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Big tech is under scrutiny like never before today, with government regulators grilling\u2014and fining\u2014large tech companies for not adequately protecting consumers\u2019 privacy online. Nicole Wong, a former deputy general counsel at Google who later served as deputy CTO of the United States in the Obama administration, is uniquely positioned to weigh in on the topic. \n \nOn this episode of Powered by Battery, we chat with Wong, whose team at Google dubbed her \u201cThe Decider\u201d for her role evaluating controversial online content and making critical decisions about free expression on the Internet around the world, including on Google\u2019s YouTube site. These days, Wong is consulting with other companies on issues such as privacy, security and big data. In our conversation here, she discusses topics including the impact of GDPR on tech companies in the U.S.; the ethical implications of facial-recognition technology; and Google\u2019s reasons for deciding to do business in China, and later to pull out of the country.