even the removal of these bots from the service raised questions about how the bots were identified because the number of followers someone has on twitter has real economic value in our economy. we recognize the complexity of trying to manage your service which posts over half a million tweets a day. i believe you were once temporarily suspended from twitter due to an internal error yourself. we do not want to lose sight of a few fundamental facts. humans are building the algorithms, humans are making decisions about how to implement twitter's terms of service and humans are recommending changes to twitter's policies. humans can make mistakes. now, twitter mansion those circumstances is critically important in an answer viermt where algorithms are set up to decide what we see in our home feed, ad and search suggestions on. it is critical that users are confident that you're living up to your own promises. according to twitter rules the company believes that everyone should have the power to create and share ideas and information instantly without barriers. well, that's a noble mission and o

to users, and there are bad bots.let's talk absit silicon valley's div gap, as well. prior to reddit, you spent eight years as an attorney at google. so you've been able to sort of break through the ranks. t you're a rarity. -mm-hmm. -studies show, government figures show that, in tech companies, the executive level is 84% white. it's nearly 70% men. what can you do to change that and move more women and people of color into positions of tech leadship? -it's definitely a problem in tech, and i think tech is starting to realize that. as a black female executive, one of the very few, i think a couple of things are really important. number one, it's important that you have the conversation at the executive level. so, i started at the company. steve huffman, who's our ceo, came arobably a month or ter i did. and we've had a very open and honest conversationve about ity and the importance of it. -what do you do about it? -you have to acknowledge the issue, and you take steps to address it. i think, for us, as an executive

i'm not a technologist and seems to me you could identify a bot's presence that you could notify on -- at your consumers that 35% or 80% of the messages generated electronically is that feasible and something you're doing >> it's amixed answer right now. we are able to identify automations and activity coming through our api. and to senator warner's comments, we would be able to label that with context. but we are not necessarily as easily able to identify people who might be scripting our website. so making it look like it's an actual human or even the app make it look like an actual human performing these actions that becomes much more challenging and unclear. so in consideration of labeling and context, we need to make sure that when people see that bot label that they're assuming that everything it's not on is human. we need to make sure that there's precision and accuracy as we label those things. >> but wouldn't there be a value of identifying a fraction or potential fictitious actors? >> yeah. i mean, it's definitely an idea that we have been considering. especially this past

when facebook and twitter have , theyfter russian bots have a list of criteria -- this is why we think these accounts are fake. ofone has produced any kind there is systemic discrimination going on based on political affiliation or point of view. mr. szoka: may i talk about when example? the other example was the shadow banning. meaning when you type in someone's name in the search field, it does not auto suggest the person's name. typing it outnish and hit enter to get to their profile. the allegation was that three republican members of congress were shadow band and no democrats wear. these three people were among 600,000 users who were shadow band and they said the reason for that was it was a pattern of suspicious activity such that the people that were following that user and promoting their content appeared to be fake, inauthentic russian bots. it is not clear. he decided to handle that in a particular way, they shadow band them. they could have handled it that are but the important thing to note is -- ok, we have a circumstance in which three republican members of congress were

we can address things like fraud,ent, abuse, through the use of bots and other means. find at we need to comfortable trade-off point not having private law by private companies. we're not helpless to address very real social problems that we're seeing. >> and the conversation will have to continue. senior viceis a president at public policy interest group. of techoka is president freedom, another public policy interest group. please come back. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a america'svice by cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. yourn is brought to you by cable or satellite provider. in illinois today, former president obama was critical of trump and republican party policies. we'll have that next on c-span. then, remarks from president trump at a fundraiser in fargo, north dakota. a conversation about the november midterm elections. former president barack o

and using unrest in iran as a platform i have found what i believe to be bot accounts support of theiranian government and they do appear to be bought but at the moment they seem far smaller in volume. our borders would tell us which hashtags to use in our tweets they were popular hashtags such as national demonstrations or overthrow they told us to use these hashtags to make them more active it was our job to provide coverage of the protests by seeking out tweeting and read tweeting videos as well as adding our own comments to them. in the larger size of. overall i'd say that several thousand the cancer managed by about one thousand to one thousand five hundred m. e k. members it was all very well organized and there were clear instructions about what needed to be done any other online activities or web surfing were prohibited there were tell us that the devices provided by the organization were like weapons and our tweets were bullets to shoot at the enemy so why waste the media when. the cultlike mojahedin are held has almost no support in iran many still remember the domestic ter

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 organic content. if authenticity is a line this is authentic behavior by individuals motivated by carrots and sticks by automated systems. a brave new world, thinking about government regulation it is challenging. to have enough foresight to think about what the threats are coming down the pike. as you know, we published a report, ben ginsberg, bob bauer and i lead this group of political scientists to come to grips with the changing system here. we noted the changing spending habits versus tv and the like. to study this problem as a social scientist is getting increasingly difficult -- >> international -- particularly the distinction between domestic and internationals hard to see, facebook is everywhere and an election in other places. what lessons are you learning from your work around the world? i put a specific tint on this, urging democracies, other democracies established democracie

following that user and promoting their content appeared to be fake, inauthentic, perhaps russian bots. it's not exactly clear. now, they decided to handle that in a particular way, to shadow ban them, and they could have perhaps handled it better. but the important thing to note is that, okay, so we have a circumstance in which three republican members of congress were taken down, no to democrats were. that doesn't tell you there was political discrimination because it may very well be that those were the accounts that were being supported and virally marketed by russian bots or other inauthentic accounts. so you actually have to dig a little deeper to understand was there really a pattern of suspicious behavior, and if there was, was it only operating on one side. >> guest: right. and what's important here that i feel is important, there are issues that we worry about with algorithms and their impacts. and i should point out that you have similar stories among progressive activists, civil rights action -- activists, the one that gained the most notoriety was a facebook story where th

we can address things like harassment, abuse, fraud the use of bots and of the means, and that we need to find a comfortable trade-off where we are not having private law i private companies, but when we are not helpless to address very real social problems trim the conversation will have to continue. harold feld is senior vice president of public knowledge, and public policy interest group. berin szoka is president of tech freedom, another public policy interest group. gentlemen, please come back. >> guest: thank you. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy fence in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> former deputy defense secretary robert work and former nasa mr. geithner sean o'keefe take part in a a discussion ofe trump administration plans to create a youth space force. sky news australia political editor d

they do not know whether a tweet is coming from a bot or a human. they need a lot in technology to make sure things will work any future and they may have to reconsider the fundamentals of the business going forward. david: they called -- is there any indication they will call members of the executive branch to address something you refer to, what is the executive branch doing to quarterback efforts the government is doing what it can? will it ask the government in? >> they seem to have concluded their investigation into this from the tech hearing side. the executive branch, we have reported about the fact there is no security coordinator in opposition. they take their branch said the work -- the executive branch said the work is spread across a couple of people who have control over security. there is symbolic nature of not having somebody in charge. it speaks to how this is not as much a priority as the companies would like it to be or the committee would like it to be. david: thank you. another hearing on capitol hill which is the confirmation he

when facebook and twitter have gone after russian bots, they have a list of criteria that they think these are why these accounts are fake. these are wise these are coordinated. no one has produced any kind of evidence that there is systemic discrimination going on based on political affiliation or point of view. >> i talk about one example. the other example was the so-called shadow banding. when you type in someone's name in the search field, it doesn't auto suggest that persons name. you have to finish typing it out and hit enter. three republican members of congress were shadow band and the democrats were. what twitter has said his case was actually -- these three people among 600,000 users who were shadow band and they said the reason for that was a pattern of suspicious activities , the people that were following that user and promoting their content appeared to be fake from an authentic russian bots. not exactly clear. they decided to handle data in a particular way and they could have handled it better. the important thing to notice okay, we have a circumstance in which the r

a lot of the activity around the protest in iran has been exploited by who have a setting up these botnetworks a certain community as it were that promoting the m.e. k. and using unrest in iran as a platform i have found what i believe to be bought accounts support of the iranian government and they do appear to be bought but at the moment they seem faster more involving. our borders would tell us which has tax to use in our tweets they were popular hashtags such as national demonstrations or overthrow they told us to use these hashtags to make them more active it was our job to provide coverage of the protests by seeking out tweeting and read tweeting videos as well as adding our own comments to them. in the larger size of carbon overall i'd say that several thousand the consarn managed by about one thousand to one thousand five hundred m. e k. members it was all very well organized and there were clear instructions about what needed to be done any other online activities or web surfing were prohibited there were tell us that the devices provided by the organization were like weapons

even the removal of the bots from the service raised about how the bots were identified because the number of followers someone has economicr has real valley in our economy. we recognize the complexity of trying to manage your service which posts over half a million per day. i believe you were once fromrarily suspended twitter due to an internal error yourself. we do not want to lose sight of few facts. humans are building the algorithms and making decisions to implement twitter's terms of service and implementing changes to policies. humans can make mistakes and how twitter manages those criticallyes is important in an environment are set up toms decide what we see on our feeds. critical that users are confident you are living up to your promises. rules, itto company believes everyone should have sharewer to create and ideas instantly without barriers, a noble mission and one private companies do not have to take on. the fact that you have, has enriched the world and changed society, giving an outlet to voices that might not be heard. reassured you are living up to that mission and hope y

thank you, pac-bot. give it up for pac-bot. this was developed by endeavor robotics.ng for our robot revolution. speaking of which, our crowd moment with s.t.e.m. students and high school robotics teams. those are creations they built from scratch. how cool is that? >> these students are part of nyc first, an organization that hosts robotic leagues. >> robotics has taken off. my son is in the robotics club. he is into it. if you can develop it like that, and move the future forward, it's pretty cool. >> it's more than having a robot for fun. to see pac-bot, which is put to use to help when humans can't. >> we'll have a lot more ahead, including where robots are changing our lives, from homes to hospitals and a lot more. >>> first, dylan has a look at the weather. >> cueing up the robot computers to show you the forecast. we have a nice weekend on tap for the northeast. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. if you want the fall-like feel, you will feel it. that's the great lakes to the northern plains, too. it is sunny and hot in the southwest. the heavy rain down through t

sometimes we see bots or human coordination in order to manipulate. thank you. twitter has a verification program where users can be verified by twitter as legitimate, and verified users have a blue checkmark next to their name on their page. how does the review process for designating verified users align with your community guidelines or standards? mr. dorsey: to be very frank, our verification program right now is not where we would like it to be, and we do believe it is in serious need of a reboot and a reworking. and it has a long history. it started as a way to verify that the cdc account was the actual cdc account. during the sign flew -- during the swine flu. . and we brought as many strong principles as we needed, and we opened the door to everyone. unfortunately, that has caused some issues, because the verified badge also as a signal that is used in some of our algorithms to rank higher or to inject with shared areas. >> that was my next question. you prioritize content shared by verified users? mr. dorsey: we do have signaled that do that. we are ide

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 there's something else under the new inadmissibility on public charge grounds rule immigrants who have used benefits including the medicare part d. prescription program the supplemental nutrition assistance program snap also known as food stamps or section eight housing vouchers could be considered in eligible for green cards yeah according to this proposed rule immigration case workers will be required to consider the

the simplest kind of social media engineering is not much more than a numbers game twitter bots createdby the hundreds or thousands can be programmed to tweet tweet automatically in order to boost trends artificially. on a smaller scale individuals or groups can copy paste them tweets using several accounts to multiply the impact of the ideas twitter would not share with us it's own methodology for detecting fake accounts but openly available metadata can tell us a lot about where to look when those loads of what you might see hundreds and hundreds in some cases thousands of accounts created on a specific day the majority of the counts tweeting on the free iran has to run regime change has died. from the period of late december to made we created within about four months and what that would suggest is that a lot of the activity on those hash tags for iran and iran regime change are bought . put there's only so much you can discover online so we followed rumors of an anti iranian government fake account fact. to albania between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and sixteen the u

abuse, harassment, troll armies, propaganda through bots and divisive filter memos. that's not a healthy public square a relatively small number of bad faith actors were able to gain twitter to have an outside impact if we don't find scaleable solutions to the problems we're now seeing, we lose our business, and we continue to threaten the original privilege and liberty we were given to create twitter in the first place. we weren't expecting any of this when we created twitter over 12 years ago, we acknowledge the real world consequences of what happened and we take the full responsibility to fix it we can't do this alone, and that's why this conversation is important and why i'm here we have made significant progress recently on tactical solutions. intending to artificially afternoon fartificially -- and challenging suspicious logins and account creations we have seen positive results from our work. we're now removing over 200% more accounts for violating our policies, we're i'd firing and challenging 8 to 10 million suspicious accounts every week, and we're thwarti

is prevalence of bots. i'm not a technologist but seems to me that you could identify a bot's presence, at that you connotefy at, your consumers that 35% or 80% of these messages have been generated electronically. is that feasible and is that something you're doing? >> it's a mixed answer right now. we are able to identify automations and activity coming through our api. to senator warner's comments we would be able to label that with context but we are not necessarily as easily able to identify people who might be scripting our website. so making it look like it is an actual human or even the app, make it look like an actual human performing these actions, that becomes much more challenging and unclear. so in consideration of labeling and context we need to make sure that, when people see that bottom label, that -- bot label, they're assuming everything that is not on is human. we need to make precision accuracy as we label those things. >> wouldn't there be value beginning the labeling process, even with

elections, trying to influence voters through the use of social media and bots and fake accounts. so that issue was this morning and jack dorsey was talking about that issue and working not only with his compatriots in the social media world but also with law enforcement. now let's shift to the hearing that's going on behind me. take a look live at the house committee hearing in which they are grilling just mr. dorsey, and this is an issue that twitter is confronting, because the hearing is about twitter and whether twitter is essentially censoring political speech and the political speech of conservatives. mr. dorsey actually talked about the fact that people like marsha blackburn have had campaign ads kicked off of twitter, that was a mistake. they were brought back on. she is a conservative republican. but that is what this hearing is about this afternoon and here's what mr. dorsey has said about the difficulty policing speech on twitter. >> early and strong defense of open and free exchange has enabled twitter to be the platform for activists, marginalized communities, whistle

is it correct that president trump lost followers because your platform decided to eliminate bots and fake accounts? mr. dorsey: yes. mr. lujan: during the initial purge of bots, who lost more followers, president trump or former president obama? mr. dorsey: i'm not sure of those details but that was a broad-based action across all of twitter. mr. lujan: subject to confirmation, do these numbers sound familiar? president obama lost 2.3 million followers. president trump lost roughly 320,000 followers? mr. dorsey: i would need to confirm that. mr. lujan: that's what's been reported. based on that, is it correct that twitter's engaged in a conspiracy against former president barack obama? mr. dorsey: i don't believe we have any conspiracies against the former president. mr. lujan: i don't either. i don't think you have them against this president. i want to commend you on your work with what was done associated with the evaluation following the 2016 election, which led to some of this work. in your testimony, you note that twitter conducted a comprehensive review of platform activity re

now, they are seeing the use of bots to get actual people to surface -- and surface certain content, which is on possible for platforms to distinguish because they are real people motivated by different types of bots in order to put up organic content. if authenticity is a line, this is authentic behavior by individuals but motivated by byer carrots and sticks automated systems, so it is a brave new world. in thinking about government regulation, it is challenging to think about how to define the universe in the way that will have enough foresight to think of the threats coming down the pipe. so, as you know, we published a bbc, and we led a group of political scientist to try to come to grips with the changing campaign-finance system here. we noted that the changing spending habits online versus pb and the like, but even to study this problem as a social scientist is getting increasingly difficult because the old categories we were using our melting away. >> talk about the distinction between domestic and international is hard to see her, but more broadly, you do a lot of internatio

issues, and i think senator warren and several others have brought it up is the prevalence of bots. i'm not a technologist, it seems like you could identify a bot's presents, that you could notify 35% or 80%ers that of the messages are generated electronically. is that feasible or something you are doing? >> it is a mixed answer. we are able to identify automations and activity coming through the api. to senator warner's comments we would be able to label that with context, but we are not necessarily as easily able to identify people who might be scripting a website. like it is an actual human or even the app making it look like an actual human performing these actions, that becomes much more challenging. in consideration of labeling and context we need to make sure that when people see the bought label they are assuming everything not on is human. make sure there is a precision in accuracy in those things. >> wouldn't there be a value of beginning the labeling process even with the heavily -- heavy disclaimer that this identifies only a fraction of potential fictitious actors? >> i

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no no i didn't say that he would work the bot i said that probably that. as since the purpose of this new service strategy is to create a new line a new red line that our policy the thrum policy is completely different from. the policy of president obama and we will also hold. going to hurt is that while there. is a bit of a delay which is where the crossing across each of the you know where the time we got to hear story tell powerful head of his studies at tel aviv academic college thank you my friend. oh the tick tock of time right now the new york times is published a special report describing russia's alleged interference in the twenty sixteen us presidential election out of the ten thousand words in the article the word alleged is only used twice with the story instead apparently portraying many unproven accusations as facts. in. away to unravel the russia story so far the new york times special report into the saga looks impressive masses of subsections fancy photo shopping and multiple timelines and they all lead back to a kremlin conspiracy to get

when the battlefield and future wars be devoid of humans following orders of ai programs clever bots could dominate the seas and skies they're able to communicate among themselves and what attack the targets determined by a software program professor shockey says this kind of horrendous scenario should never come to pass they come up the guarnteed to comply with international humanitarian law in many ways they're on predictable you don't know what they're going to do and all the unanticipated circumstances that can happen and more fair there's a very strong chance that we're going to get a new arms race like the cold war was against human dignity to have a machine delegated with the decision to kill a human. proponents of autonomous weapon systems respond that it's all just a matter of programming one of them american robotics expert ronald arkin is working on an ethical standard that can be programmed into military robots. the systems will not only decide when to shoot they will decide when not to shoot warfare is becoming so fast right now that human beings are not capable of makin

party bots a number of sources have pointed out the chancellor merkel has felt what even at this dinner has to be made clear today that that is something that is an unusual it's not normal for chancellor merkel to attend state dinners like this so it's to her absence isn't a signal of any kind it's not notable one thing that is night simple though is the president's oh of the german green politician to me he has turkish roots he is a very prominent critic of president add one here in germany he said that he wanted to attend this state banquet as a signal he wanted to make clear that opposition is something which is a very important parts of democracy in here in germany and he wanted to to make that clear by taking part in this do something also notable charlotte not everyone in the country is thrilled that germany is rolling out the red carpet for the turkish president in fact there were demonstrations today weren't there. stories are not so long ago there were thousands of people on the streets of but then we followed them as they march from the city center through to need to the presi

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self—reporting the psychological effects by answering a series of specially designed questions through a chat botith the tech. what is that? this is a high—resolution heart monitor. it's 1000 hertz. you put it under your top, in contact with the skin, put that around the back, and clip it on. brilliant. and go play. if i must! i am a big rollercoaster fan, and what better way to get your heart racing? i recruited mini me and mini spencer for some good old—fashioned play. critics claimed that the brain controls the speed of our heartbeats based on what's going on around us. when we need greater concentration or to handle stressful situations it speeds up the heart, increasing blood flow. the heart slows back down again when it enters a period of rest and recovery. it looks like mini spencer might need a longer period of convalescence after that right. spencer: yeah, i was bricking it, to be honest. what are the results you expect to get from the baseline versus the play day with our lego people? so, what we're expecting to see is really getting to gauge that. the scores will go down as they need m

well let's talk to frankfurt especially to a man there which is who is only bots can you actually feel that it's happening or is it all wishful thinking on the part of the frankfurt has and chancellor merkel. well part part so part so it's a little bit of wishful thinking when you look at all those thousands of jobs that banks have in london and they need a presence in the e.u. the e.u. the e.c.b. banking supervisors have made clear they need more than a mailing address here in frankfurt or paris for that except for that matter they need to move personnel and capital but when you look at the door japan for example which is headquartered worldwide here in frankfurt it has about eighty six hundred people in london and it's said that they're only going to move a couple of hundred of those jobs over here and you see similar stories from most of the other major banks so yes there will be more jobs but it'll probably be a couple of thousand and not ten thousand or more which some of the analyses say there will be movement but it won't be in the frankfurt won't replace london or. avoid jobs m

could bots workers haven't certain voices, political or otherwise? >> we're always looking for patterns of behavior intending to amplify information artificially and that could include actions like walking. that is why it's important that we don't just use one signal, believes hundreds of signals and balance them accordingly. there is a perception that a simple report a violation of the terms of service will result in action. that is not true. it is one signal that use in a way according to other signals we see across the aisle. >> one final question. one from oregon asked why twitter relies exclusively on users to report violations. >> this is a matter of scale. today an order to remove tweets or remove accounts, we do require a report of the violation in that report is reviewed by an individual. those reports are prioritized based on severity of the reports. so death threats have a higher prioritization and all others who take action much faster. we do have algorithms that are constantly proactively searching the network and specifically behaviors

in the same way that bots, trolls, fake pages, algorithmic gaming can be used to spread fake news, these same tools can be used to assist financial pumping fraud, to create filter bubbles and alternative realities, to incite racial and ethnic violence, and countless other misuses. imagine the challenge and damage to the markets if forged communications from the fed chairman were leaked online. or consider the price of the fortune 500 company's stock is a dishonest short seller was able to spread false information about the company's ceo, or the effects of its products rapidly online. russian disinformation has revealed a dark underbelly of the online ecosystem. this threatens to cheapen american discourse, eroded truth , and undermine our democracy on a previously unimagined scale. worse, this is only going to get harder as we move into artificial intelligence, use of deep fake technology, during the 2016 campaign, the russians demonstrated how bad actors could effectively marry offensive cyber operations including hacking. i am afraid we are on the cusp of a new generation of exploitati

, but on the other hand, we have all these clients who may use bots.bit stinky doesn't it?" (jr stone) (jr stone) (jr stone) that was dave seglins reporting. ticketmaster has responded to the allegations... saying quote-- "it is categorically untrue that ticketmaster has any program in place to enable resellers to acquire large volumes of tickets at the expensive of consumers. ticketmaster has also said they are conducting an internal review of its professional reseller accounts and employee practices. (jr stone) next at 5:30... deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is accused of suggesting removing president trump from office. why the president's allies are urging him áánot to fire rosenstein over the allegations. my name is chris hughes and i am a certified arborist for pg&e. i oversee the patrolling of trees near power lines and roots near pipes and underground infrastructure. at pg&e wherever we work, we work hard to protect the environment. getting the job done safely, so we can keep the lights on for everybody. because i live here i have a deepe

that is one way to indicate that bot ore a problem with a possibly a bot network. aretechniques coming in when something comes into a seed, you can look at its and see, for example, how they subscribe to the principal. you can take the items, and if the fact checks are represented that iss, the format introduced now, i am looking forward to the efforts of those who would do things like -- what i am looking for our summary fact checks, maybe nutrition labels. and if news comes from a news outlet that has a tendency of getting things wrong and never fixing them, that might play a role in to what platforms can do. this ist to make clear not determined by the choice of a user of a platform. thehould get to choose integrity that we want. that if anably say item comes in from a news things --hich give gets things wrong and does not fix them, i may not want to see that. if there is no fact check ine and it looks iffy, before share it, i want the platform to say, hey, this thing is fishy the following reasons. are you sure that you want to share it? you disrupt the network

before this day whereas some observers said we're not so sure they might you know sort of make a pact bot if the social democrats the other two leftist parties emerge as the strongest force and they can again form a minority government then no they will not get the direct say however they will be in parliament they will be strong and their voice will be heard and so they will wield a certain amount of influence that's quite clear and also a lot of people we talked to here today said we have to somehow not not say not talk to these people or what we have to consider what their voters want we have to sort of think about the issues we really have to sort of deal with things maybe in a more open way than swedish politics are have done in the past because harmony was what he was really was raining for many years and that is over ok barbara briefly if you can to what extent has this election change sweet and then the political discourse in the country. discourse has and that's what many observers say has really become much more harsher the country has become more polarized and opinions are or a

we're concerned you're going to have false negatives with the russian bots. some are concerned you're a false positive and taking out people that legitimately should be on there. if you can report to us what those specificity and sensitivity of your mechanism and identifying bots, i'd appreciate that. that would give us a sense of were your strengths and weaknesses are. >> the chair will go to mr. flores from texas. >> thank you, mr. chair. i appreciate mr. dorsey showing up to help us today. if you don't mind i'm going to run through a bunch of questions and ask twitter to supplementally answer those later. then i have a question or two at the close that i would like to try to get answered. our local broadcasters provide a valuable service when it comes to emergency broadcasting or broadcasting different events that happen. you heard mr. burgess earlier talk about the tv station that was attacked this morning. the first notice he got was on twitter. so my question is this, should twitter be considered a trusted advisor in the emergency alerting system? how d

. >> question is what does that mean does it mean a bot gets labeled when you go on twitter, something larger, other ways of clarifying information that is deemed false and if so, who is deeming that information false all very big questions shares under pressure today, twitter at one point worst day since july we'll hear jack dorsey at 1:30 eastern time when go hes before the house energy and commerce committee. we'll talk to mark warner about what he heard today, help us figure out what will start turning into practical, common steps that we'll see on some of these companies and influences on the share price >> carl, thank you carl quintanilla on capitol hill now to julia boorstin, what we can expect from the hearing where dorsey will testify this afternoon. julia? >> that's right. i'm over at the rayburn office building where the house energy and commerce committee is set to start in 25 minutes, this time jack dorsey testifying solo. the focus of this hearing is on whether twitter is biased in the way it moderates content and decides who and what to block from the platform. the senat

major league baseball parksnd yesterday she completed her goal and tossed out the first pitch with hero bot robotic hand. she tossed the first pitch. she was born with a syndrome that causedhe fingers in her right hand to be underdeveloped but worked with doctors to use a 3d printer toesign a robotic hand. her first pitch was thrown in baltimore. what an accomplishment. >> her father is from maryland. that's how she started there. >> love it. >> 30 ballparks, right? >> yeah. it's now 4:55. a virginia church is singing a new tune thanks to a very generous donation. >> they just got a new organ. the church's old organ had worn out over the years and members were worried they wouldn't be able to afford a new one but as luck would have it, it didn't need any organ anymore and you can tell how grateful the congregation was for this gift. >> probably by the tears rolling down my face, you know. there are no wos. >> the church says music is a big part of i services. each of the pipes on that had to be brought in andd. clea >> that's a big job. >> a major grand opening in springfield, virginia. >>

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