Recode Decode: Center for Democracy and Technology CEO Nuala O'Connor

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Nuala O'Connor, the CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the group she leads is lobbying the government and private companies on issues like consumer privacy and free speech. In this episode: O'Connor's background in big companies and the Department of Homeland Security; what the Center for Democracy and Technology does; the "Summer of Snowden"; why antitrust isn't a cure-all; speech and responsibility are the biggest issues facing the internet right now; why O'Connor says tech is engaged in a "holy war"; why she's optimistic about Capitol Hill; the reality of what the internet is vs. what we thought it would be; the big themes for tech reform in 2019; a lot of what we call "fake news" is actually government propaganda; can net neutrality be revived?; and online bullying and tech addiction, Click here to vote for Kara Swisher in the Shorty Awards! You can vote once per day between now and Thursday, February 21. Thanks to Microsoft Azure for sponsoring this episode. Get started with a free account and 12 months of popular free services at Azure.com/trial today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor-at-large of ReCODE.
0:52.0	You may know me as a big believer in privacy, except for the people covering up the scandals in Washington.
0:57.0	But in my spare time, I talk tech and you're listening to ReCODE decode from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:02.0	Today in the red chair is Nula O'Connor, the president and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology.
1:08.0	Previously, she worked at companies like Amazon and General Electric and was the chief privacy officer for the US Department of Homeland Security.
1:16.0	Nula, welcome to ReCODE decode.
1:18.0	So delighted to be here.
1:20.0	There's so much to talk about. We were just talking before this taping started about what your themes are.
1:25.0	And I think did you say war going on, essentially, right?
1:29.0	I described it as a holy war, which is really saying something, given that I was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1:34.0	Okay, all right, let me get to that.
1:36.0	But first, I want you to explain how you got to where you are, where these companies and what the Center for Democracy and Technology does.
1:42.0	Thank you so much.
1:43.0	That's right. We are here in DC and in Brussels and around the world.
1:46.0	We are a non-profit 501C3 charitable organization focused on the rights of the individual in the internet age in the digital world.
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