Communicators Roundtable with Technology Reporters
Washington, D.C. reporters discussed the future of the technology industry.
451 viewsWashington, D.C. reporters discussed the future of the technology industry.
451 viewsGary Shapiro, president and chief executive officer of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), discussed the major technology issues facing Congress and the Biden administration including…
257 viewsSujit Raman, former associate deputy attorney general during the Trump administration, talked about national security matters including oversight of cyber threats and ransomware attacks.
388 viewsElizabeth Nolan Brown, senior editor for the libertarian publication Reason Magazine, talked about her recent article, “The Bipartisan Antitrust Crusade Against Big Tech.” In the piece she e…
2,748 viewsSteven Feldstein talked about his book, The Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology is Reshaping Power, Politics, and Resistance, on the ways autocratic governments utilize new digital te…
303 viewsAndy Purdy, chief security officer of Huawei Technologies USA, talked about potential new opportunities for Huawei as a result of Biden administration’s tech policies. Topics included 5G, in…
410 viewsAntitrust analysts Jennifer Huddleston and Barry Lynn talked about competition in digital technology markets, potential government regulatory actions, and consumer rights.
277 viewsTechnology reporters talked about telecommunications issues and potential regulation affecting social media, antitrust, and “big tech.”
269 viewsKara Frederick, a Heritage Foundation fellow of technology policy, talked about the views of some conservatives on the future of tech policy, including “big tech” censorship, Section 230, an…
415 viewsAdam Kovacevich, founder and CEO of the tech industry coalition Chamber of Progress, talked about online speech platforms, policy issues facing the Biden administration, and the future of te…
334 viewsDarrell West, author and Brookings Institution vice president, talked about his book, Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence, which looks at the use of artificial …
426 viewsTelecommunications analysts Randolph May and Will Rinehart defined, discussed, and debated “cancel culture.” They also talked about related telecommunications issues such as social media pla…
433 viewsRepresentative Bob Latta (R-OH), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, talked about tech issues facing Congress, including data priva…
122 viewsEd Parkinson talked about high-speed broadband network FirstNet Authority and the technology it provides America’s first responders to support public safety. FirstNet is an independent autho…
358 viewsWashington, D.C.,-based tech reporters talked about tech and the telecommunications industry issues as the Biden administration completed its first month. Topics included anti-trust cases, l…
182 viewsJessica Melugin, director of the Center for Technology and Innovation at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, talked about technology issues that included antitrust, social media content, a…
182 viewsBrendan Carr, senior Republican commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), discussed some of the issues facing the agency, including broadband infrastructure, telecommunica…
196 viewsMichael Powell, president and CEO of NCTA - The Internet and Television Association, talked about the cable industry, broadband expansion and telecommunications issues. Mr. Powell served as …
511 viewsTom Wheeler talked about broadband infrastructure, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and other telecommunications issues. Mr. Wheeler, chair of the FCC from 2013-17, is a visiting…
355 viewsNeil Chilson talked about antitrust and Section 230 reform, among other issues. Section 230 shields internet service providers (ISPs) and internet users who re-post third-party material agai…
246 viewsRepresentative Jerry McNerney (D-CA), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, talked about potential media regulation and other social media a…
142 viewsColin Bryar and Bill Carr, longtime Amazon executives, talked about their book, Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon, which breaks down the online retailer’s …
622 viewsReshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, talked about how the organization was working to close the gender gap in technology training and employment and how women coders were chang…
317 viewsAntitrust analysts Sally Hubbard and Brent Skorup talked about competition in digital technology markets, potential government regulatory actions, and consumer rights.
423 viewsResearch analyst Michael Nathanson talked about how consumers were receiving media and cable during the coronavirus pandemic and the impact on media and the internet.
206 viewsSarah Frier, author of No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram, talked about the growth of Instagram and its affect on social media.
618 viewsJuan Enriquez, founding Director of the Harvard Business School’s Life Sciences Project, talked about his book, “Right/Wrong: How Technology Transformed Our Ethics,” which looks at how we us…
1 viewEllen Pao, founder and CEO of Project Include, discussed the organization’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. She took questions from MarketWatch technology re…
155 viewsRandolph May of the Free State Foundation and Harold Feld of Public Knowledge talked about free speech and censorship on social media.
505 viewsWashington, D.C.,-based tech reporters talked about the top tech and telecommunications industry issues in 2021, including anti-trust cases, potential changes under the Biden administration,…
312 viewsOutgoing Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai talked about broadband connectivity, social media, and the future of the FCC under a Biden administration.
503 viewsAllen Pratt, director of the National Rural Education Association, talked the impact on rural students of online learning in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. Many students deal with somet…
237 viewsHarvard Medical School Professor Dr. Joseph Kvedar, president of the American Telemedicine Association, talked about the role of telemedicine as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
344 viewsJosh Kallmer, Zoom’s head of global public policy, talked about his company’s growth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
263 viewsJournalist and author James Ball talked about his book, The Tangled Web We Weave: Inside The Shadow System That Shapes the Internet, about the history of the internet and the contemporary pr…
242 viewsAmy Peikoff talked about Parler, a new social media platform, and how it differs from Facebook and Twitter.
1,422 viewsNetflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings and Business Professor Erin Meyer talked about their book, No Rules Rules, Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, on the unorthodox workplace cultur…
1,800 viewsPatricia Jo Boyers of BOYCOM Vision and Matt Polka from ACA Connects talked about some of the issues that smaller phone, broadband, and video providers face.
220 viewsWashington, D.C.-based tech reporters talked about the ways the 2020 election results would affect the tech and telecommunications industries, including data privacy, social media, and the F…
338 viewsMIT Professor Daniel Weitzner talked about artificial intelligence and the coronavirus pandemic, as well as security and privacy issues that have increased in 2020.
211 viewsFCC Commissioner Brendan Carr (R) talked about regulation and the internet in relation to President Trump’s executive order on Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. Section 230…
452 viewsCharlie Mitchell, author of Cyber in the Age of Trump, talked about cybersecurity efforts by the Trump administration. Mr. Mitchell also compared w Presidents Trump and Obama compare on cybe…
317 viewsJessica Gonzalez, Free Press Co-CEO, and Berin Szoka, TechFreedom founder and senior fellow, talked about the big tech issues in 2020 and the role of these issues in the 2020 elections.
314 viewsRebecca Slaughter (D), Federal Trade Commissioner commissioner, talked about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the agency and the nation as well as privacy issues, access to broadban…
218 viewsFederal Trade Commissioner Noah Phillips (R) talked about privacy, competition, antitrust policy in regard to technology, and scams against the public during the coronavirus pandemic.
401 viewsTheresa Payton, a cybersecurity firm CEO, talked about her book, Manipulated: Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections and Distort the Truth. Ms. Payton was White House chief information offi…
561 viewsRepresentative Will Hurd (R-TX), a former cybersecurity analyst and CIA officer, talked about cyber issues facing the U.S., and artificial intelligence. He said China wants to surpass the U.…
329 viewsJeff Moss, creator of the cybersecurity and hacker conferences Black Hat and DEF CON, talked about 2020 election security, the Chinese-owned Tik Tok and We Chat social media platforms, and w…
541 viewsNTCA CEO Shirley Bloomfield talked about the ways small-town and rural broadband providers have adapted to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as their efforts to bridge the “digital divide” a…
442 viewsTwo technology watchers, Sarah Miller of the American Economic Liberties Project and former Representative Barbara Comstock (R-VA) of Baker Donelson, talked about whether Big Tech is too big…
442 viewsRepresentative Bob Latta (R-OH), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, talked about expanding broadband, the effect of the coronaviru…
248 viewsHouse Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) talked about social media companies, U.S. competition with China over 5G, and the effort to take broadband everywhere in…
259 viewsRepresentative Ro Khanna (D-CA), who represents much of Silicon Valley, talked about efforts in Washington to step up regulation of social media platforms.
302 viewsCommunications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Representative Mike Doyle (D-PA) talked about about disinformation, expanding broadband, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on telecommun…
301 viewsJonathan Spalter, USTelecom’s president and CEO, talked about the coronavirus’s impact on telecommunications.
13,669 viewsRepresentative Frank Lucas (R-OK), ranking member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, talked about the significance of technology amid the coronavirus pandemic and the rol…
327 viewsMichael Powell, president and CEO of NCTA - The Internet and Television Association, talked about the ways broadband and cable television have adapted to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as…
546 viewsFCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly talked about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on communications and on the “digital divide.” He also discussed President Trump’s executive order on so…
463 viewsRepresentative Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Energy and Commerce Committee vice chair and co-chair of the Smart Cities Caucus, talked about “smart cities” an d the technology involved to enable them…
623 viewsSusan Ness, a Federal Communications Commission commissioner from 1994-2001, spoke with “The Communicators” while attending the annual “State of the Net” Conference. She talked about what sh…
233 viewsLuther Lowe, Yelp’s public policy chief in Washington, D.C., talked about digital competition. Mr. Lowe had recently testified at a Senate antitrust subcommittee hearing about his organizati…
989 viewsHop, Skip, Go co-author Stephen Baker talked about the future of transportation, printable 3-D cars, and tiny helicopters that carry one person.
450 viewsScott Kupor, managing partner at the venture capital firm Andreesen Horowitz, talked about the role that venture capitalists play in Silicon Valley and the process that start-ups go through …
490 viewsAndrew Marantz, a New Yorker Magazine writer and the author of Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation, described how the internet has …
851 viewsBrad Smith, Microsoft president and the co-author of the new book, Tools and Weapons, talked about the ways technology can be both a helpful tool and a weapon in society. He also discussed t…
541 viewsRepresentative Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), a former CIA agent, talked about security strategy as U.S. companies implement 5G in U.S. wireless communications systems. Topics included potential…
622 viewsMarc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix, talked about his adventures starting Netflix with Reed Hastings. Mr. Randolph’s book, That Will Never Work, is filled with anecdotes and lessons about c…
653 viewsGordon Smith, CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, talked about how the American public watches and uses television, including increased viewership during the coronavirus pandemi…
875 viewsSarah Miller, founder of the American Economic Liberties Project, talked about her concerns that corporate concentration -especially among tech companies - was leading to more inequality and…
1,084 viewsBrewster Kahl spoke with “The Communicators” While attending the annual “State of the Net” Conference. He explained the Internet Archive, which documents the digital era.
686 viewsGary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, talked about the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) his organization sponsored January 7-10 in Las Vegas, where thou…
264 viewsSujit Raman, Justice Department associate deputy attorney general, and former FBI General Counsel James Baker spoke with “The Communicators” while attending the annual “State of the Net” Con…
600 viewsWhile attending the annual “State of the Net” Conference, “The Communicators” spoke with Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Will Hurd (R-TX) as well as Ellen Weintraub, a memb…
225 viewsRepresentative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, talked her leadership efforts on a privacy bill.
165 viewsAndy Purdy, chief security officer of Huawei Technologies USA, talked about 5G, U.S. efforts to persuade other nations to not use Huawei equipment, and allegations that the company would be …
12,928 viewsHuawei Chief U.S. Security Officer Andy Purdy discusses Huawei’s problems doing business in the US, including a recent FCC vote that companies cannot use federal funds to buy Huawei equipmen…
545 viewsFreedom House’s Adrian Shahbaz talked about the results of a survey of internet freedom in 65 countries, which was conducted by Mr. Shahbaz’s democracy and human rights organization. Freedom…
471 viewsJason Oxman of the Information Technology Industry Council talked about regulation, trade, privacy, and antitrust.
245 viewsRepresentative Mike Doyle (D-IL), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, talked about a recent Federal Communications Commission oversight hear…
207 viewsRepresentative Suzan DelBene (D-WA) talked about data privacy standards and other changes the U.S. needs in technology. Ms. DelBene, a former vice president of Microsoft and a co-founder of …
367 viewsBob Udell talked about telecommunications issues, such as how to bridge the digital divide between rural and urban areas.
871 viewsFCC Commissioner Brendan Carr (R) talked about issues the agency oversees, including new spectrum auctions to free up space for 5G, media mergers, and changes in how the media were developin…
504 viewsMIT Professor Sinan Aral talked about proposals to measure disinformation on social media in order to safeguard elections and democracy.
492 viewsChristine Wilson talked about the Federal Trade Commission’s regulatory role of the internet, including policing of big technology companies. She also discussed Facebook’s $5 billion settlem…
456 viewsHouse Science, Space and Technology Committee Chair Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) talked about a need for increased numbers of minorities and women in the fields of science, technology, engin…
446 viewsTechnology and broadband advocates Gigi Sohn and Patrick Halley talked about the previous-week’s D.C. Appeals Court decision on net neutrality. In the decision the court changed how the inte…
488 viewsFederal Communications Commission Commissioner Michael O’Rielly (R ) reacted to a Washington, D.C., Court of Appeals recent decision on net neutrality, and he discussed the previous week dec…
364 viewsSenator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), a member of the Commerce Committee and head of the Judiciary Committee’s Technology Task Force, talked about her work in Congress on technology needs. Topics…
436 viewsCraig Moffett, one of the nation’s top telecommunications market analysts, talked about the future of the television, video, media, and internet industries.
339 viewsRepresentative Jerry McNerney (D-CA) talked about technology and Congress. Topics included artificial intelligence, regulation of big technology companies, and 5G. Representative McNerney is…
381 viewsAshley Gold from The Information, The Hill's Emily Birnbaum, and Alexandra Levine of Politico talked about the technology industry-related that Congress and government agencies would be focu…
407 viewsProfessor Duminda Wijesekera talked about his presentation at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas in which discussed the vulnerabilities found in electric motors. Electric mo…
469 viewsKate Fazzini, a CNBC cybersecurity reporter, talked about her book, Kingdom of Lies: Unnerving Adventures in the World of Cybercrime, on the world of cybercrime and the people tasked with tr…
638 viewsDaniel Castro, vice president at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, talked about data privacy and whether the U.S. government and companies such as Equifax and Capital One…
346 viewsRobert Bluey from the Heritage Foundation and Patrick Hedger from the Competitive Enterprise Institute talked about the recent White House Social Media Summit at which President Trump discus…
327 viewsGordon Smith, president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, talked about the future of broadcast television and the challenges local broadcasters face in the age of subscrip…
504 viewsRepresentative Bob Latta (R-OH), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, talked about the tech industry and the oversight role of Congr…
302 viewsRepresentative Ro Khanna (D-CA), who represents Silicon Valley, talked about the big issues facing the tech industry and the oversight role of Congress.
325 viewsCal Newport talked about his book, Digital Minimalism, in which he questions the value of being digitally connected all the time.
1,038 viewsDavid Chavern (News Media Alliance) and Matthew Schruers (Computer and Communications Industry Association) talked about the future of journalism in the age of big technoloyg firms like Goog…
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