger, safer, and smarter! Please scrub in.
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TechCongress AI Safety Fellowship — TechCongress
Learn more about and apply for the AI Safety Fellowship. Applications will close on June 12th, 2024.
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 03/06/2024
what percent of the celebrity images in my Facebook feed are AI generated?
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 30/05/2024
There have been several "Quantum" tech conferences in DC lately. Is Quantum a thing yet or will there be a moment, like the release of ChatGPT, when we realize that it's actually here? Photo credit: Photo credit: @ReimanisK on Unsplash
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 30/05/2024
I continually stand in awe of people who fail upward. Angel Hernandez just got paid to go away. One of the worst umpire's in baseball history. "He retired 30 years too late." youtu.be/ZgCHGtaOUns?... nypost.com/2024/05/28/s...
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How MLB finally ended its Angel Hernandez problem
MLB had apparently seen enough, and Angel Hernandez was seemingly willing to walk away for the right price.
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 16/05/2024
This is why we can't have nice things anymore. www.cnn.com/travel/inapp...
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‘Inappropriate’ behavior shuts down Dublin to New York City portal | CNN
A livestream sculpture installation connecting Dublin, Ireland, and New York City has been temporarily shut down because of “inappropriate behavior.”
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 02/05/2024
The House has launched the 2024 Congressional App Challenge! If you know a student ready to build an app let them know? #CodeforCongress. #Congress4CS www.congressionalappchallenge.us/students/stu...
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 15/04/2024
Happy Boston Marathon Day to those who celebrate. Oh, and Patriots Day. And #GoSox! #BostonMarathon 🎽📣
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 11/04/2024
Great to be back in the Capitol Building celebrating the winners of the Congressional App Challenge. These student app developers are amazing. #HouseOfCode
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 14/03/2024
About 25 years ago Vint Cerf gave a speech to the Congressional Internet Caucus saying that someday there would be TCP/IP in space someday. And this is next level TCP/IP. twitter.com/gbrumfiel/st...
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 29/02/2024
Junior Senator Ed Markey addressing the Data Transfer Summit hosted by @DTInitiative@techpolicy.social.
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Tim Lordan @tlordan.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
Registration is open for the 20th Annual The State of the Net Conference. Besides myself, I think there are many Internet policy people who have been to every single one of them. Registration link in here: mailchi.mp/stateofthene... #SOTN2024
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🎟️ Registration Open #SOTN2024 February 12
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