TechTank

On this week's episode of the TechTank Podcast, co-host Nicol Turner Lee will discuss thefuture of local news and the effects of the internet on traditional business models and the qualityof investigative journalism. The episode will also correlate rising levels of misinformation to aneroding local news landscape. Podcast guests are Courtney Radsch, postdoctoral research fellowat UCLA, and Steve Waldman, founder and president of Rebuild Local News. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the TechTank Podcast, co-host Darrell West is joined by two distinguished experts to discuss if economic decoupling is possible for the United States. Melanie Sisson is a fellow in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, where she focuses on national security in the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology. Emily Weinstein is a research fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, where she focuses on U.S.-China technological competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s episode of the TechTank Podcast, co-hosts Darrell West, and Nicol Turner Lee discuss thefuture of Biden’s tech policy agenda under the new 118 th Congress, including broadband infrastructure,anti-trust, big tech accountability, data privacy, and AI, among other issues. With a GOP majority in theHouse of Representatives and a Democrat-led Senate, this episode dives into which policy areas showthe most promise for consensus, and where there may be challenges to gain cooperation within adivided Congress. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s episode of the TechTank Podcast, moderator Darrell West, Vice President of GovernanceStudies at the Brookings Institution, will discuss if it's time for the Supreme Court to regulate socialmedia platforms and the search engines that have become prominent amongst society. To help with thisconversation, the Podcast is happily joined by John Villasenor, a Professor of Engineering, Law, andPublic Policy at UCLA and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings. Mark MacCarthy is a Senior Fellowat the Institute for Technology, Law, and Policy at Georgetown University and a Nonresident SeniorFellow at Brookings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, host Nicol Turner Lee explores technology adoption in Africa and universal access throughout the continent with guests Yolanda Jinxin Ma, head of Digital Policy and Global Partnerships at the United Nations Development Programme, Addisu Lashitew, Global Economy and Development nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Jane Munga, Africa Program fellow at Carnegie who focuses on technology policy.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the podcast, co-host Darrell West speaks to Nicol Turner Lee, senior fellow in Governance Studies and director of the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings and Tom Wheeler, a visiting fellow in Governance Studies and the author of a forthcoming Brookings book, “Techlash” about Twitter's future, and the consequences of recent tumultuous changes at the company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Tech Tank, co-host, Nicol Turner Lee, speaks with Rashawn Ray, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution, and Professor of Sociology and Executive Director of the Lab for Applied Social Science Research, University of Maryland; and Kinnis Gosha, Executive Director and Chief Research Officer of the Center for Broadening Participation in Computing, Morehouse College. These experts discuss the current and future possibilities of AR/VR, and the metaverse and the impact on public sector applications. We also dive into how to attract more diverse developers and subscriberson these spaces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latino voters registered and voted in higher numbers in the 2020 presidential election than in prior years, according to a 2021 report, and recent findings from the Pew Research Center count 34.5 million eligible Latino voters, which is a significant increase since the last midterm elections. The results of the 2022 midterms will have lasting consequences on American politics and policy, making it critical to protect and amplify Latino voices along with the type of information they receive to make credible opinions about potential candidates and their platforms Tech Tank co-host, Nicol Turner Lee, spoke with Gabriel Sanchez, a David M. Rubenstein fellow in Governance Studies and faculty at the University of New Mexico, and Nora Benavidez, senior counsel and director of Digital Justice and Civil Rights at Free Press, about the ecosystem of Spanish-language media. The experts discussed how the prevalence of mis- and disinformation can be better identified and mitigated to avoid potential voter suppression efforts impacting Latino voters as the midterm elections near.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To protect public integrity and faith our election, it is integral for the United States to work to combatexisting misinformation, protect the safety of election officials, and guarantee that existing cybersecuritymeasures are adequate in protecting the vote of the American people. On TechTank, Darrell West isjoined by Elaine Kamarck and Elizabeth Howard to discuss these topics and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The prevalence and technical relevance of machine learning algorithms have increased over the years, making predictive decision-making tools part of the everyday lives of online users. Today, it is harder to discern what decisions are made by humans, and the others that rely upon the cognition of machines. On this new episode of the Tech Tank podcast, Darrell West is joined by Nicol Turner Lee, Senior Fellow and the Director of the Center for Technology Innovation who explores the need for a proposed Energy Star rating, or incentive-based rating system to improve the performance and optimization of these online tools.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.