The Communicators

Christopher Shelton, president of the Communications Workers of America, talks about the union's opposition to the T-Mobile/Sprint deal, Congress's role on the issues, 5G and more.

FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly (R) talks about communications issues in 2019, including net neutrality, the FCC's role in privacy, how a Democratic-led House could affect communication, and the 5G wireless spectrum.

C-SPAN interviews digital leaders and officials at the State of the Net conference. This week's guests include, Rebecca Slaughter (D), a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, and Neil Chilson, a fellow at the Charles Koch Institute.

C-SPAN interviews digital leaders and officials at the State of the Net conference. Guests include officials who regulate and monitor privacy and cybersecurity, research artificial intelligence, and who investigate internet and communications crime.

Consumer Technology Association President Gary Shapiro talks about major technology issues facing the U.S. He also talks about the CES electronics show sponsored by CTA in Las Vegas, where thousands of tech companies showed their latest products.

Walt Mossberg, technology thinker and columnist, talks about technology developments and why he decided to quit Facebook.

Susan Crawford, Harvard law school professor and WIRED columnist, talks about her book [Fiber]. She contends that huge corporations are providing sub-par internet access to Americans while in many nations, internet access is plentiful and costs less.

Kai-Fu Lee, a technology leader in China, talks about the development of artificial intelligence and ways the U.S. and China are racing to develop it. Mr. Lee is a high-tech venture capitalist in China, and author of the new book, [AI Superpowers].

Tarleton Gillespie, author of [Custodians of the Internet], talks about his book that explores content moderation on social media platforms. He also discusses the role that Congress could play.

Byron Reese, author of [The Fourth Age], talks about the current role of artificial intelligence and its future applications.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai talks about FCC issues during the first 2 years of his chairmanship and looks ahead to next year.

Cristina Chaplain, with the GAO, talks about the state of the Pentagon's weapons system cybersecurity. Chaplain is the author of a GAO study, which found that U.S. weapons systems have "mission-critical cyber vulnerabilities."

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) talks about California's $385 billion tech industry, the state's new data privacy law, net neutrality, antitrust investigations of tech platforms, and monitoring Silicon Valley tech companies.

New York University Professor Scott Galloway talks about his book [The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.] He discusses what he calls the four most powerful companies in the world and their impact on our lives.

Noah Phillips (R), a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, talks about the FTC becoming the chief regulator of the internet and having its full slate of commissioners in over 100 years.