What should the White House seek in its next privacy czar? Someone who can explain the Internet

[Commentary] Nicole Wong, a former top lawyer at Google and Twitter, left the White House recently after working on privacy and big data issues for a little over a year. In choosing Wong’s successor, the White House may not need to find the best technologist or tech lawyer in the country.

Instead, the Administration should look for someone with a high public profile capable of broadening the debate beyond the recondite circles of tech policy, and into the language of ordinary Internet users.