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Recode Decode: Nicole Wong, former deputy CTO of the United States

Recode Decode: Nicole Wong, former deputy CTO of the United States

Released Wednesday, 12th September 2018
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Recode Decode: Nicole Wong, former deputy CTO of the United States

Recode Decode: Nicole Wong, former deputy CTO of the United States

Recode Decode: Nicole Wong, former deputy CTO of the United States

Recode Decode: Nicole Wong, former deputy CTO of the United States

Wednesday, 12th September 2018
 1 person rated this episode
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Former deputy CTO of the United States Nicole Wong talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the future of tech policy and why content moderation is more complicated than many people think. In this episode:01:29 - How Wong became a First Amendment lawyer04:12 - Why she took a job at Google07:05 - "You can’t be the lawyer that says no all the time.”08:30 - Why she left Google09:34 - The White House phone call12:19 - Making the government more technologically literate14:42 - Post-government life17:48 - Congress, Sheryl Sandberg and Jack Dorsey21:26 - “You don’t create solutions in a hearing”26:33 - Is it time for a "slow food movement for the Internet?”31:01 - Algorithmic “bias” and the danger of blunt instruments34:46 - The social media “cleaners” in the Philippines41:22 - Techlash44:11 - China’s quicker road to tech dominance46:17- With no American CTO, who’s in charge?48:30 - Google and China 52:59 - Diversity in techLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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