so in may they outsource their censorship to the atlantic council nato is an official think tank the atlantic council's digital forensic lab has been identifying accounts guilty of foreign election interference and deleting thousands of them in the run up to foreign elections such as and mexico and in brazil that sounds like for an election interference but it's not at all you know people's. say that the atlantic council is hawkish because it's funded by nato the saudis and ray i don't know about that. and grab this news sources like alter net common dreams and the free thought project are being suppressed on facebook but let's be honest here naming yourself free thought project you're asking for. iranian news sources were deleted from facebook and anti-war voices too but those people are obviously bots obviously blocks then that makes me a part. which. so are we witnessing the merger of the national security state and silicone valley. you know what i hate last question. was. i got new information i just tell you like our government hates immigrants. a lot let's go to redacted corres

social media censorship and government pressure that is driven facebook into the arms of the atlantic council take a listen to the corporate policing of free speech. and political content of the kind of his medicine asked of itself you know recently with kind of facebook executives teaming up with a group of the atlantic council to decide you know what is fake news and bad political speech and what is good news and good political speech. how many different ways is this a really bad idea it's it's unbelievably scary and. even if you take the worst case scenario view of what happened in two thousand and sixteen with russian meddling. this is this. prid. and extremely terrifying political development that has been going on for a long time even independently again of the russia story because a huge part of what's happening now with this whole situation with facebook zapping sites that you know some think tank full of excess i gave people like the atlantic council that would would not be possible had not. the news landscape been extremely concentrated in the hands of the century two actors now wou

see if people like the atlantic council that would would not be possible had not. the news landscape been extremely concentrated in the hands of the century two actors now would like seventy plus percent of the district distribution of news in this country is either facebook or google so if you have a government. group meeting with facebook to decide what news to distribute and what not that's essentially like a you know a government run censorship program and we've never had anything even close to that except in wartime in this country and this is this is it's an extraordinary development and there's a there's a lack of. like a lot of things is i think there's a lack of an ability to see the forest for the trees here because you know down the road you know having the white house and the congress meet with facebook decide what news we see i mean that is pretty fast and that's less was so frightening and you know. given the you know the i don't think we ever really saw this coming or we didn't read again lack of foresight that you know when you suddenly had facebook

my name is lauren vanmeter and i'm a senior fellow at the atlantic council's center. i will be moderating today's event. before we go any further, the event is being tweeted at russia factor -- hashtag russia factor. we welcome all of you to join in the conversation via twitter. i would like to make introductions to our panel. randy sellier, randy is a lawyer in new york city, where he specializes in a wide range of litigations, but most importantly for this case, in professional liability cases, and often cases across international borders. also joining is the president and founder of the justice foundation. she and alex together have coauthored a book, the poisoning of alexander and the return of the kgb. she is a tireless advocate through interviews and press appearances. her advocacy for accountability if her husband's case has extended to all russian dissidents affected by moscow's aggressions. alex is a microbiologist. you had been at the forefront of major movements for transparency and justice and human rights, documenting, disseminating information on human r

for election interference not at all you know people say that the atlantic council is hawkish because it's funded by nato the saudis and. i don't know about that. and i'm just news sources like alter net common dreams and the free thought project are being suppressed on facebook. well let's be honest here naming yourself freethought project you're asking for an. iranian new sources were deleted from facebook and anti-war voices too but those people are obviously bots obviously bots then that makes me a part knew it. so are we witnessing the merger of the national security state and silicone valley. you know what i hate last question. yes. i got new information i just tell you like our government hates immigrants turns out is a lot let's go to redacted correspondent john a photon also he can break it down for me. to do dog the trump administration's immigration policies couldn't get any more mean spirited draconian or downright on american. you'd be right i mean come on child attention really is scraping the bottom of what i like to call the horrendousness barrel of a trademark now the

welcome to the atlantic council and we welcome to this atlantic council television. my name is lauren van meter and i'm a senior fellow at the atlantic will your ratio center. i will be moderating today's event here before we go any further, and the event is being treated at russia factor -- # russia factor. we welcome all of you to join in the conversation via twitter. i would like to make introductions to our panel. .. to disseminate information. you protection. also with the justice foundation. we were going to session this afternoon we have a short video and then a panel discussion for 40 minutes and then you will open to question so shall we see the video? >> this video is a small clip of those programs in russian. which are the subject of the defamation lawsuit and in the federal courts. so the program accused me to be a cia agent who murdered my friend. in 2006. because the cia wanted to tarnish russia. all of this was in the context of the russia topic and a in the name of it of course is to say that the poisonings had nothing to do with russia. so you will se

--director of the futurean iran initiative at the atlantic council. barbara: he spoke just about an hour ago and said iran does not do photo op diplomacy, which was kind of a act handed slap at trump for his meeting with -- kind of a backhanded slap at trump for his meeting with kim jong-un. deal that15 nuclear it negotiated with the united states and other countries, of course, truck pulled out of it trump, so unless -- pulled out of it in may. macron in france says he hopes to continue discussions with the u.s., still hope that the u.s. will come back to the fold. how much can iran cope with this and the effect it is already having on the economy? they understand that president trump is in some political difficulty at home, that we are about to have elections that could flip at least one house of the congress, and they have seen this before. it is extremely painful for them, but they have also learned over 40 years had to cope with a variety of different types of sanctions. we should point out that just one,night, the p4 plus including france and ge

council which has a stellar reputation looking at innovative solutions to hard problems the atlantic council's board of directors includes people like general wesley clark general david petraeus and henry kissinger. it's a you who's who of new york on a new all liberal all the guards and war criminals yes we want to we want to. we want to stamp out big news to one man baltimore guard jamaal and the burglars from the watergate scandal take a crack at it you know we're just going to see what they come up with. for some odd reason i don't think the next bernie crack candidate will achieve as much social media success as bernie did but that's still not enough in the rigging of the twenty twenty election the senate is trying to make our voting machines easier to rig i'm not kidding under the guise of trying to improve the system the current version of these secure elections acts would allow for and validate audits of electronic ballot images which are just plain worthless as a safeguard against cyber attacks said susan greene haulage policy director at the national election defense coalition basica

in gothenburg sweden he's a senior nonresident fellow at the atlantic council thank you very much she i'm sorry. to council thank you so much for being with us how optimistic are you about the outcome of these planned talks in geneva with things seemingly off to a rocky start already with all the delegation being delayed it's absolutely going to be a very difficult negotiation process and the start of it is already you know looking at the the warring parties have looked at the tide or excitements sue and and have a willingness to face up there because these the british asians at that so that are more of a consultation that. a negotiation because there will not be a direct face to face talks frankly the warning. and honestly if you speak to the you know all of them very young men. most of yemenis have lost confidence or in the international community. or even the warring parties interested in finding an end to this war so it's a very very hard it is very very hard to be optimistic. you know a hundred eight days of negotiations in coate back in two thousand and sixteen failed to broker

criticism that their platform has been used to disseminate fake news and they've brought in the atlantic councilto get rid of so-called fake news that's controversial because it's seen as being censorship on free speech and closing accounts which don't follow the government line in certain places also earlier this year facebook coming under fire over the cambridge analytical scandal where millions of facebook users had their accounts accessed and used for. political reasons by the company and so what came out of all of that is facebook founder mark zuckerberg really apologizing and promising that his company would try to do better we have a responsibility to protect your data and if we can't and we don't. so a bad year all around of for facebook won't be helped by this latest news about this breach and interesting to see where the social media goes from here. the kremlin has reacted to news reports that britain security services have identified a third suspect in the script poisoning case it's spokesperson dmitri peskov says that moscow wants to see facts not press speculation or unofficial inve

of business now it's been a tough year for facebook earlier this year they teamed up with the atlantic council the american think tank to combat what they said was fake news but that's led to accusations by many that they're only cracking down on certain types of facebook pages and that that is an infringement of free speech also earlier this year facebook coming under attack and under heavy criticism for their links with cambridge a little millions of facebook users data was accessed and used for political purposes by some concern that here's a little bit erratic and some of the announce once it is made either in relation to the firm or a recent tweet that he made about a cave diver. a somewhat. erratic and not what you would expect from the sort of stable management that most companies require a snapshot of some of the big news stories of the day today i was so much more for us at r.t. dot com or to work around the clock to bring you all the news as it was a longer first class analysis and some super features to we from china today why not do it already and there's an app as well that make s

of business now it's been a tough year for facebook earlier this year they teamed up with the atlantic council of the american think tank to combat what they said was fake news but that's led to accusations by many that they're only cracking down on certain types of facebook pages and that that is an infringement of free speech also earlier this year facebook coming under attack under heavy criticism for their links with cambridge a little millions of facebook users data was accessed and used for political purposes by the company and that led to the founder of the company mark zuckerberg releasing a statement conceded that the company must do better we have a responsibility to protect your data and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you. so it's been a tough year for facebook and what comes next is important if mr zuckerberg and his team want to rebuild trust in the social media giants well as of now if a spook cuz fix the issue but the company shares fell on its c.e.o. mark zuckerberg net worth plunged by some two billion dollars a security researcher we spoke to thinks that could in

theirs to use it will reach out to zero mosque or among some accost he's a senior fellow at the atlantic council he says russia supplied syria with the system to send a political message you know this is an advanced system that the syrians have been seeking to get their hands on for many years russia essentially halted the delivery because of israeli concerns and wider concerns about stability in the region clearly moscow has made the political decision based on this shoot down of its airplane that there is no need to withhold this equipment in the future obviously moscow i think also has grown frustrated with israeli impunity in striking syria and so this is to send a message that israeli actions are going to be limited in the near future because they're going to take into consideration a much more highly advanced anti aircraft and missile system. now year ago the u.s. president called the north korean leader a little rocket man in his debut speech at the u.n. general assembly but one iran donald trump is striking a much softer tone he said a second summit with kim jong un is likely raising hop

council which has a stellar reputation looking at innovative solutions to hard problems the atlantic council's board of directors includes people like general wesley clark general david petraeus and henry kissinger. it's a you who is a who of new york on a new all liberal all the guards and war criminals yes we want to we want to dance . we want to stamp out fake news to one man baltimore guard jamaal in the burglars from the watergate scandal take a crack at it you know we're just going to see what they come up with. for some odd reason i don't think the next bernie crack candidate will achieve as much social media success as bernie did but that's still not enough in the rigging of the twenty twenty election the senate is trying to make our voting machines easier to rig i'm not kidding under the guise of trying to improve the system the current version of these secure elections hacks would allow for and validate audits of electronic ballot images which are just plain worthless as a safeguard against cyber attacks said susan greene haulage policy director at the national election defense coali

because really it is in the best interests of everybody so speaking of militias the report from atlantic council says that there are at least twenty million weapons to the six million inhabitants that's a huge number one that's despite the u.n. ban on arms exports to libya i mean the conflict in militia groups seem to operate without paying attention to what the aaa government thinks does the government in tripoli have any real power on the ground if they can't control this things. i don't believe that either of the governments there are clearly the government tripoli which is the government national accord it has no power whatsoever to be able to do that but think there is there is a lot of oblique pressure today on those militias because people defend out of them and also because of what's going on in the last couple of weeks where they become under the much pressure so the government itself does not have much power has one power in its turn which is the power of money and wealth and these are the ones which really kind of used over the last three years almost almost three years now. to protec

question the accuracy of some of the past claims some of the links to us think tank such as the atlantic council which include rupert murdoch amongst their advisory boards and also some of questioned some of their past research into the conflicts in syria and the ukraine. what it is doing is nothing more than reading tea leaves every level analysis is a method used by hobbyists never been to syria doesn't speak a word of arabic and he conducts his profound reset from the comfort of his armchair. now the u.k. government have of course been blaming the russian government and the highest levels of the russian government for this incident. they have of course repeated their claims that this was sanctioned by high figures within the russian government but the topic also surfaced during the un security council. the u.k. saw the consequences of these norms being rooted in sorcery this year when russia recklessly deployed a nerve agent on our streets the united kingdom has presented detailed evidence clearly laid out in charges of attempted murder and the use and possession of a chemical weapon against

criticism that their platform has been used to disseminate fake news and they've brought in the atlantic council to get rid of so-called fake news that's controversial because it's seen as being censorship on free speech and closing accounts which don't follow the government line in certain places also earlier this year facebook coming under fire over the cambridge analytical scandal where millions of facebook users had their accounts accessed and used for political reasons by the company and so what came out of all of that is facebook founder mark zuckerberg really apologizing and promising . that his company would try to do better we have a responsibility to protect your data and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you so a bad year all around for facebook won't be helped by this latest news about this breach and interesting to see where the social media goes from here. the kremlin has reacted to the british media frenzy over reports that u.k. security services have identified a third suspect in the script poisoning case spoke of person dimitri peskov noted that we need facts not press

isn't theirs to use it will reach out to zero moscow moxon makowski is a senior fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia center where he specializes in defense policy he says russia supplied syria with the s. three hundred system to send a political message. you know this is an advanced system that the syrians have been seeking to get their hands on for many years russia essentially halted the delivery because of israeli concerns and wider concerns about stability in the region coolly moscow has made the political decision based on this shoot down of its airplane that there is no need to withhold this equipment in the future obviously moscow i think also has grown frustrated with israeli impunity in striking syria and so this is to send a message that israeli actions are going to be limited in the near future because they're going to take into consideration a much more highly advanced anti aircraft or missile system. well leaders are gathering in new york for the united nations general assembly well sidelines u.s. president donald trump has met south korean media mungy in to discuss plans for a

well there we can speak to mark simak of ski who's a senior fellow at the atlantic council's eurasiacenter the joining us live now from washington d.c. how much trouble is viktor orban and his government actually in. you know the thing the vote i think will be very close i think clearly the european parliament looks to stand up for its principles and is actually looking for a real debate about hungary's violation of your european human rights obviously the parliaments and the countries involved want to send a signal that hungary's continue. struction of the human rights values that all europeans lay out on the table needs to be addressed time areas tried to eliminate any immigration and as a result i think they're going to be they're going to be pushing for a process of sanctions and coming this this at the heart of this issue is is illegal migration as the obama said when he was talking to the parliamentarians and that's something that all e.u. countries are struggling with business so does it strike you as being some fair that they're preparing to trigger article seven as it's know

and the atlantic council hosted an event looking at russian usedent buttons --putin's of propaganda. we have the entire program tonight on c-span two at 10:00. host: kimberly leonard joins us from the washington examiner, she is the senior health policy reporter here to talk about the future of the affordable care act. specifically, efforts by republicans on the act. what is going on? guest: they are looking at a bill that would repeal or undo certain taxes and obamacare. -- in obamacare. what would happen is aspects like the employer mandate signs would go way. -- -- would go away. there is a tax on tanning salons that would go away. the house will be meeting to discuss whether to move forward with that. host: when it comes to the overall efforts, why are republicans still making these efforts on the affordable care act? guest: they did make a promise to voters that they want to follow through on, but it is important to note that a lot of these taxes have been delayed before, in a bipartisan way. so there may be room for democrats to jump onto this. of course, they won't frame it as

criticism that their platform has been used to disseminate fake news and they've brought in the atlantic council to get rid of so-called fake news that's controversial because it's seen as being censorship on free speech and closing accounts which don't follow the government line in places also earlier this year facebook coming under fire over the cambridge analytical scoundrel where millions of facebook users had their accounts accessed and used for. political reasons by the company and so what came out of all of that is facebook founder mark zuckerberg really apologizing and promising that his company would try to do better we have a responsibility to protect your data and if we can't then we don't does. so. why this latest news about this breach and interesting to see where the social media goes from here. the white house has just announced that president trump has appointed an f.b.i. investigation into claims of sexual misconduct against his supreme court nominee company it follows calls from a senior republican senator on the judiciary committee which has voted to move ahead with that confe

ambassador to ukraine and is director of the razor center at the atlantic council he says that russia is waging a war of aggression on ukraine and that donald trump please to get tough on moscow all senior officials in the trumpet ministration under the president believe that russia is committing a war of aggression don't boss that russia is pursuing a revisionist foreign policy with the focus on ukraine and the united states was hoping praying stop russia in the boss that list includes vice president pence secretaries of state and defense on pay would matters and national security advisor both the president's own statements are much softer on russia but the policy of the administration has been quite quite tough with us on sanctions with help from congress or supplying javelin this will lead to take missiles to ukraine which was a presidential decision. schools of russian diplomats after the kremlin poisoned the russian. factor in britain i believe that we should make russia pay for its aggression ukraine to persuade russia to lead therefore i welcome decision of the trumpet ministry

let's return now to our top story: geneive abdo is with the atlantic council think tank.at did you make of what the president had to say about iran, specifically, just after describing the leader as an absolutely lovely man? well, i think that we have two consider his tweet to be somewhat sarcastic. and i think that, you know, he has made very clear that iran isa know, he has made very clear that iran is a threat to middle east peace will. has made it very clear that the united states is concerned about the iranian ballistic missile capability, and there will be no deal with iran until other issues are addressed. and i had to say that, you know, ithink are addressed. and i had to say that, you know, i think that the policy of the us administration is working. with very few options on the table, the united states is basically trying to weaken the arabian economy and the sanctions that have been imposed and those that have been imposed and those that will be reimposed in november are definitely having a significant effect on the iranian economy. —— iranian. if you're sittin

that is live from the atlantic council starting at 3:00 p.m. eastern. then at 6:00, we will hear from executives from facebook google and microsoft about how they are working to protect political campaigns ahead of the elections. also life, here on c-span. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. this evening on c-span, james clapper. former cia director, and former nsa director will gather for a discussion about the relationship between presidents and the intelligence community. that is at 7:00 p.m. eastern, live on c-span. bring you thel 9/11 memorial service at the pentagon from this morning. at 935, president trump, who spoke at the flight 93 memorial in pennsylvania. honoring, an event 9/11 commission cochairs. that is a 7:00 p.m. eastern.

in addition to this, we are working across a lot of different partnerships, law enforcement, atlantic council, other third party vendors we work with to try to help us to share with us intelligence and we are getting better all the time, what is a type of intelligence to share information and across companies to try to get better at this. the last thing we are also doing andore civic engagement making sure people have the right information to vote. john: 2016 was a huge watershed. every two years, we progress. tell us maybe for the general audience what were the big things that came about in 2016? where were we in penetration of digital campaigns and what is happening in this 2018 campaign that we should know about? >> thanks for having me. i don't often get invited to bipartisan events. i'm excited to be here. to start, i started acronym, a nonprofit organization at the beginning of last year after the 2016 election where i had run and over $40 million digital ad campaign against donald trump, unsuccessfully, obviously at priorities usa. i started acronym to fill a asber of gaps i identified

could successfully evade three hundred detection but monks makovsky is a senior fellow at the atlantic council he says russia is supplying syria with the s. three hundred system to send a political message you know this is an advanced system that the syrians have been seeking to get their hands on for many years russia essentially halted the delivery because of israeli concerns and wider concerns about stability in the region clearly moscow's made the political decision based on this shoot down of its airplane that there is no no need to withhold this equipment in the future obviously moscow i think also has grown frustrated with israeli impunity in striking syria and so this is to send a message that israeli actions are going to be limited in the near future because they're going to take into consideration a much more highly advanced anti aircraft or missile system argentina's largest labor union has called for a nationwide strike over the government's austerity measures president mercia matter his new budget is at the center of their anger but he says it's needed to secure additional funding

about the russian president, vladimir putin, and his control over russian media live from the atlantic council, starting at 3:00. and the last primary days of the cycle. joining us to talk about it is steven shepard, the campaign editor for politico. before we get to the house and senate landscape ahead of the election, i want to talk about the news yesterday of ron for governor in florida, resigning his seat in the house to concentrate on running. how unique is that for the congressman to leave early go -- early? guest: we usually see it for those congressmen who have longer travel to get from washington to their home states. ron desantis lives in north sort -- florida, and it is not want -- that long of a flight -- flight. we are in september and congress will be in session for another seven to 10 days between the midterm elections, at least in the house. we are not talking about a huge commitment but i think this speaks more to the politics. a nominee for this in large part because of his job as a congressman. he got a key endorsement from president trump against adam putnam because he was

see if we can think about where the line should be drawn and working with external folks like atlantic council, thinking through these issues, where we want to draw the line. we are going to make judgment calls and realize we went too far, didn't go far enough. we are just at the beginning stages of trying to think through the amplification of organizing. >> let me pick up a few of these things. what has been melting away, what is advertising paid content versus unpaid content. this is less a problem on facebook another platforms, now you are able to hire an army of bots or trolls to communicate their message. campaign finance is unprepared for that, that you can create automated accounts, to target audiences on different platforms. i learned a new word in silicon valley, hetero nation. we know what bots are, computer code that send automated messages, more sophisticated and less sophisticated actors, the use of bots to get individuals to surface certain content or do certain things, impossible for the platforms because these are actual people motivated by different types of bots to put up org