>> WELCOME BACK EVERYONE TO
POLITICS DESPITE BEING CRITICAL
OF BIG TEX IN POINTS IN MANY AT
FACETS OF
OUR SOCIETY, 2020 DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS ARE
TURNING TO SILICON VALLEY NOW
FOR THEIR BIG BOX STARTING US
NOW TO BREAK THIS DOWN AND
LOTMORE'S
ALEXANDER LIVING TECH REPORTER
OVER AT POLITICO ALEXANDER
GREAT TO HAVE
YOU HERE THERE'S CERTAINLY A
LOT OF HIGH-PROFILE CANDIDATES
LIKE JOE BIDEN KAMEL HARRIS AND
THE PEOPLE REJECT WE'RE ALL
SORT OF COZYING UP WITH SILICON
VALLEY
EXACTS ARE KIM IT'S REALLY
DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TOLD
BY WARMING UP TO SILICON VALLEY
DESPITE CALLING FOR REGULATION
AS WELL.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME IT'S
GREAT TO BE SO ONE OF THE
THINGS WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING
MOST
CLOSELY IS IS THAT YOU KNOW AS
THESE CANDIDATES ARE COMING OUT
WITH DIFFERENT STANDS
ON TECH WHERE YOU KNOW YOU'RE
FROM ONE OR FOREIGNER LIKE
ELIZABETH WARREN COMING OUT
WITH THE HARD-LINE AND THEY
TACK ANY OF JOE BIDEN JOE BIDEN
GOING NOTICEABLY LIGHT ON TECH
WHERE THAT WHERE IS EVERYONE
ACTUALLY TURNING TO SILICON
VALLEY AND WHO TO STALL COME
OUT IS ACTUALLY DONATING
TO THESE. SO THESE CANDIDATES
AND SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT
EVEN THOUGH THE DEMOCRATIC
FIELD IS LARGELY CRITICAL
OF IT PACK CANDIDATES ARE STILL
TURNING TO SILICON VALLEY IN
TREATING IT LIKE AN ATM MACHINE
SO JUST LAST WEEK YOU HAD A
FUND RAISING LET'S ACROSS THE
BAY AREA TO 5 OF THE
CANDIDATES, JOE BIDEN AMY CLUB
CHAR
KAMALA HARRIS. HE PUT HIS EDGE
CORY BOOKER AND UM AND AND
ANOTHER REALLY INTERESTING
THING THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING
IS THAT BE
1ST HALF OF THE YEAR YOU SEE
THIS HUGE SPLIT BETWEEN WHERE
THE CEOS AND THESE BIG TECH
COMPANIES AND THEIR ME LEVEL AT
LOW LEVEL EMPLOYEES ARE
DONATING. SO ONE REALLY
INTERESTING WRINKLE IN THIS
IS THAT THE TOP EXECUTIVES IN
THE CEOS OF THESE COMPANIES ARE
OF COURSE NOT GOING TO BE
DONATING TO ELIZABETH WARREN
WHO IS MOST CRITICAL OF THEIR
OF THEIR PROJECTS AND OTHER
POLICIES BUT INTERESTING WE HAD
MANY OF THE LOW AND NEARBY
TOYS FROM THE SAME COMPANIES
THAT ELIZABETH WARREN IS
HAMMERING HARDEST SUPPORTING
HER CAMPAIGN SO HAS THE ADDED
TO CHEAT THE 3RD QUARTER
DISCLOSED AND WE SHOULD HAVE
OUR HANDS ON
THE ELECTION THE ELECTION
DONATION FOR THAT QUARTER WHEN
THE CAR
MEEK AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE
TRACKING THAT TO SEE IF THAT'S
A PATTERN THAT THAT'S A RELIEF.
>> FASTENING DYNAMIC AS WE KNOW
A LOT
OF THESE TECH EMPLOYEES WHO
HAVE BEEN STAGING WALKOUTS AND
DOING A LOT OF THINGS AGAINST
THEIR EMPLOYERS. AS YOU
MENTIONED A LOT OF THEM ARE
SUPPORTING ELIZABETH WARREN.
DO YOU THINK THE BAY AREA IS
MAY BE COMING TO GRIPS WITH
ELIZABETH WARREN POTENTIALLY
GETTING THE NOMINATION AND HOW
DO YOU THINK THEY WILL RESPOND
IF SHE DOES WIN IT.
>> WELL I THINK THAT ANOTHER
BIG THING THAT'S HAPPENING IN
THE BAY AREA OVER THE LAST
WEEK, ESPECIALLY IS IS THAT IS
MARK ZUCKERBERG COMING TO A
HEAD WITH ELIZABETH WARREN AND
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY
HAS EMPLOYEES OF THE
COMPANY CONCERN. SO WHAT
HAPPENED AT THE END OF LAST
WEEK IS IS THAT
AUDIO RECORDING OF MARK
ZUCKERBERG ADDRESSING AN
INTERNAL COMPANY MEETING JUST
WITH
HIS EMPLOYEES TALKING ABOUT HOW
THE COMPANY WOULD RESPOND TO
HER BREAK UP BIG TECH POLICIES
IF SHE WERE
ELECTED PRESIDENT THAT WAS
LEAKED AND WHAT CAME OUT WAS
THAT MARK ZUCKERBERG TOLD HIS
EMPLOYEES THAT
YOU KNOW IF IF ANYBODY WITH A
POLICY TO BREAK UP HIS COMPANY
WERE TO TAKE OFFICE FACEBOOK
WILL
LIKELY FIGHT THAT WITH A
LAWSUIT AND DIG ITS HEELS AND A
AND TAKE THAT PERSON AS MUCH AS
THEY POSSIBLY CAN
AND WHICH THEN LED TO A YOU
KNOW WHICH LIKE THAT LED TO
THIS OUTCRY
ABOUT WHETHER FACEBOOK CAN BE
TREATING A PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES LIKE ELIZABETH
WARREN OR OTHER OTHERS CRITICAL
OF
FACEBOOK POLICIES WITH AND SAME
FOR FOR THE SUPPORTERS OF THOSE
CANDIDATES. AND AND SO FROM
THERE EVERYTHING
JUST FIRE ALSO THOUGH TO YOUR
QUESTION ABOUT YOU KNOW IS IS
YOU KNOW HOW IS THE BAY AREA
WARMING UP THESE THESE IT
REALLY VARIES FROM CANDIDATE TO
CANDIDATE AND ALSO VARIES
BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVES OF THOSE
COMPANIES AND THEIR EMPLOYEES.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE FRONT RUNNER
HERE EVEN THOUGH ELIZABETH
WARREN IS ESSENTIALLY DEPENDING
WHAT POLL YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS
MOST LIKELY THE FRONT RUNNER
AND SOME
OF THEM WHAT ABOUT JOE BIDEN
WHAT'S HIS RELATIONSHIP LIKE
WITH BIG TECH BECAUSE WE KNOW
THE TECH WAS A
HUGE SUPPORT OF THEM PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMA HE HAD A LOT OF
OFFICIALS FROM A SILICON VALLEY
THAT WORKED AT THE WHITE HOUSE
AS WELL SO HOW DID LITTLE BY
WORKING WITH THEM.
>> TO JOE BIDEN HAS GOTTEN
NOTICEABLY LIGHT SO FAR ON TECH
HE HAS BEEN VERY CAREFUL TO NOT
PLANT A FLAG ON EITHER SIDE OF
THE BREAK UP BIG TECH TO BE
HE'S BEEN VERY CAREFUL TO NOT
YOU KNOW TO TO TAKE TAKE A
HARSH STANCE, ONE WAY OR THE
OTHER, BUT WE ARE
EXPECTING THAT AND AS THE AS
THE RACE INTENSE EYES AND AS
ED, YOU KNOW THE FIELD WHITTLES
DOWN THAT HE WILL HE WILL BE
FORCED TO TAKE A HARDER STANCE
ON THAT.
>> ONE OF THE THING I FIND
FASCINATING. ALEXANDER IS THE
FACT WE'VE NOW HAD 3 DEMOCRATIC
DEBATE A LOT OF TOPICS OF BEEN
OUT THERE, BUT ONE THING NONE
OF THE CANDIDATES OF TALK ABOUT
IS BIG TECH, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
AS TO WHAT ROLE
IT PLAYED IN THE 2016 ELECTION.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS.
>> I THINK THAT THERE IS THIS
YOU KNOW THERE'S THIS IMMENSE
FEAR AND THE CEMENT
THE PRESSURE ON ALL THESE TECH
COMPANIES AS WE'RE HEADING INTO
THE
2020 ELECTION. AND YOU KNOW YOU
KNOW AROUND THIS INFORMATION
AROUND ELECTION MANIPULATION
AND ACT SPORTS RIGHT NOW LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
ARE WARNING AND THAT
MANIPULATION EFFORTS AND HE
JUST INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS ARE
GOING TO PROLIFERATE AS WE GET
CLOSER TO THE ELECTION AND SO
THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE AND
SCREW SCRUTINY OF TECH HUMP
HE'S IN THIS MOMENT FOR THAT
REASON AND AND AND YOU KNOW
THERE'S ALSO
THIS MORNING OUT THAT THE
GOVERNMENT IS NOT ABLE TO DO
CERTAIN THINGS THAT TECH
COMPANIES CAN DO TO PROTECT.
THE PLATFORMS BECAUSE OF FIRST
AMENDMENT CONCERNS AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR GOVERNMENT
OVERREACH IN THOSE AREAS
AND SO JUST INFORMATION EXPERTS
ARE REALLY STRESSING THAT
FACEBOOK WHATSAPP AND INSTAGRAM
ARE GOING TO BE.
VEHICLES FOR THIS INFORMATION
LEADING INTO THE NEXT ELECTION
AND I REALLY
YOU KNOW PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON
THE TECH COMPANIES TO FIGURE
OUT A WAY TO TO TO TACKLE THAT
INVESTMENT PERSONNEL TO DEAL
WITH THAT AND AND AND AND
INCREASE TRANSPARENCY WITH THE
PUBLIC ABOUT HOW THEY'RE DOING
ON THAT FRONT.
>> ALEXANDER WE HAVE TIME FOR
ONLY ONE MORE QUESTION WE KNOW
THAT TECH EXACTS AND SILICON
VALLEY TEND TO BE A BIT MORE
LIBERTARIAN
THEIR POLITICS IS THEY'RE
WORRIED THAT IF ELIZABETH
WARREN OR EVEN BERNIE SANDERS
CLINCH, THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION THAT A
LOT OF THAT BIG SILICON VALLEY
MONEY COULD GO TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
>> IS THERE CONCERN THAT THE
THAT THE MONEY COULD GO TO
PRESIDENT I THINK.
I THINK
I THINK THAT RIGHT I HAVE TO
YOU ALEX. I THINK HE DID SOME
YOU KNOW I THINK THAT I THINK
THAT
RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S VERY HARD
TIME
TO KNOW SO WHAT I'M I THINK
IT'S VERY HARD TO KNOW WHICH OF
THE POLICIES THAT THE
CANDIDATES ARE COMING OUT WITH
WHETHER IT'S YOU KNOW PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND WHAT HE'S SAYING
ABOUT TECH OR WHETHER IT IS E
THE DEMOCRATIC FRONT RUNNERS
AND WHAT THEIR SAY
ABOUT TECH WHICH OF THOSE
POLICIES ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO
STAY CAN WHICH ARE GOING TO
ACTUALLY RATTLE THE TECH
INDUSTRY. I'M SO I THINK AT
THIS POINT IT'S IT'S STILL TOO
EARLY TO SAY, BUT WE'RE
TRACKING CODE.
>> THIS FASCINATING INSIGHT IS
ALWAYS ALEXANDER LIVE IN
REPORTER OVER AT POLITICO GREAT
TO HAVE
YOU HERE.
>> THANK YOU S