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Foreign Policy Live

Why America Has a New Tech Ambassador

Foreign Policy Live

Foreign Policy

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.1622 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The State Department has a new Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, and it’s run by Nathaniel Fick, a former cybersecurity executive and marine. Ambassador Fick joined the Biden administration to make sure that every department’s digital policy is connected up together. And his job is to make sure the White House can combat threats emerging from cyberspace and AI in the best possible way. Fick joins Ravi Agrawal to share his vision for this new department. Suggested reading: Ravi Agrawal: Why America Has a New Tech Ambassador Rishi Iyengar: Biden Turns a Few More Screws on China’s Chip Industry Rishi Iyengar: Inside the White House-Backed Effort to Hack AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.1

Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy's editor-in-chief. This is FP Live.

1:09.7

Welcome to the show.

1:11.4

When the internet first proliferated in the 1990s, the prevalent global mood was that the world was on a path towards more freedoms, more access, and more openness.

1:23.0

Former US President Bill Clinton famously told reporters that the very idea of controlling the

1:28.5

internet would be like nailing jello to a wall. While Clinton was talking about China there,

1:35.3

and China figured out how to nail the jello eventually, in China and around the world,

1:42.4

the internet has splintered into smaller silos of controlled

1:46.8

conversations.

1:48.6

And while technology has connected the world, it has also disconnected communities.

1:54.5

It's been the source of new and emerging threats related to privacy, misinformation,

2:00.1

disinformation, cyber attacks, and much more.

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