. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome alex phrasier, the honorable richard gephardt, farrow candice, eli frazier and nicole tisdale. >> just waiting on one more here. mic challenges. while water waiting, it's a pleasure to be with you, audience but for me personally, it's a true privilege to be with this panel, an incredible group of people, many whom i get to work with on a regular basis on the council for responsible social media. as i've sat here these last few days and listened to these conversations and grappled with the core of what we're trying to do and understand, i've come to one central question, can our democracy survive if something isn't changed in our information environment? and of course at the core of that is social media, which is what we're here to talk about today, technology. and it's become the dominant form of communication. it's becoming the predominant way in which people get their information and news, particularly for young people. and what has this world resulted in today? very different conversation if we were having this conference 20 years ago. well,