Now on bbc news, Stephen Sackur speaks to microsofts president brad smith on hardtalk. 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 were 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 towards 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,
Politico covers food and agriculture and we are proud of that. It is for those not familiar with politicals washington dc news outlet and im sure all of you are reading it and getting ourll newsletters and content ad delighted to be here todayto in texas, one of my favorite states in the union and im not just pandering. Well talk about the state of agriculture in 2020 and beyond and before we start i want to encourage you to join the conversation on social media with the trip assessed 19. I also want to give a big thanks to the practice t to be in vestl for hosting this great event and i understand Texas Farm Bureau is supporting this and we will hear fromg them. We have a good panel and i dont know if you realize that but we have, we got two texans and an iowan, which is great. Across the ideological spectrum in state and federal perspectives and friendly theres a lot going on in agriculture so funny to talk about and we will take the questions at the end so keep in mind anything you
Including the uk, france, germany, people came together in paris last year to sign a new Cyber Security agreement. All 28 members of the european union, 25 of 27 nato members, the us was missing, but progress is advancing. But address my wider point about other people missing. In 2017, if i had been in a british hospital and had Computer Systems wiped out by a malware attack that came from north korea, it would be no great consolation to know that the scandinavians have signed up to a Geneva Convention for internet safety. What youre not telling me is, while we can continue to have any confidence in the security of our data, of our information flows, when we know there are people in north korea, russia, china, and a host of other countries committed to developing ever more sophisticated cyber warfare. But that is exactly the point. If youre going to defend the worlds democracies from the worlds authoritarian regimes, you start by building an alliance of the worlds democracies. Its the
Now on bbc news, Stephen Sackur speaks and pressure mounts on firms to microsofts president to show they mean businesses when it comes to battling Climate Change brad smith on hardtalk. A un summit kicks off in new york today. 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 towards Information Technology and t
Of a global clash of values now on bbc news its hardtalk authoritarianism against freedom. With stephen sackur. Im mariko 0i, in hong kong, where a new working week is just beginning, but what will welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Remember the time when the internet the protestors next move be . Was trumpeted as the tech tool that would deliver us a golden age un investigators speak for the first time of of knowledge, freedom and democracy . Their shock and horror listening to murdered journalist 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 pa