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Senator Rand Paul does unannounced Meerkat Meerkasts at SXSW
Senator Rand Paul, the first politician to use SnapChat for an interview, now does an unannounced Meerkat Meerkast at SXSW. Would Rand Paul be the first, truly tech-savy President? It seems...
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Senator Rand Paul Talks Tech, Social Media And Youth Issues At SXSW | MTV
Kentucky Senator, Rand Paul, wouldn #39;t confirm that he #39;s running for president just yet, but he shared his thoughts on an array of topics, including women #39;s rights, privacy issues and dealing...
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There were a number of surprising attendees at the high-tech geek fest that is SXSW Interactive: Grumpy Cat, the U.S. Postal Service, and Rand Paul, to name just a few.
Paul, the juniorU.S. senator fromKentucky and a presumptive presidential candidate, came to SXSW to sell himself to tech libertarian types. In an on-stage discussion with a Texas journalist, Paul pitched himself as the only (presumptive!) presidential candidate who would fight for civil liberties online.
But his opposition to government meddling also makes him an opponent of government regulations on net neutrality, he said. Paul has been making a big play for support from the tech community with trips to Silicon Valley and field offices coming toAustin and the Bay Area, but his net neutrality stancemay limit his geek appeal.
Paul said he would end the National Security Agencys mass surveillance programs revealed by Edward Snowden, and protect online privacy in general.
Im the only candidate who thinks that the NSA bulk collection of phone records should be shut down, Paul said. Im not against the NSA, I just think they need to obey the bill of rights. The governments wholesale collection of phone and email records, Paul said, violate the Fourth Amendments ban on generalized warrants.
But Paul also said that his anti-government vision requires him to oppose the FCCs plans to ensure net neutrality by regulating Internet service providers as utilities, akin to the way it regulates phone companies. The people in this room who have made money on the Internet, its because it is unregulated, Paul said. I dont want the government to screw up one of the greatest marketplaces weve ever had. (Need a briefing on net neutrality? Check out Jeff Hechts article Net Neutralitys Technical Troubles.)
Paul argued that a free-market approach to Internet access could provide the same benefits as net neutrality regulations. He suggested taking measures to break up the regional monopolies that ISPs often enjoy, saying that increased competition would lead to an abundance of options for Internet users. In Pauls vision, if a mega-corporation like Comcast asked content providers to pay more for faster transmission speeds, that content provider could just take its business elsewhere.
Its true that many of the worst effects of a non-neutral net are really symptoms of ISP monopolies, Parker Higgins, who works on net neutrality for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told IEEE Spectrum. But his group came to support the proposed FCC regulations, he said, because we thought it was necessary to preserve the free and open Internet at this moment in time.
While the EFF and others initially worried that rules developed for phone companies could by stifling when applied to the Internet, Higgins said, the FCC has largely addressed those concerns by adopting a provision known as forbearance. Essentially, this states that the FCC will not apply certain rules that arent relevant to Internet service providers.
That the proposed FCC regulations are necessary and beneficial is a pretty common point of view in the tech world, Higgins said. I imagine Rand Paul will have a hard time convincing people otherwise.
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Rand Paul Woos the Tech Crowd at SXSW Interactive
AUSTINYou know weve reached peak South by Southwest when a Republican senator from Kentucky chooses that event as the launch pad for his personal brand. (Ok, maybe it is pretty fitting after all, seeing as its a giant launch pad for anything and everything you can think of.) Senator Rand Paul took the stage on Sunday to talk tech shop with moderator Evan Smith from the Texas Tribune.
He didnt use the panel as an opportunity to announce a presidential campaign for 2016, but he kind of hinted that it would be coming around the corner. His actions scream of candidacy: He just opened an office in Texas, hes experimenting with social media, and hes making the press rounds. He certainly knew how to butter up the crowd in Austin.
Tech people are interested in progress and bipartisanship, so we feel right at home here at South by Southwest, he said, adding that he didnt think techie voters easily fit into a political partys box since they tend to think for themselves and play by their own rules.
Paul wants to connect with the tech community (you know, for votes), and he thinks hes found a platform that can help him do that. Hes pro privacy and anti net neutrality, and hell be telling us all about it via Snapchat.
Just a few days before his SXSW appearance, Paul discussed his Snapchat presence with Politicos Mike Allen, and he mentioned it again in Austin. (Sheesh, maybe weve reached peak Snapchat, too.) Snapchat is just one part of his plan to reach voters in the highly sought-after under 30 demographicSnapchat has a huge number of users between the ages of 18 and 24, so Paul wants engage with them to see if he can wrangle up potential voters.
A huge part of campaigning is reaching the people, Paul said, and people are already on Snapchat, so its just a matter of going to where the people are. He also acknowledged that Snapchat has a ton of users that are under the age of 18 now, but will be 18 by the time 2016 rolls around.
Surprisingly, Paul seems to side with Edward Snowdenhe mentioned Snowden a few times when the conversation moved towards privacy, which Paul is a champion of. Paul believes most young people (again, with the under 30 demo) will want leadership that believes in privacy, especially when it comes to mobile devices and data collection.
Every young person communicates via phone 100 times a day, and none of them would want the government to collect these records, he said, adding that because teenagers hate when their parents spy on them, theyre likely to want a less-prying government.
Paul called himself the leader of the "Leave Me Alone Coalition," a group that thinks that the government shouldn't be telling people what to do and should, basically, leave them alonefor the most part. He firmly believes that traditionally liberal voters will be open to embracing a Republican candidate who campaigns hard for privacy. Its not that hes against the NSA, but he wants to make sure their practices dont violate the Bill of Rights.
He also couldnt help but make jabs at potential opponent Hillary Clinton.
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