The Communicators

In this edition of the Communicators, Washington, D.C. tech reporters weigh in on the future of the technology industry and regulation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Gary Shapiro, president and chief executive officer of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), discussed the major technology issues facing Congress and the Biden administration including protecting free speech online, antitrust, and broadband access as well as the future of communications technology. He provided an update from the all-digital 2021 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) where some of the world's largest technology companies and small start-ups show their latest innovations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Sujit Raman, former Associate Deputy Attorney General (2017-2020), discusses national security matters including oversight of cyber threats and ransomware attacks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Senior Editor for the libertarian publication Reason Magazine, discusses her recent article "The Bipartisan Antitrust Crusade Against Big Tech," which examines how conservatives and liberals are accusing Big Tech and Social Media firms of monopolistic speech and economic power and how legislators are proposing to regulate them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Steven Feldstein, author and Carnegie Endowment Senior Fellow, discusses his book, "The Rise of Digital Repression", which looks at how autocratic governments utilize new digital technology to reinforce their power and influence politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Andy Purdy, Chief Security Officer of Huawei Technologies USA, discussed how the Biden Administration's tech policies may present new opportunities for Huawei, including 5G, innovation and connectivity in the United States as U.S.-China relations evolve. He also discussed the bans, past controversies and concerns about Huawei products in the U.S.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Antitrust analysts Jennifer Huddleston and Barry Lynn discuss competition in digital technology markets, potential government regulatory actions, and consumer rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, tech reporters discuss telecom issues and potential regulation affecting social media, antitrust, and "Big Tech." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is free speech being limited? Should social media companies be held liable for speech posted on their sites?  These are some of the issues that concern conservatives with regard to "Big Tech."  In this edition of the Communicators, Kara Frederick, Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation Center for Technology Policy, discusses how some conservatives view the future of tech policy including big tech censorship, Section 230 and related telecom issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Adam Kovacevich, Founder and CEO of tech industry coalition Chamber of Progress, discusses online speech platforms, policy issues facing the Biden Administration, and the future of tech regulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of Communicators, telecommunications analysts Randolph May and Will Rinehart define, discuss and debate "cancel culture." They also look at related telecommunications issues such as social media platforms, free speech, and Section 230 reform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications & Technology Ranking Member, Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), discusses tech issues facing Congress, including data privacy, and social media regulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Ed Parkinson, CEO of FirstNet Authority, discusses this high-speed broadband network and the technology it provides America's first responders to support public safety. FirstNet is an independent authority within the U.S. Department of Commerce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Darrell West, author and Brookings Institution Vice President, discussed his book “Turning Point,” which looks at the use of artificial intelligence and explores its potential regulation, opportunities and risks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Jessica Melugin, Director of the Center for Technology and Innovation at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discussed technology issues including antitrust, social media content and net neutrality regulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Brendan Carr, senior Republican Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), discussed some of the issues currently facing the FCC, including broadband infrastructure, telecom policies and media regulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Michael Powell, President and CEO of NCTA - The Internet and Television Association, discussed the cable industry, broadband expansion and telecom issues. Mr. Powell served as the Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2001-2005. www.oracle.com/goto/cspan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Tom Wheeler, former Chair of the Federal Communications Commission from 2013-17, discussed broadband infrastructure, the FCC and other telecommunications issues. Mr. Wheeler is a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center for Technology Innovation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of the Communicators, Neil Chilson, former Chief Technologist with the Federal Trade Commission, discussed antitrust and Section 230 reform, among other issues. A telecommunications lawyer, Mr. Chilson is now a Senior Research Fellow with the advocacy group Stand Together and the Charles Koch Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications & Technology Senior Member, Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) talked about potential media regulation and other social media and tech issues facing the new Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The founder and CEO of Girls Who Code Reshma Saujani talked about how the organization is working to close the gender gap in technology training and employment and how women coders are changing the image of computer programmers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Antitrust analysts Sally Hubbard and Brent Skorup talked about current competition in digital technology markets, potential government regulatory actions, and consumer rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Washington, D.C.-based tech reporters talked about the current issues facing tech and the telecommunications industry, including anti-trust cases, and legislative proposals from the Biden administration, Congress and the FCC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Research analyst Michael Nathanson discussed how consumers are receiving media and cable in the pandemic and the effects it has had on media and the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on "The Communicators", longtime Amazon executives Colin Bryar and Bill Carr talk about their book "Working Backwards" which breaks down the online retailer's approach to culture and leadership.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ellen 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 reporter, Levi Sumagaysay. Project Include is a non-profit diversity consulting organization. Ms. Pao is the former interim CEO of Reddit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Randolph May of the Free State Foundation and Harold Feld of Public Knowledge discussed free speech and censorship on social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Frier, author of No Filter, discusses the growth of Instagram and its effect on social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on "The Communicators", Washington, DC-based tech reporters discuss what lies ahead for the tech and telecommunications industries in 2021, including anti-trust cases, potential changes under the Biden administration, and issues of data privacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Communicators, we spoke with outgoing FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, a conversation with Allen Pratt we first brought you on October 24. Allen 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 sometimes nonexistent, sometimes too expensive internet access, and schools were looking for creative options. David Crothers, director of the Broadband Association of North Dakota, also briefly joined the conversation to discuss why that state had successfully made internet connection possible for almost all students.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harvard 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. This episode is from earlier this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zoom's Head of Global Public Policy, Josh Kallmer, talked about the video conferencing company's growth during the Covid-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on “The Communicators", journalist and author James Ball discusses his book "The Tangled Web We Weave” about the history of the internet and the contemporary problems he sees today, including privacy, ownership, and monopoly power. James Ball is the Global Editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Peikoff, Chief Policy Officer for Parler, discussed the new social media platform and how it differs from Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer discussed the unorthodox workplace culture behind one of the largest tech companies in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on "The Communicators", we look at some of the smaller phone, broadband, and video providers and the issues they face. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on "The Communicators", Washington, DC-based tech reporters discussed the ways the outcomes of the 2020 election will affect the tech and telecommunications industries, including data privacy, social media, and the FCC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President of the American Telemedicine Association Dr. Joseph Kvedar talks about the growth of the telemedicine industry during the pandemic.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MIT Professor Daniel Weitzner talks about artificial intelligence & the coronavirus, as well as security and privacy issues that have grown this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How rural students are going to school in 2020 - many are learning online but access to internet in their homes is sometimes nonexistent, sometimes too expensive, & schools are looking for creative options. The director of the National Rural Education Association, Allen Pratt, talks with Education Week reporter Alyson Klein about these issues. The director of the Broadband Association of North Dakota, David Crothers, also discusses why that state has successfully made internet connection possible for almost all students. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr (R) talked about the Section 230 Executive Order and free speech on the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Communicators talks with Charlie Mitchell, author of Cyber in the Age of Trump. He discusses cybersecurity efforts by the Trump Administration. Mr. Mitchell also looks at how Presidents Trump and Obama compare on cyber policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two technology leaders discuss the big tech issues in 2020 & the role of these issues in Campaign 2020. Jessica Gonzalez, Free Press Co-CEO, and Berin Szoka, TechFreedom Founder & Senior Fellow, examine these tech issues on The Communicators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter (D) talks about privacy issues, access to broadband and the impact on Black and Hispanic families, and antitrust policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Trade Commissioner Noah Phillips (R) talks about privacy, competition, antitrust policy regarding technology broadly and scams against the public during the coronavirus pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings and business professor Erin Meyer discussed the unorthodox workplace culture behind one of the largest tech companies in the world in their book “No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Theresa Payton, a cybersecurity firm CEO, discusses her book, “Manipulated: Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections and Distort the Truth.” Ms. Payton was White House Chief Information Officer for Pres. George W. Bush. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX), a former cybersecurity analyst and CIA officer, talks about cyber issues facing the U.S., artificial intelligence, and says China wants to surpass the U.S. as a superpower by focusing on future technologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Moss, creator of the cybersecurity and hacker conferences Black Hat and DEF CON, discusses 2020 election security, the Chinese-owned Tik Tok and We Chat social media platforms, and where the internet is heading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NTCA CEO Shirley Bloomfield discusses how small-town and rural broadband providers have adapted to COVID-19, along with their efforts to bridge the digital divide and extend broadband infrastructure across the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices