Host our guest reporter is cat zakrzewski of the Washington Post. Mr. Spalter, if you could begin by reminding us what u. S. Telecom is and who you represent. Guest thank you very much, peter. It is great to be here paid ira present the future of connectivity. The members of the u. S. Telecom are the innovators and Technology Company that deliver the networks of the future to all americans. We have Large National providers like at t and verizon and a wonderful regional providers like consolidated frontier and windstream and Alaska Communications but we also represent a number of our smallest providers serving a Rural Communities across the country and around us as well its one of the most innovative Global Technology and prizes like cisco and ericsson and they are also a part of our effort to raise the bar when it comes to this Important Technology which is broadband. Host give us a snapshot, if you would, mr. Spalter of the last couple of months for your Member Companies. Guest i thin
Post. This response or, if you could again by reminding us what u. S. Telecom is and who you represe represent. Guest thank you very much, peter. Rate to be here but i represent the future of conductivity and members of u. S. Telecom are the broadband carriers, innovators and Technology Companies that are all about delivering and Building Networks of the future to all americans. We have Large National providers like at t and verizon and wonderful regional providers like consolidated frontier and windstream and Alaska Communications but we also represent a number of our smallest providers serving our Rural Communities across the country and we are really proud to know that around us as well some of the most innovative Global Technology Enterprises Like cisco and ericsson and they are a part of our effort to raise the bar when it comes to this Important Technology which is broadband. Host give us a snapshot, if you would, of the last couple of months for your member compani companies. Gu
The truth and erode our ability to fight, creating a set of it that no narrative or use source can be trusted at all. Some of the ttts in this space wont necessarily come as as a surprise to you but we talked about intrusion and u. S. Government networks and medical organizations, hack and leak operations related to compromise or embarrassing situations, Cyber Attacks against our eroding infrastructure, the targeting of u. S. Persons or elected officials by social media and disinformation, suppression of voter turnout by spreading misinformation regarding polling and voting, manipulation of media through the injection of false stories, and news reporting. And then subsequent application of the disinformation to shape of the discourse. Shape Public Discourse. There are a few overarching similarities regarding the manner in which our two principal adversaries, china and russia, execute these objectives. Both countries use a whole of government approach. And use sophisticated and aggressi
Making life and connections and knowledge easier to access can this all be turned around in weaponized against us lets get to the bottom line. Usually when someone talks about killer attack people imagine giant killer robots vaporizing people and destroying cities with huge laser beams hollywood style but thats not what were talking about today today were keeping it real we all love to use facial recognition to open our phones but at the same time we know that facial recognition could be used by security agencies to pick us out of a crowd so what is the future hold for us as we freely give away our privacy in exchange for convenience fortunately we have 3 people in the room who have all the answers to these questions larry irving a lawyer by training who has spent his life working on the infrastructure of the internet in September Larry became the 1st africanamerican ever to be inducted into the internet hall of fame congratulations my friend in a free to has been covering the internet
Hi im Steve Clemons and i have lots of questions today can the same technology that we happily bring into our homes and we keep in our pockets thats making life and connections and knowledge easier to access can this all be turned around and weaponized against us lets get to the bottom line. Usually when someone talks about killer tech people imagine giant killer robots vaporizing people in destroying cities with huge laser beams hollywood style but thats not what were talking about today today were keeping it real we all love to use facial recognition to open our phones but at the same time we know that facial recognition could be used by security agencies to pick us out of a crowd so what is the future hold for us as we freely give away our privacy in exchange for convenience fortunately we have 3 people in the room who have all the answers to these questions larry irving a lawyer by training who has spent his life working on the infrastructure of the internet in September Larry beca