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the element of this battle is the influencers and the money that they're getting are in slow. it's just taking a big chunk of the marketing by just the traditional budgets of those traditional media is. that's a good question. i mean, i think that influence there's play a different role than traditional media. they are content creators for a new digital age. and they play a highly important role. and going back to your 1st question, what makes social media platforms successful? so if you think about tape talks, early era, and i'm sure they're doing this to some some extent or another band. countries in which they 1st started coming in. they started spending a lot of money on and bringing influencers onto the platform, cultivating you influencers and giving money to people so they can spend their time generating content on the platform. and the one reason for that is if you have good content, you're going to have like, if you build it, they will come right. if you have good content,
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people will come on to the platform. um, but that also gives influenza. there's a upsized role in these platforms, in terms of, you know, they construct their own advertising deals with that. and, you know, major companies in charge, you know, anywhere from thousands of dollars to millions of dollars for like, you know, for a, for displaying, you know, for typing up some companies product on their platform. and it also makes them very susceptible to, you know, government regulations when they do come in and, you know, question mark of, how does this create or economy then respond to and respond to government regulations threatening their livelihood? is a very interesting question. is there a social media platform that is more attractive to influencers and what makes influencers actually decide to go on one platform or do they all now just do multi platforms. and i think most influencers right now are multi platform and it's easy for them, right? because if you see what tick, tock did,
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they essentially took like the early off or of buying the short for form videos and made them popular again. and now every company from a youtube to facebook, instagram, which is owned by meta, is doing them. so it's not, it's not, it's not that difficult to say, i'm going to put some content up on pick talk, and then repeat that content on youtube, instagram, facebook and monetize it. and all of those may major media platforms. well, i think all this brings us to the pandemic and the rise of take talk. it was actually a hero because it kept people at home and still engaged, interacting, and active. i feel like everybody used to be cheering for it and now they're cheering for his demise. so what do you feel like happen to change the tide? yeah, i mean, i think that's a very interesting question and i think part of it has to do with where tip top
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from. if you look at the major media social media platforms that arose during the early odds, they're all american social media companies. right. um that tick tock, even if they're new offices are preferred, like by chance or based in, um, you know, single for or, you know, they're moving to ireland. they're still a chinese company. and i think that gives a lot of legislators for posts because whether it's facebook, instagram, or tape talk, we by downloading these apps and using them, or giving them a lot of data on who we are, what we do, where we are, and all that data can be used and manipulated. we seen that happen before we're there is a potential for that to happen with a social media platform like tick tock. the fact that you know,
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they're sharing data into chinese data centers raises the major question. and i think this is a legit question that that data can then be used by the chinese government. and so you see a bi partisan support for a cautious approach to a company like to talk. thank you to kendra palmer and it seems like a great time take a break because when we return, we're going to look into why people are only concerned, as certain governments have access to their data. rather than all of the
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welcome back, we are looking at the various condom receipts, running a tick tock with our guest tech feature. eder for business insider to kendra palmer decatur, there's a multiple advertise, i want to go with your answer on this. so 1st, from a user perspective, nothing is free users get on social media platforms and then shocked their information or activity have advertisements garnered towards what their posts are, what their interest might actually be. nothing is ever free. one has to give something should have people have expected their data to be used from all the platforms including take talk. yeah, of course. i mean, i think this is the implicit understanding of a social media platform is by engaging in it. we are not their customers, we are their product. everything that we do on it is then be sold to advertisers
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and there's, you know, positives and negatives that are associated with that. that's not you need to take talk that across the board. so what can any government and i want to say this includes the chinese government do with the information they gained, which out of tick tock shows honestly for me, i'm a bad dance or a horrible cook. and then even worse, giving tips on how to clean, why should all of this be alarming to the traditional consumer to yeah, i mean, i think it's different data, right? like the other sort of and you know, i, i think that right now the question of how this is happening is, um, still a question mark. we've seen that play out in other parts of the world. so we have a reasonable understanding of this. but, you know, the big question is, can these platforms be used to manipulate us in certain ways with misinformation and us information, whatnot. and those things, you know, they may not care about how your, you know,
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your cleaning tips and all those things. but they might care about your location where your base, they might care about the content that you're engaging with to see has a sceptical you are to certain points of view. um, those are the questions that i think companies have about tick tock, but again, i want to stress that those questions are just as legitimate for facebook and instagram, the degree to which facebook and instagram handle that. those questions are also, you know, different and require scrutiny. but it is a question that is social media at large. why is it just lately? those questions are just being focus on tick tock. if every social media platform is collecting the same data. why are we now seeing congressional hearings on tick tock? yeah, i mean, i think its, uh, its progression, right? like there's and we have these hearings around facebook and cambridge analytic a around, you know, after 2016,
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we had questions about the way that facebook and, and, you know, the company was known as facebook, back then microsoft, etc. we're sharing data with the us government after the edward snowden leaks in 2013. this is just the hot new thing right now, and there is new questions that are rising. and there's also that sort of element of the fact that it is a for, and the company i'm no longer can we be sort of assured that, you know, it's an american company, therefore they will have the best interest because, you know, we can have, let's have a healthy dose, a skeptical skepticism in saying that, but like it, the, the argument might go, an american company might have a, a interest in protecting, you know, american users. question mark on how time these companies may use american user data or chinese companies may use indian user data is where another can top end occurred. but here's the funny thing to kendrick, don't you find it curious for the past few years here in america,
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there's been this outcry in congressional hearings on social media platforms like facebook, youtube, but for censoring and making sure traffic was limited on certain political post. now it seems those same politicians are the loudest advocates for the banning of tick tock here in the united states. why is this? yeah, i mean, i think that's an interesting question. um, i think that, you know, we have to sort of pierce through the political rhetoric over here and just realize that these bands, i mean, there might be some sort of they, there is that international. all meant to at a ship like, you know, we can all come together to be like, what do we want the chinese government to have our data that it's a, it's more of a unifying elements than that sort of the of that, that the, the sort of partisan looks that facebook and youtube and those in those social
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media companies. but, you know, the question of why is that? i think it's a talk is a easy target in some ways for that kind of by part is in the you know, anger if you want to call it back or skepticism, may, it may be a better word. you know, the social media giant meta lobbying efforts in washington dc in 2022. they actually spent over $20000000.00 on lobbying, and in $23.00 so far, they're projecting at $459000000000.00 spent on lobbying the us congress. and this all the current open secrets, i mean they are the 2nd largest group behind the big farm. and now, what does this mean? yeah, i mean, i think that like, business is deeply cynical. so you align yourself where you can and you let your competitors, there's be taken out. i don't think we should all be surprised by that. so on the question of lobbying, i think this is, this is a really important question that you've raised, the amount of money that tech is spending in our political systems for influence is
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just going up and up and up. and that will raise really important questions for how we regulate technology companies. what's there are, there are american companies or chinese companies the in that doesn't matter because they're going to be consequences for the average user no matter what they may be different styles of consequences. but there are going to be consequences, and that is something that every journalist, every watch, stop should be watching is where is that money going to and how are the politicians responding? or let's talk about journalist integrity. are you a little bit concerned? considering more journalists are actually having to rely on social media platforms all to get their work out about honesty. and we're in reporting on these same platforms. yeah, that's an interesting question. i mean, this is a sort of catch 22. that's been an issue for an industry for a while, but i think there is something to be said for, you know, there are, have been,
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you know, over the last 10 years, news companies that are rose to cater for the so for media age, buzz feed devices like those companies are now sort of shuddering and going to the wayside. and you know, if you look at media strategies now i think we're very aware of what it means to have platforms come to us. native, we find this through search or find us through the app on use as of the world. there will always be a tech intermediary of some sort because we all use tech in one way or another. but i don't think that that legitimately impacts the rigor of investigative journalism that you see targeting tech companies from out looks like the mark that from, you know, outlets like ourselves. and i think that's the distribution question. that's a big question and that's the next essential question. but i think we're still doing our jobs and i would hope we still continue to do our jobs. recently the talk
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seo was brought in from congress and various influencers were actually made available at the request of tech talk to talk about why they believe to talk was being targeted. and the repeated answer was, it was one of the only true free speech platforms. currently, i've tried to access, it doesn't try to edit or point people at a certain direction as other platforms have been accused of doing in the past. so what is the best platform for free speech right now with the least amount of involvement by the company or the organization that owns them? well, 1st of all, none of these companies have total free speech and i've reported on tech tax content moderation operation before i can tell you that there are things that they will take down because they have to take down because advertisers would not want, you know, a free for all on their platforms. so i think that is a bit of a misnomer. i think that that raises a really interesting question. a company can say that and the truth of the matter
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is their content model. operation strategies are completely opaque to the general public. we don't know that unless we're talking to those sort of rank and file and are investigating their working conditions to, and then gleaning information about how they're moderating content as well. so whether tick tock is a true free speech platform. i think that's a little bit a b s, but i don't think any of the major popcorn is there to free speech because that would be into this as to their business models. you know, i'm sure you heard, but they see of tick tock proposed as changes to his policies. these include none of the data actually going back to china. the ceo also stated they had hired an american company, which happens to be one of the largest from donors to the republican party, to hold all of their data state side will be amends offered by the tick tock, c, o 2, congress actually restore faith and trust in tick tock the hey, i think it depends on who you ask about face and for us, right?
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because if you're looking at tech talks user base, i think i do trust tech talk there. so on these congressional hearings on some level and i, i do want to stress it. um, it feels like the concerns of the geriatric um population in some way. right. i think that's the sort of digital native population that is using tech talk is very cognizant that the questions that you know, people are asking about tick tock are true for all of the social media platforms they engage with. and there's as sort of learned helplessness to it, to a certain extent. now the question about sensitive data with the chinese government and things, i don't know what the like, you know, american population at large things of that i, i'm curious to see if your research pull on where, where they stand with it. but i think that because that idea, so nab us right now. it, you might as well replace chinese government with any government. and it would have
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the same residence, you know, which is to say it is a fear may be, but it is as in thank us, appear as any other government having access to your data and consumers in america . and even in the, in you are complaining about tape talk, having ties to china. yeah, most of the phones and used also were built in china. technology like the microscopes were built in china. is it peculiar? they have no objection to their phone being made in china, but an app. and here it really depends, right? like i think that's, i don't know if we have reporting to suggest that there are like major hardware concerns that like the fox con, factories are you know, going 8, if putting in various malware into their c. p use or anything like that. um, you know, and i'd be curious let's, uh, let's see how the world plays out. i think that like the software concern is a little more legitimate because the way that, you know,
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these apps can extract data in there, kind of getting your consent to do it. it's just that, how do you use that data as a question? um, but yeah, i think i that to answer your question, i think the software concern is it have more concerning the hardware concern. oh, thank you so much. the kendra palmer tech feature editor for business insider. well, they've been very successful with the news you can use on scanning. now here's, thanks for watching. the, the russian states never is as tight as i'm one of the most sense community best.
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you have defended the constitution as well as the lives, security and freedom of our fellow compatriots. you have the essentially saved our country from a civil war. the mutineers saw that the russian people were not on their side. the russian president vladimir putin praising russian service man who counts with a wide newton a saying that loyal service prevented a bloody civil war. united states seeks to stop funding the un body in charge of investigating is really crimes against palestinian. meanwhile, israel plans to set up thousands of new homes to be built on disputed palestinian territory also
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a un next but coals on washington to onset for the torture and abuse inflicted on inmates of the guantanamo bay prison in cuba. and say the us needs to finally shut it down the story, pushing back on the traditional main street narratives and getting you and your news and censor this is awesome international in moscow. so the russian president vladimir prudent has addressed members of the countries um, forced out the kremlin, thanking them for preventing a civil or they should do that because it's only story you have defended the constitution as well as the lives security and freedom of our fellow compatriots. equally and that sure you have essentially saved our country from a civil war, fuck stitches in a difficult situation. you punch your loyalty to the people of russia and your devotion to your military oath. showed responsibility for the motherland and its
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future. we did not have to remove any battle units from the combat zone. you should comrades of ours have fallen in the fight against the mutineers. the mutineers saw that the russian people were not on their side when it gets to you. and meanwhile, a neighbouring bella roost. the army has been put on full combat readiness. the country's president, look at shank of deliver that update and as 1st page following the failed box number, you need that of states that the events in russia were of key concern is both nation share a common homeland. he also warned of a threat posed against by the roost by certain western powers. now, just a quick reminder of south today's event. as wagner forces to control over the russian southern, come on, central, neutral stuff. on the, on off the group claim that its own comes behind front lines are being targeted by the russian military, russian defense ministry. it dismissed the allegations as this information. the wagner group involves through 3 russian regions and then said when for
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a march to moscow, before a southern stoppage happened to offer, new agreement was struck between the ballot. russian president and the wagner chief old and coordination with vladimir, the broker deal so forth, is turning around and headed back to their original face. and as the events unfolded in, wagner entered the roll stuff. region articles are paid in the west, the media speculating, weather and all this was the end of july. they may have gotten us sent as a lindsey graham chimed in and opened the express. it's designed for the downfall of the russian president involved republican presidential candidate nikki haley is a accused president biden, under the vice president of missing a great opportunity to take advantage of his crisis and russia. this weekend's events show that the russian leadership is in a weaker position than the ukrainian leadership co presidents, biden, and harris weren't asleep at the switch. we could be sending a real message not just to russia, but to the dictators in china and iran,
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as well. they have the same time, the crime that has received the messages of support from many eastern governments, a saudi arabia, among the very latest, with the crown prince findings, let him have food and, and expressing a solid hour a day with moscow for doing what was necessary to maintain constitutional order, when we spoke about it with a highly but tata for you, professor to all 5 those university and jetta, he says rational doherty's acted wisely and did a good job. the
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key of has left out a former us president brock obama, who just admitted that crimea had a compelling interest to re united with russia. well then advisor to the ukraine in president out of it instead of such statements, obama should look with it and then admit to the mistake he's made. have a listen to this in the ukraine of that time is not the ukraine that we're talking about today. there's a reason why there was not an armed invasion of cry mirror because crimea was full of a lot of russian speakers. and there was some sympathy to the view that russia was representing it it's, it's interesting, the rod, at the time the, the great empowerment itself still had a number of russian sympathizers and the politics inside ukraine were more complicated. weird. and most importantly, what for if mr. brock o'bonham publicly states that russia's annexation of crime in
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2014 was legal and justified. then we should not be surprised that today there is a full scale russian aggression in europe and a large scale war of aggression. those taking hundreds of thousands of lives and the international law practically does not exist. maybe it's time to started meeting critical mistakes instead of coming up with new excuses as well. it was after reviling crude at times it obviously the refining and government in february 2014 thousands of people side of the streets of crime me is larger city. expressing the distrust of less than a month later, the crime in parliament voters and drawing russia and the decision was cemented when an official referendum was held. and over 90 percent of the people that voted to choose to leave you free. oh, if it was somehow is still refused to recognize the results of what was an official referendum. russia is been working hard to create
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a pretext for being able to invade further. rushes talked about russian speaking minority citizens or under seas. they're not referendum in the crime, it is illegitimate. and the legal it was spetchko together in 10 days and held the point of the russian collection in february and march of 2014. russia carried out it's antics haitian of the crimea and peninsula through brutal force. from kias perspective. everything that's happened is a result of decisions that the collective west nato, your opinion made, and therefore the bill to defend ukraine, to repair ukraine, to make ukraine better than it was all on us. i think it makes it tough for the european union, particularly in united states to,
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to accept the reality on the ground as opposed to continue to why the change it of course, the wild card here is if the government of ukraine, whatever whoever is in, in, in whoever is the president and the parliament if they were to say ok, that we're recognizing this as the russian federation said we're recognizing that he believes, but you're still going to have that residual history as you have having been there during that referenda process today. um the russian federation, so okay, we're giving it back to ukraine. you would still have in your mind where you experience and removing that would be very, very challenge united nations representative as cold on the united states to answer for abuses inflicted on inmates. so the guantanamo bay, personally come, she said as an apology,
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and the promised shot down of the detention facility are long overdue. torture was a betrayal of the rights of the victims of the $911.00 attacks. the us government must urgency, provide judicial resolution apology, and guarantees of non repetition. i still have serious concerns about the continued detention of now 13 men at still there and the persistent arbitrariness that provides their day to day existence. i observed that after 2 decades of custody, the suffering of those detained is profound and it's ongoing. every single detainee
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