Cybersecurity
Is Net Neutrality Obamacare for the Internet? Or What?
In order to attack Obama's plans for the Internet, Republicans first have to decide what to call it.
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“In the time I’ve been in the Senate,” said Texas Senator Ted Cruz, “what I’ve tried to do more than anything else is bring a disruptive app to Washington.”
The first Lincoln Labs #RebootCongress conference was wrapping up, and Cruz was sitting on one of the not-quite-chairs, not-quite-stools that are contractually obligated for any tech event. Lincoln Labs, founded in 2013 by veterans of Jeb Bush’s and Mitt Romney’s tech teams, asked conservatives to compete in a developer’s arms race that progressives thought they’d won already. And here was Cruz, sitting across from the lobbyist for car-share company Lyft, comparing his Senate crusades to the battles of developers.