Tim Wu joins CloudFest India to discuss the trickle-down effect of how Facebook’s regional and international scandals could potentially affect the future of the cloud.
Video Tim Wu
Net Neutrality – What happens now?
Now that the FCC has ruled that broadband providers is subject to utility regulation, web hosting poviders should know what is coming next. Who better to walk us through this than the man who created the phrase “Network Neutrality”. Come hear Tim Wu speak about the court challenges that the broadband providers may wage to fight this ruling and what the business implications of a strong net neutrality rule are like. Should we be excited? Should we be scared? Come hear Internet thought leader and best-selling author Tim Wu explain.
India has 130 million Facebook users, more than any country in the world outside of the United States. Following Facebook’s questionable “Free Basics” zero-rated internet access offer coupled with Cambridge Analytica’s fake news scandal, India’s IT Minister is threatening to step in to ensure the digital giant does not misuse the power of its platform.
About Tim Wu
Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School, contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and the “father of net neutrality” joins CloudFest as our first keynote speaker, to discuss the trickle-down effect of how Facebook’s regional and international scandals could potentially affect the future of the cloud.
