3 pillars of Clinton’s tech platform: Connectivity, education & entrepreneurship

Democratic nominee for the POTUS elections, Hillary Clinton has announced Connectivity, education, and entrepreneurship as the three principles of her technology platform unveiled yesterday at a Denver startup incubator.

Though many questioned her decision to announce her technology imperatives outside of Silicon Valley, but it represents one of the platform objectives: to democratize tech industry growth across the country, rather than just leaving the industry isolated on its most well-known turf.

“I do plead guilty to being a policy wonk and I know that can be boring,” Clinton said as she announced her platform. “But it really matters what we do and how we do it if we’re going to create the economy of the future.”

Clinton’s tech platform aims at expanding the tech economy through education and R&D investment, upgrading infrastructure and connectivity across America, improving the nation’s relationships with other governments on technology-related issues, reforming laws on copyright and net neutrality while studying encryption, and opening up government data to the public.

Her plan includes a call for a “Manhattan-like project” on cybersecurity. Clinton says she would create a national commission focused on balancing the interests of the tech and privacy communities with those of law enforcement.

Clinton’s platform also says she would continue to back net neutrality rules recently instated by the FCC and supported by President Barack Obama.

Without mentioning her Republican opponent Donald Trump by name, Clinton enjoyed a quick dig at his lack of meaningful technology policy. “I want America to get back in the future business. Saying you want to make America great again is saying you want to go back to the way it used to be,” Clinton said. “That is not who we are as Americans. We don’t go back; we have to go forward. We have to go forward with a real sense of intelligence and purpose.”

Clinton focused her remarks primarily on the education and connectivity aspects of her technology platform, calling for high-speed internet in all American homes and businesses. Connectivity must be achieved by the early 2020s, Clinton said. “Every year we waste, we leave more and more people behind,” she added.