my name is vinton cerf. i serve at chief evangelist at google. as one of the fathers of the internet i care deeply an the future of the internet and am here today because the open internet has never been at hire prifk than now pap new international battle is brewing. battle that will determine the future of the internet. of all of us, from capitol hill to corporate headquarters to internet cafes in far off villages don't pay attention to what's going on, users worldwide will be at risk of losing the open and free internet that has brought so much to so many, and can bring so much more. . it we follow one path, a path of inclusion, openness and common sense, i am conventiinced the internet of the future will be an even more pouberful economic engine and commune kangss tool than it is today. the other path is a road of top-down control dictated by governments. a very different system. a system that promotes exclusion hidden deals potential for indiscriminate surveillance and tight centralize management. any one of which could significantly hinder i

cerf, give us your 30 seconds. what do you want this committee to remember, as we go forward over the next six months and over the next six years in terms of what we should be apprehensive about? >> so you've already started. this hearing is a wonderful beginning. the proposed legislation speaking to this problem in a a -- bipartisan. i'm thinking bilateral. >> it's so rarely used. you know, i know why it's hard too -- >> bipartisan. also voicing your concerns to the executive branch also extremely important and making this visible around the world is also very important. so i think you've started that process, and i'm deeply grateful for it. >> great. thank you. my time expired. i apologize. >> recognize myself for five minutes. this is really -- i mean, i really enjoy this discussion, because when free nations give up their decision-making process to a world organization that is not totally defined to be free, then there's credible -- there should be credible concerns. and i think we're raising those today. and b

>> because google's search engine is what most people use to surf the net, we went to talk to vint cerfone of the founding fathers of the internet, and now a vice president at google. the company itself says that one in every 100 google searches brings up an infected site. >> people are blaming google, 'cause if you do the search, they say, you know, "google should be responsible if we get infected." and you've heard that. >> i think that--i have heard that, and i think that's a very bizarre way of looking at things. >> google's position is that it's not the police men of the internet, but its engineers do scour the web and issue warnings about malicious infections, or malware. >> if we happen to see what we believe as malware on that website, then when you go there, we will pop up a web page and it says, "we think we found malware on this site; maybe you don't wanna go there." >> now, i understand that if you go there anyway, google sends you a second warning saying, "are you serious? we just told you not to go there." something like that. >> of course, people still go, and at that poi