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John Morris is Principal, U.S. Internet Policy and Advocacy at the Internet Society, a global nonprofit organization that promotes and defends the open, globally-connected, secure and trustworthy Internet. From 2011-2019, John was the head of the policy office of the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which by statute is the primary advisor to the U.S. President on communications and Internet policy issues. Before joining NTIA, John spent eleven year as a senior leader and General Counsel of the Center for Democracy & Technology. In the 1990s, John was a partner at the law firm of Jenner & Block, where he focused on the First Amendment and technology. As an attorney, John was one of the lead attorneys in the 1996-1997 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court decided that speech on the Internet warranted the highest level of constitutional protection. In the 2000s he was lead counsel in a number of successful constitutional challenges to state laws seeking to regulate online speech.