We have details. And whistleblower speaks. Christopher wylie from the Cambridge Analytica scandal joins me. Highlevel trade talks picked up this week in washington after tapering off in july with no clear breakthroughs. Chinas vice premier was greeted by treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and trade representative Robert Lighthizer before talks resumed thursday. The stakes were extremely high as President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on 215 billion worth of chinese goods on october 15 if there was no progress. The Technology Sector paying close attention to those sessions as intellectual property is playing a prominent role in the negotiations. I spoke to someone from a firm who helps u. S. Firms protect intellectual property. Eric a fairly Large Company in china, just saw 100 million in revenue that files and protects intellectual property for clients that have previously mostly been in china and is now expanding into the u. S. Thats what we are doing here based out of bosto
Before lawmakers this month on the social networks controversial cryptocurrency. We have details. And whistleblower speaks. Center he people at the of the Cambridge Analytica scandal oins me. Highlevel trade talks picked up this week in washington after tapering off in july with no clear breakthroughs. Chinas vice premier was greeted by treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and trade representative Robert Lighthizer before talks resumed thursday. The stakes were extremely high as President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on 215 billion worth of chinese goods on october 15 if there was no progress. The Technology Sector paying close attention to those sessions as intellectual property is playing a prominent role in the negotiations. I spoke to someone from a firm who helps u. S. Firms protect intellectual property. Eric a fairly Large Company in china, just saw 100 million in evenue that files and protects intellectual property for clients that have previously mostly been in china
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk, with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Remember the time when the internet was trumpeted as the tech tool that would deliver us a golden age of knowledge, freedom and democracy . Well, now we are in a darker, more cynical place. The digital revolution has generated fears about lost privacy, mass surveillance and systemic misinformation. Have the corporate titans of tech failed us . Well, my guest today is brad smith, president of microsoft. How do we ensure our astonishing technological advances are harnessed for good, not harm . Brad smith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, nice to be here. You have served an extraordinary amount of time at microsoft, the best part of three decades. You have seen the evolution of our attitudes toward Information Technology and the internet in particular. I have referred to the sort of great positivity, the optimism, in the early years. Would you agree that these days, we are much more anxious and fear
Translator this morning i have the pleasure of introducing a brilliant panel, particularly i am pleased that there are journalists here. For a change im glad im on this side and youre on the other side. It makes me happy. Thank you for the dialogue inviting us here. Were going to talk about social media and their impact on elections. I have the pleasure of introducing a political analyst, journalist, anchor, and has some of the most important and influential programs in the region on political analysis. And edison, a special rapporteur on human rights. Hes an attorney but also a journalist. He has been in charge of litigating some of the most important freedom of cases in the hemisphere. That is why his your participation today is so important. Thank you for being here. Crystal patterson. Shes an expert on Strategic Communications and has worked on Public Communications and Strategic Communication and public and private sector. She now works for facebook and is in charge of corporate r
We have details. And whistleblower speaks. Christopher wylie from the Cambridge Analytica scandal joins me. Highlevel trade talks picked up this week in washington after tapering off in july with no clear breakthroughs. Chinas vice premier was greeted by treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and trade representative Robert Lighthizer before talks resumed thursday. The stakes were extremely high as President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on 215 billion worth of chinese goods on october 15 if there was no progress. The Technology Sector paying close attention to those sessions as intellectual property is playing a prominent role in the negotiations. I spoke to someone from a firm who helps u. S. Firms protect intellectual property. Eric a fairly Large Company in china, just saw 100 million in revenue that files and protects intellectual property for clients that have previously mostly been in china and is now expanding into the u. S. Thats what we are doing here based out of bosto