Google Internet Summit 2009: Information is Power

Google Internet Summit 2009: The State of the Internet
May 6, 2009

Google Internet Summit 2009: Information is Power, So What Happens When the Internet Democratizes Access to Information? Andrew McLaughlin tells what happens when different countries and cultures realize the power of the Internet.

On May 5 and 6, 2009, in Mountain View, we brought together Googlers and leaders from academia and the corporate world for a 2-day summit to discuss the state of the global Internet. The goal of the summit was to collect a wide range of knowledge to inform Google's future plans--from product development and market reach to users' expectations and our ability to keep the Internet open yet secure.

More than 30 speakers and moderators led discussions around 8 topics: Networks; Wireless and Sensor Technologies; Security; Standards; Applications; Democracy, Law, Policy and Regulation; Search and Cloud Computing; and The Future. Eric Schmidt, who offered some remarks, expressed optimism that the challenges we face with governments' walling off access to the Internet can be overcome technologically by building networks that are transparent, scalable, and open.

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Science & Technology

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• google
• internet
• summit
• 2009
• democratization
• of
• information

[buzzinweed]

great talk,

Im happy that there are some people at google who are againts censorship!

[lekobo]

This guys really should learn how to talk right!!!! ... ah-ah, so, hum, ah --- damn, this really kill every thought he has!!!

[williamhad]

what was that twitter site?i wana see it

[brickman73]

I quit on you when you cleared out of detroit with Willy the pimp!

[ReverendNillerz]

I thought this would be a video about internet policy and it turned into an apple advertisement. How obnoxious...

[edstar83]

@adenawittrocketf If they kill the internet then your out of a job cos you cant spam your bullshit anymore. so wake the F&*k up!!

[101101101777]

What if Information access will be hinder after people "ize" it.?