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which is why facebook has changed from now facebook has launched a high profile campaign to improve its image. we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake and it was my mistake and i'm sorry i started facebook i run it and i'm responsible for what happens here i understand why it's been hard for people to come to grips with all this but the incentives to do so now are really compelling and i just hope that as a consequence of this film that the tone of the debate becomes sharper more focused more persistent and that we stop accepting their excuses we stop accepting very sure answers c.p.l. told is ensuring our trainers and employees are always fully trained and up to date on facebook policy changes is critically important to us so we are investigating this matter as a priority and taking immediate steps with facebook this is included conducting extensive refresher training within the last week for all the train is where one of the most heavily scrutinized companies in the world and that's right we have a lot of reach to people in many different co
which is why facebook has changed from now facebook has launched a high profile campaign to improve its image. we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake and it was my mistake and i'm sorry i started facebook i run it and i'm responsible for what happens here i understand why it's been hard for people to come to grips with all this but the incentives to do so now are really compelling and i just hope that as a consequence of this film that the tone of...
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was passed on facebook. an individual showed it i want to be clear that's not acceptable that shouldn't be that material should have been taken down on the site that you went to the c.p.l. site you see part of the total system so those are the front line reviewers but behind them sits a team of child safety. expos there are actually facebook full time staff they will make an assessment of whether the child is at risk they will make a decision about what to do with the content including referring it to law enforcement agencies whether that's a program. after we made facebook aware of this child abuse video it was still available on the platform they told us they have now reviewed the material used to train new moderators. because this rule i'm always a bit just one car. so they were just saying basically if i said to me i'm a pretty show that minus. it's kind of just to go fighting. over up at the very mention of a school for. our reporter was moderating a video showing 2 teenage girls fighting both girls are
was passed on facebook. an individual showed it i want to be clear that's not acceptable that shouldn't be that material should have been taken down on the site that you went to the c.p.l. site you see part of the total system so those are the front line reviewers but behind them sits a team of child safety. expos there are actually facebook full time staff they will make an assessment of whether the child is at risk they will make a decision about what to do with the content including...
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it is still on facebook release yeah. this video is used in facebook's training as an example of the kind of child abuse that should be marked as disturbing and left almost silent. if that's being used as an example for motivators of what is considered acceptable to say what is tolerated on facebook is is is is truly shocking this is very good justification for why they allow content. in order to pay off the end of the haitian and rescue of it into the physical abuse we may not immediately remove this content from facebook it's perfectly possible for facebook to take down footage of child abuse and for that to be passed to the north of 4 copies of the t.v. or to be retained if that will assist in a law enforcement in a police say investigation it's difficult to conclude why that material would need to stay on the site we know that for as long as that content command on a social media site then that exacerbates the trauma that children might feel not only has that child been subject to sustained physical abuse but unfortun
it is still on facebook release yeah. this video is used in facebook's training as an example of the kind of child abuse that should be marked as disturbing and left almost silent. if that's being used as an example for motivators of what is considered acceptable to say what is tolerated on facebook is is is is truly shocking this is very good justification for why they allow content. in order to pay off the end of the haitian and rescue of it into the physical abuse we may not immediately...
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is that on facebook. an individual shared it i want to be clear that that's not acceptable but it shouldn't be that material should have been taken down on the site that you went to the c.p.l. site you see part of the total system so those are the front line reviewers but behind them sits a team of child safety. expos there are actually facebook full time staff they will make an assessment of whether the child is at risk they will make a decision about what to do with the content including referring it to law enforcement agencies whether that's a program. after we made facebook aware of this child abuse video it was still available on the platform they told us they have now reviewed the material used to train new moderators. just this morning just one car. so they were just saying basically if i said to me i'm a pray show that minus. is kind of just so you go find take. place over up at the very mention of a school stuff or. on the pool to raise more to racing a video showing 2 teenage girls fighting both
is that on facebook. an individual shared it i want to be clear that that's not acceptable but it shouldn't be that material should have been taken down on the site that you went to the c.p.l. site you see part of the total system so those are the front line reviewers but behind them sits a team of child safety. expos there are actually facebook full time staff they will make an assessment of whether the child is at risk they will make a decision about what to do with the content including...
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facebook is painting a picture that instagram only became the behemoth we know today because of facebook'swill never know the actual answer to what instagram could have become on its own, but i think that's going to be their pitch and that's going to be there framing going forward. taylor: we talk about instagram's strength relative to facebook, but the antitrust scrutiny around eyeballs, around advertising, and what would happen if you split those two apart. kurt: it's hard to even fathom because most of instagram's business is built on facebook technology. if you're an advertiser on instagram's platform, you're using the same platform, the same technology to send and purchase ads on instagram, too. in some ways, instagram would in theory have to build that all from scratch if they were to be broken up. at the same time, they have the audience there. people already know, advertisers understand the appeal of instagram, so it wouldn't have to do a lot of selling, but it would create a technical challenge of if you were to split them up, how would that work because they use the same infrastr
facebook is painting a picture that instagram only became the behemoth we know today because of facebook'swill never know the actual answer to what instagram could have become on its own, but i think that's going to be their pitch and that's going to be there framing going forward. taylor: we talk about instagram's strength relative to facebook, but the antitrust scrutiny around eyeballs, around advertising, and what would happen if you split those two apart. kurt: it's hard to even fathom...
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what do you do if you are facebook?if you are facebook, use the same incredibly powerful algorithms that they used to sell us any number of things to improve our engagement, all the rest of it, to identify misinformation. to punish those who utilize their platform in this way, and to make sure it is clear to everybody that what they expect out of their advertisers and their users is a commitment to the basic things we need to be able to function as a democratic society. we are certainly not doing that. at this point, i am not sure they ever will without heavy government intervention and possibly movement among consumers as well. brad: david goldstein, we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us. more coming. this is bloomberg. ♪ brad: hundreds of millions of dollars in investment and a valuation of $4.2 billion. ceo jason kelly told bloomberg what he finds most exciting about biotech. jason: biology is this thing we completely take for granted. you grow up with it, all around you, gardens and pets. think about a
what do you do if you are facebook?if you are facebook, use the same incredibly powerful algorithms that they used to sell us any number of things to improve our engagement, all the rest of it, to identify misinformation. to punish those who utilize their platform in this way, and to make sure it is clear to everybody that what they expect out of their advertisers and their users is a commitment to the basic things we need to be able to function as a democratic society. we are certainly not...
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this goes back to facebook stance when it comes to credit important role of facebook this goes back to facebook stance when it comes to critics saying. that is a technology platform not a publisher or a media company x. saying that it is a technology platform not a publisher or a media company and it is not responsible for its content one question in congress regarding form and it is not responsible for its content one question in congress regarding false political ads sucker wrote argued that well i think lying is battles political as sucker rove argued that well i think lying is bad and i think if you were to run an ad that had a lie that would be bad that and i think if you were to run an ad that had a lie that would be bad that's different from it being an artist position to prevent your constituents or different from it being an arbiter to position to prevent your constituents or people in an election from seeing that you had lied interestingly the people in an election from seeing that you had lied. interestingly enough this battle between tech titans seemed to be a philosophi
this goes back to facebook stance when it comes to credit important role of facebook this goes back to facebook stance when it comes to critics saying. that is a technology platform not a publisher or a media company x. saying that it is a technology platform not a publisher or a media company and it is not responsible for its content one question in congress regarding form and it is not responsible for its content one question in congress regarding false political ads sucker wrote argued that...
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facebook has done a very clever genius. tactic here when they invited the real media to come on to their site and they would pay them because most people were starting to look at facebook with a bit of a question about the legitimacy whether they were the no for the for the global viewing audience that facebook has started the partners program yes or america's leading media they have they started a partnership program where they invited the wall street journal and usa today the los angeles times a number of the leading newspapers and press as well as some smaller ones and they are paying them to put their content on their site so what this effect is is it legitimizes facebook site as a legitimate news source and therefore i think will be. harder to do to weed out all the fake news that's in there and all the misinformation so i think it was a genius move on his part even paying them because he will now continue to make money because they will be people will still be coming there for legitimate content but it's going to be h
facebook has done a very clever genius. tactic here when they invited the real media to come on to their site and they would pay them because most people were starting to look at facebook with a bit of a question about the legitimacy whether they were the no for the for the global viewing audience that facebook has started the partners program yes or america's leading media they have they started a partnership program where they invited the wall street journal and usa today the los angeles...
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i find very funny he's basically they went out and advertised on facebook with some fake ads and thisthis fellow's name is adrian hampton but originally mike gravel the former governor of alaska was running was used to be running for everything he was running for president had gone out made took down an ad that said that lindsey graham senator lindsey graham a staunch conservative certainly not supportive of the new green deal was a big advocate of the new deal and they took that ad down and what this fellow hampton did who raised the money put this he filed to run for office to run for governor and he's now challenging the facebook norms and rules and he's got that ad up there again what do you think about that is there a kind of civil resistance to be sickly take on i mean i don't know what control all right delete does but is this sort of you know one of the shenanigans that you guys might have. well we're a weekly newsletter so i write about all of these issues and one thing that we we're going to write about this absolutely we've covered a lot already and one of the most interest
i find very funny he's basically they went out and advertised on facebook with some fake ads and thisthis fellow's name is adrian hampton but originally mike gravel the former governor of alaska was running was used to be running for everything he was running for president had gone out made took down an ad that said that lindsey graham senator lindsey graham a staunch conservative certainly not supportive of the new green deal was a big advocate of the new deal and they took that ad down and...
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i don't see how facebook, whether it is an employee at facebook or twitter or any other big tech platform, or a bureaucrat at a regulatory agency in washington, is going to ultimately, everybody has their own personal biases, so i don't see how we can essentially have perfect arbiters of truth or what is or isn't a lie in politics at either a company or agency. host: we welcome your comments on facebook.com/c-span. to calls first, from yaya in chicago. caller: most people don't know how important it is to keep a digital identity safe. there are a lot of scams. and i take offense at this idea that regulation suppresses competition. regulation is about public safety. nothing is ever really free. data has value, when you load these apps, they want your contacts, they want your location, they want your device id number, they want your isp address. it is not free. they are collecting that data. you can go online and find a website that posts stolen lists of usernames, maybe even passwords, there are so many scams. regulation is about safety. it is not about suppressing competition. thank you.
i don't see how facebook, whether it is an employee at facebook or twitter or any other big tech platform, or a bureaucrat at a regulatory agency in washington, is going to ultimately, everybody has their own personal biases, so i don't see how we can essentially have perfect arbiters of truth or what is or isn't a lie in politics at either a company or agency. host: we welcome your comments on facebook.com/c-span. to calls first, from yaya in chicago. caller: most people don't know how...
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app the company said in a statement we recently discovered that version 244 of the facebook i.o.'s app would incorrectly launch in landscape mode in fixing that issue last week in v 246 launched on november 8th we inadvertently introduced a bug that caused the app to partially navigate to the camera screen adjacent to news feed when users tapped on photos although the company submitted the fix to apple users are still outraged some even considering closing their facebook accounts yeah i might be thinking of closing my account i don't like my rights being violated it makes me want to shut off facebook i don't want anybody getting it's my private information like that that's invasive absolutely not meantime until the fix is completely approved experts are warning users to revoke a camera access for the facebook app until the update is available now this is just the latest scandal that facebook is battling as it tries to win back the trust of its users after a series of privacy scandals that have occurred in recent years including eavesdropping on its users through phone microphones
app the company said in a statement we recently discovered that version 244 of the facebook i.o.'s app would incorrectly launch in landscape mode in fixing that issue last week in v 246 launched on november 8th we inadvertently introduced a bug that caused the app to partially navigate to the camera screen adjacent to news feed when users tapped on photos although the company submitted the fix to apple users are still outraged some even considering closing their facebook accounts yeah i might...
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that may help twitter more so than facebook. cyclicality based on elections, at least on the business side of things, it should not sway the results much. taylor: not to be a total negative nancy, but i think there were some concerns that the margins beat. we were looking for a margins miss to show that they were spending money on cleaning up the platform. are they doing enough on cleaning up the platform? jitendra: and they are accelerating hiring next year. if you look at their expenses, $54 billion for 2020, they usually give a higher guidance early on and tapered it off. -- taper it off. it is basically telling you that the headcount growth will continue to increase going into election year. they are being more cautious with these improvements and henceforth. this is really going to be a moving target over here. this is not a one quarter or one year fixed really. and how they allocate personnel -- there's going to be an evolution of infrastructure spending and how they allocate personnel. so at least from a financial standpo
that may help twitter more so than facebook. cyclicality based on elections, at least on the business side of things, it should not sway the results much. taylor: not to be a total negative nancy, but i think there were some concerns that the margins beat. we were looking for a margins miss to show that they were spending money on cleaning up the platform. are they doing enough on cleaning up the platform? jitendra: and they are accelerating hiring next year. if you look at their expenses, $54...
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facebook has done a very clever genius. tactic here when they invited the real media to come on to their site and they would pay them because most people were starting to look at facebook with a bit of a question about the legitimacy whether they were pretty you know for the for the global that legitimizes facebook site as a legitimate news source and therefore i think will be. harder to do to weed out all the fake news that's in there and all the misinformation so i think it was a genius move on his part even paying them because he will now continue to make money because they will be people will still be coming there for legitimate content but it's going to be harder for now for people to discern i think between what's real and not what is not real and that decision is already controversial too when you consider that breitbart news was one of the outlets that facebook chosen and great breitbart you know it is has a long history of. muslim propaganda hate speech we know they had from a buzz feed exposé in 2017 we know they
facebook has done a very clever genius. tactic here when they invited the real media to come on to their site and they would pay them because most people were starting to look at facebook with a bit of a question about the legitimacy whether they were pretty you know for the for the global that legitimizes facebook site as a legitimate news source and therefore i think will be. harder to do to weed out all the fake news that's in there and all the misinformation so i think it was a genius move...
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jumping into the finance industry the tech giant is launching facebook pay this week the initial use of the payment system will be used to send money to friends shop for goods and donate to fundraisers over time facebook plans to incorporate facebook pages into instagram and whatsapp well the notion of big tech jumping into the finance industry could offer many potential benefits such as promoting associated gains in economic activity there are also some major risks involved in addition to consumer protection some analysts point to big tech companies utilizing data from their existing platforms some say this could spark rapid change in the financial system ultimately reducing competition in los angeles and just suites are. a lot of red arrows on the board today as wall why growth remains elusive despite continuous attempts by the central banks to intervene let's see how we ended up to start the most ended the week down as g.d.p. growth of 3rd quarter came out 1.7 percent below the ministry of economic development early estimate of 1.9 percent growth was mainly supported by agricultur
jumping into the finance industry the tech giant is launching facebook pay this week the initial use of the payment system will be used to send money to friends shop for goods and donate to fundraisers over time facebook plans to incorporate facebook pages into instagram and whatsapp well the notion of big tech jumping into the finance industry could offer many potential benefits such as promoting associated gains in economic activity there are also some major risks involved in addition to...
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taylor: another story, facebook bundling all of its payment apps into facebook pay.this further antagonize regulators who think this is may be a defense mechanism so that facebook is harder to break up? there is something to be said for facebook pay across all of those services, whether it is whatsapp, instagram, facebook, messenger. this goes back to what i was saying earlier that the company wants to make it very clear that they own all of these properties. what they have found out is that the more people understand that facebook owns whatsapp and instagram, they have more favorable opinions of facebook. regulators are looking that and saying, you are in the middle of an antitrust investigation, you are trying to more closely integrate the products at this point looks like a political move. taylor: another story as well, facebook is the gift that keeps on giving in the news world. facebook has been accused in a lawsuit of censorship. sarah: facebook has been trying to apply its policies so there is no harm, no attacks on policies that should be protected. however,
taylor: another story, facebook bundling all of its payment apps into facebook pay.this further antagonize regulators who think this is may be a defense mechanism so that facebook is harder to break up? there is something to be said for facebook pay across all of those services, whether it is whatsapp, instagram, facebook, messenger. this goes back to what i was saying earlier that the company wants to make it very clear that they own all of these properties. what they have found out is that...
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and facebook suspends accounts. and facebook suspends accounts were russian and involved in a disinfo nation campaign in africa just a week off the most good russian and involved in this information campaign in africa just a week off to moscow signs 1000000000 dollars deals with the continent. so signs $1000000000.00 deals with the continent. night from our moscow studio where it's 4 o'clock in the morning you're watching the r.t.e. 9 from our moscow studio where it's 4 o'clock in the morning you're watching r.t. international i'm roseanna loquitur thank you for joining us. international i'm roseanna loquitur thank you for joining us. now with a break sit deadline extension in place and a snap election in just over a month now with the breaks it deadline extension in place and a snap election in just over a month british politicians are finally talking not just about the u.k.'s divorce from the british politicians are finally talking not just about the u.k.'s divorce from the e.u. prime minister boris johnson and th
and facebook suspends accounts. and facebook suspends accounts were russian and involved in a disinfo nation campaign in africa just a week off the most good russian and involved in this information campaign in africa just a week off to moscow signs 1000000000 dollars deals with the continent. so signs $1000000000.00 deals with the continent. night from our moscow studio where it's 4 o'clock in the morning you're watching the r.t.e. 9 from our moscow studio where it's 4 o'clock in the morning...
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most significant competitor facebook has.t is not twitter. the real business competitor here for facebook. sheryl sandberg is right. some reports are disputed and there is some nuance of censorship of basically a different point of view towards free speech. i think there is something to this critique. how facebooke manages contact -- content, but somethingwant to like closely aligned with the chinese government either. something else tangential to this is the political at issue. facebook said we are ok with basically misinformation. a lot of people, including facebook employees, have pushed back strongly. you might see some adjustments. you are not going to change the policy overall, but there has willingness to negotiate on targets. we will change the rule on who you can target that adds to or something along those lines. taylor: great interviews today. that was bloombergs max chafkin. thank you for joining us. coming up, a saudi spy plot. turns out former twitter employees may have been using the service to spy on users for
most significant competitor facebook has.t is not twitter. the real business competitor here for facebook. sheryl sandberg is right. some reports are disputed and there is some nuance of censorship of basically a different point of view towards free speech. i think there is something to this critique. how facebooke manages contact -- content, but somethingwant to like closely aligned with the chinese government either. something else tangential to this is the political at issue. facebook said...
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facebook is under fire yet again this time for invading its members privacy. i think it might since kind of a theme with facebook and privacy turns out the social media giant could have been sneakily using your i thoughts camera while using the facebook app at least that's the case if you're using it on an i phone artistry of the job as filed this report to break it down i believe there's the where it appears that a system bug is allowing facebook to access users i phone cameras while they're using the facebook app scrolling through their fee the news now sparking fierce reaction i don't think it's true that the number is right facebook users took to twitter saying that their phone cameras were activated automatically whenever they were using the facebook app that's an invasion of my privacy i mean that this is social media we don't see that one user joshua maddux tweeted out this video showing that when he scrolled through his social media feed the app would actively use the camera he said found a facebook security and privacy issue when the app is open and a
facebook is under fire yet again this time for invading its members privacy. i think it might since kind of a theme with facebook and privacy turns out the social media giant could have been sneakily using your i thoughts camera while using the facebook app at least that's the case if you're using it on an i phone artistry of the job as filed this report to break it down i believe there's the where it appears that a system bug is allowing facebook to access users i phone cameras while they're...
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twitter is less scale than facebook and google, so less scale than facebook and google, so it is goinghave less of an impact. the day twitter announced it was the day facebook reported their own results, so had they had the perfect pr victory there, saying we're for democracy and against misinformation, they think we're going to see more and more companies trying to do different things. also about money? the revenue that twitter got from these political ads wasn't that significant, whereas for facebook it has got a far greater impact on their revenue? it is still a small part of facebook revenue but obviously the value, donald trump is spending a lot of money, democrats are spending a lot of money trying to target people within facebook because facebook is the main media service, main platform where users are going to see the news. there are those who argue that trying to ban political ads but politicians can still tweet, donald trump has a massive following so he's not going to be restricted, but those with a smaller following are going to say that their reach is far less and therefor
twitter is less scale than facebook and google, so less scale than facebook and google, so it is goinghave less of an impact. the day twitter announced it was the day facebook reported their own results, so had they had the perfect pr victory there, saying we're for democracy and against misinformation, they think we're going to see more and more companies trying to do different things. also about money? the revenue that twitter got from these political ads wasn't that significant, whereas for...
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i don't think political ads are super are positive for facebook at this point. and i would agree that it's mostly a p.r. move i would go one step further i'd call it a slight of hand issue on twitter isn't paid to reach the issue on twitter is an organic reach problem not put organic in quote no box etc so they basically followed a problem that they didn't have and then shined the faceplate on the shine a spotlight on facebook. and so you know the issues that are on twitter are still there and they're as bad as ever and you know bravo to them on a slate of hand p.r. who but it doesn't make a difference in the political space or be in solving any problem that twitter actually have. so i want to share the decision of course it was sent in a twitter thread from jock just our audience all in the same page this was that decision we've made the decision to stop all political advertising on twitter globally we believe political messages reach should be earned not bought why a few reasons and jack goes into it it's a whole thread but we pulled up this one here while int
i don't think political ads are super are positive for facebook at this point. and i would agree that it's mostly a p.r. move i would go one step further i'd call it a slight of hand issue on twitter isn't paid to reach the issue on twitter is an organic reach problem not put organic in quote no box etc so they basically followed a problem that they didn't have and then shined the faceplate on the shine a spotlight on facebook. and so you know the issues that are on twitter are still there and...
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seeing as facebook is the new ad is unfair practices but is it fair on facebook seeing as facebook is the new entrant being established in 2004 when craigslist was actually founded in 1905 there being established in 2004 when craigslist was actually founded in 1905 there . although they should have grown up in business they should have adapted to the new environment so is if they say all or they should have grown up in business they should have adapted to the new environment so is it facebook's fault that craigslist just simply failed to adapt to the new environment or social move that's the brooks fault that craigslist just simply failed to adapt to the new environment or social move that's that's the brilliant point because you're absolutely right because if you have to innovate a tech friend of mine always uses liam point because you're absolutely right because if you have to innovate a tech friend of mine always used to say he said i always would quote american indians who we said look this was their nation but they he said i always would quote american indians who always said loo
seeing as facebook is the new ad is unfair practices but is it fair on facebook seeing as facebook is the new entrant being established in 2004 when craigslist was actually founded in 1905 there being established in 2004 when craigslist was actually founded in 1905 there . although they should have grown up in business they should have adapted to the new environment so is if they say all or they should have grown up in business they should have adapted to the new environment so is it facebook's...
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they want facebook to be the demon.y are happy to have facebook criticized so their behavior is not criticized. i don't think facebook sets the bar for anybody now. their brand is so much lower in the public perception today. because of the hacking of the democracy, because of the challenges for kids and teens that we are describing. the problem is, they are the biggest platform when it comes to elections and also issues like likes. when they are not held responsible and they do not , change their behavior, we all lose as a society. kurt: thank you for your thoughts. jim stier of common sense media, thank you for joining us. much more on "bloomberg technology" coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ kurt: another top story we are following. bloomberg has learned that a wall street regulator is looking into goldman sachs' credit card practices after an entrepreneur alleged apple card algorithms discriminated against his wife. the card is a joint venture between apple and goldman. goldman said it is possible for two family member
they want facebook to be the demon.y are happy to have facebook criticized so their behavior is not criticized. i don't think facebook sets the bar for anybody now. their brand is so much lower in the public perception today. because of the hacking of the democracy, because of the challenges for kids and teens that we are describing. the problem is, they are the biggest platform when it comes to elections and also issues like likes. when they are not held responsible and they do not , change...
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facebook's revenue. political ads are a drop in the bucket i think you know it's much higher than twitter is but that's because facebook makes you know many times more exponentially more money than twitter so i think they announced in the last 2 weeks that it's less than one per cent of their revenue so this isn't their money and they've definitely lost money on trips to washington him it lobbies and by that i don't think political ads or super are positive for facebook at this point. and i would agree that it's mostly a p.r. move i would go one step further i'd call it a slight of hand issue on twitter isn't paid to reach the issue on twitter is an organic reach problem not put organic in quote no box etc so they basically followed a problem that they didn't have and then shine the faceplate on the shine the spotlight on facebook. and so you know the issues that are on twitter are still there and they're as bad as ever and you know bravo to them on a slate of hand p.r. who but it doesn't make a differen
facebook's revenue. political ads are a drop in the bucket i think you know it's much higher than twitter is but that's because facebook makes you know many times more exponentially more money than twitter so i think they announced in the last 2 weeks that it's less than one per cent of their revenue so this isn't their money and they've definitely lost money on trips to washington him it lobbies and by that i don't think political ads or super are positive for facebook at this point. and i...
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significant competitor facebook has.is not twitter. despite the fact that the most theificant competitor in conversation might be jack dorsey. the real business competitor here for facebook is tiktok. sheryl sandberg is right. some of these critics are right haveat tiktok that there been reports -- there have been some reports of censorship, of basically a different point of view towards free speech. i think there is something to this critique of, you know, you manageske how facebook content, but you are really not going to like how a company closely aligned with the chinese government manages conte nt. something else tangential to this is the political at issue. -- is the political issue. facebook said we are ok with basically misinformation in political ads. a lot of people, including some facebook employees, have pushed back strongly. you might see some adjustments. they are probably not going to change the policy overall, but there has been a willingness to negotiate on targeting. this book is not going to fact check
significant competitor facebook has.is not twitter. despite the fact that the most theificant competitor in conversation might be jack dorsey. the real business competitor here for facebook is tiktok. sheryl sandberg is right. some of these critics are right haveat tiktok that there been reports -- there have been some reports of censorship, of basically a different point of view towards free speech. i think there is something to this critique of, you know, you manageske how facebook content,...
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if google, apple, facebook 01’ rights. if google, apple, facebook orany rights. companies are hosting apps like these, they have to be held accountable. what they are doing is promoting an online slave market. google, apple and facebook all claim they prohibit human trafficking on their platforms. but we found thousands of domestic workers being illegally sold using discriminant tree language on facebook and instagram and apps hosted by google and apple. this is in clear violation of their own terms of service and international law. in a statement, facebook, which owns instagram, told us: but we found hundreds of accounts still active using similar hashtags to sell domestic workers. for sale told the bbc... back in kuwait, we we re told the bbc... back in kuwait, we were advised to take a video to the authorities to see if they can help find fatou. ten days later, the oed authorities contact ann. there is good news. they have found fatou. we arrive at the state—run for domestic workers. a government official is present and we are not allowed to film ann's meeting
if google, apple, facebook 01’ rights. if google, apple, facebook orany rights. companies are hosting apps like these, they have to be held accountable. what they are doing is promoting an online slave market. google, apple and facebook all claim they prohibit human trafficking on their platforms. but we found thousands of domestic workers being illegally sold using discriminant tree language on facebook and instagram and apps hosted by google and apple. this is in clear violation of their...
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. >>> an eye opening admission from facebook. acknowledges a bug in its app would open a user's camera without their permission. up next, the actions taken by facebook, and the lingering concerns for users. >>> and in bay area weather, lots of clouds today, even cooler temperatures. that cooling trend will continue in your thursday forecast, and maybe we could be adding some drizzle to the forecast as well. we'll have that coming up. t coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ blow a kiss, into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss, into the sun ♪ all we need is somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ c1 c1 >>> facebook rushed to fix a bug that allowed its app access to the camera on a user's phone, without their knowledge. an updated app is available. there are still some concerns here. for more, i'm joined by ryan eldredge of nurse on-call. so ryan, people were scrolling through their news feed on facebook, and somehow the camera was accessed. >> yeah, this was first reported by a twitter user, joshua maddux. he did a screen capture of his iphone. a
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and mixed messages from facebook because some of its apps are found to be facilitating people trafficking and jihadi groups that bans other people for using suggestive m o g. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r t international with mina cairns great to have you with us our top story this hour the u.k. government has put off releasing an intelligence report into alleged russian interference in british affair as prime minister boris johnson has been accused of burying the documents that looked into the brakes at referendum on the 2017 general election downing street say is the amount of time it's taken to be released as standard as it was only sent to mr johnson a fortnight ago despite it being finished in march well our senior correspondent mark gans you have takes a closer look at the delay. oh boris how you've messed things up rags it bungled election let's toss a corps in and now with the holding a report on russian meddling the latest one number 50 to 60 i don't think anyone bothers keep track anymore regardless that is now boris's problem we thus have a committee of parliamen
and mixed messages from facebook because some of its apps are found to be facilitating people trafficking and jihadi groups that bans other people for using suggestive m o g. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r t international with mina cairns great to have you with us our top story this hour the u.k. government has put off releasing an intelligence report into alleged russian interference in british affair as prime minister boris johnson has been accused of burying the documents that...
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mixed messages from facebook. people trafficking. people for using suggest the. around the clock across the world this is international from the team. a little unwelcome. the british prime minister is being accused of burying a report into alleged russian interference during their breaks at referendum in the 2017 general election only. to clear it before parliament's the solved downing street says the amount of time it's taking to be released is standard despite it being finished in march and cleared by security weeks ago our senior correspondent has been taking a closer look at the delay. oh boris how you've messed things up wrecks it bungled election let's toss a corps in and now with the holding a report on russian meddling the latest one number 5060 i don't think anyone bothers keep track anymore regardless that is now boris's problem we thus have a committee of parliament waiting to lay a report before this house which comments directly on what has been seen as a perceived threat to our democratic processes if the report is being called for and written and s
mixed messages from facebook. people trafficking. people for using suggest the. around the clock across the world this is international from the team. a little unwelcome. the british prime minister is being accused of burying a report into alleged russian interference during their breaks at referendum in the 2017 general election only. to clear it before parliament's the solved downing street says the amount of time it's taking to be released is standard despite it being finished in march and...
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mixed messages from facebook because it's apps are found to fail for letting through people trafficking and jihadi groups but nonetheless banning others for using suggestive or mode use. a very good morning from moscow start a brand new week tell you this one day life in the r.t. world you center kevin away with you from his 30 minute update thank you company 1st on the british prime minister is being accused of burying a report into alleged russian interference during the breaks that referendum and in the $27000.00 general election we just got one day left now to clear it before parliament is dissolved of course downing street says the amount of time it's taken to be released is totally standard despite it being finished in march and cleared by security weeks ago our senior correspondent lord goes to have takes a closer look at the delay than. oh boris how you've messed things up wrecks it bungled election let's toss a corps in and now with the holding a report on russian meddling the latest one number 5060 i don't think anyone bothers keep track anymore regardless that is now boris's
mixed messages from facebook because it's apps are found to fail for letting through people trafficking and jihadi groups but nonetheless banning others for using suggestive or mode use. a very good morning from moscow start a brand new week tell you this one day life in the r.t. world you center kevin away with you from his 30 minute update thank you company 1st on the british prime minister is being accused of burying a report into alleged russian interference during the breaks that...
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mixed messages from facebook as it appears apps are found to fail for letting through people trafficking and see how the groups but banned others using just suggestive moji it's. a low good afternoon from moscow just to midday here this monday live from the r.t. world news center it's kevin 0 in with a half hour update 1st on the british prime minister is being accused of burying a report into alleged russian interference during the breaks that referendum and in the 2017 general election he's only got one day left now to clear it before parliament is dissolved now the street says the amount of time it's taking to be released is simply standards despite it being finished in march and cleared by security weeks ago next in our senior correspondent takes a closer look at the delay. oh boris how you've messed things up wrecks it bungled election let's toss a corps in and now with the holding a report on russian meddling the latest one number 50 to 60 i don't think anyone bothers keep track anymore regardless that is now boris's problem we thus have a committee of parliament waiting to lay a r
mixed messages from facebook as it appears apps are found to fail for letting through people trafficking and see how the groups but banned others using just suggestive moji it's. a low good afternoon from moscow just to midday here this monday live from the r.t. world news center it's kevin 0 in with a half hour update 1st on the british prime minister is being accused of burying a report into alleged russian interference during the breaks that referendum and in the 2017 general election he's...
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truth it's the 1st such declaration by any social media company and stands in stark contrast to facebook's policy but will the prohibition actually prevent the spread of misinformation but joining us to discuss this in hyderabad india. bonnie she's a journalist with the hindu where she covers technology entertainment and lifestyle in london tom jarvis he's founder and managing director of wilderness agency that's a social media strategy company and in san francisco california just a call to become founder and chairman of tech for campaigns an organization that helps political campaigns build a digital strategy welcome everyone to the stream it's really good to have you here tom i want to start with our online audience our community there we tweeted this out char viewers not too long ago have you seen a political ad on twitter let us know for the show you can see the results there one day left for people to actually vote but the yes is 59 percent and the nos coming in very close after 41 percent so based on this unscientific poll but poll of our viewers twitter political ads don't seem like
truth it's the 1st such declaration by any social media company and stands in stark contrast to facebook's policy but will the prohibition actually prevent the spread of misinformation but joining us to discuss this in hyderabad india. bonnie she's a journalist with the hindu where she covers technology entertainment and lifestyle in london tom jarvis he's founder and managing director of wilderness agency that's a social media strategy company and in san francisco california just a call to...
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eric: we have seen plenty of examples of elizabeth warren spending on facebook to antagonize facebookthere has been concern on the democratic side that trump has gotten out ahead, since he can spend for the whole republican party any president torres. he is spending more aggressively than any individual democratic candidate. so i think that is a concern. and you have seen efforts from , trying to find ways to counterbalance that. but like you said, it is still early. part of the problem of the democrats having while trump has this time to position himself with potential voters. taylor: kurt, we came off a previous segment where we were talking about tim cook's relationship with president trump. and of all of big tech, he has the becks -- the best relationship. where does mark zuckerberg stand with a relationship with president trump? kurt: it is not something they talk about, they being facebook. we just found out today he had dinner with president trump in d.c., they had previously had a closed-door meeting in the oval office. i believe that was about a month before the dinner. so ju
eric: we have seen plenty of examples of elizabeth warren spending on facebook to antagonize facebookthere has been concern on the democratic side that trump has gotten out ahead, since he can spend for the whole republican party any president torres. he is spending more aggressively than any individual democratic candidate. so i think that is a concern. and you have seen efforts from , trying to find ways to counterbalance that. but like you said, it is still early. part of the problem of the...
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facebook has revealed more details on how it plans to protect next year's u.s. election from foreign interference and misinformation measures include securing the accounts of elected officials and making the ownership of political pages more obvious the company's been criticized for not doing enough to remove misleading political posts those are the headlines we're back with more after the string. other current efforts to contain the spread of nuclear weapons doing enough to keep the world safe the most crucial political challenge is how to stop nuclear explosions from happening to the biggest thank you to the secretary of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization. and i welcome to the stream the indian government now has direct control over kashmir but what does the end of the territories semi autonomy mean for people living that of the me ok i really could be a god send us your thoughts on what's happening in kashmir through twitter and you tube. it is now 3 miles governments and thousands of extra troops to jammu and kashmir and its 7 decades a s
facebook has revealed more details on how it plans to protect next year's u.s. election from foreign interference and misinformation measures include securing the accounts of elected officials and making the ownership of political pages more obvious the company's been criticized for not doing enough to remove misleading political posts those are the headlines we're back with more after the string. other current efforts to contain the spread of nuclear weapons doing enough to keep the world safe...
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with facebook. they own instagram.ny started as a single app and 15 years later facebook is adding corporate branding to distinguish itself from the social network of the same name. joining me to discuss is kurt wagoner. why the branding change? >> facebook owns a bunch of different services, including instagram, whatsapp and the social network. historically it uses the facebook name to encompass all of those. it's not clear what you are talking about when you are talking about facebook. are you talking about facebook inc. or the social network? the company is trying to use branding as part of the way of clearing up some of that and using that new brand to lay claim on some of its other products like whatsapp or instagram. taylor: it struck me that when the chief marketing officer told me it would improve the perception of facebook as a company when everyone knows their brands. is that true? >> that's according to their research. they say when people find out that these products they do like, like instagram or whatsapp
with facebook. they own instagram.ny started as a single app and 15 years later facebook is adding corporate branding to distinguish itself from the social network of the same name. joining me to discuss is kurt wagoner. why the branding change? >> facebook owns a bunch of different services, including instagram, whatsapp and the social network. historically it uses the facebook name to encompass all of those. it's not clear what you are talking about when you are talking about facebook....
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finally they ended up because there was really nothing left of the house and mixed messages from facebook because its ups are found to fail for letting through people trafficking and jihadi groups but banning others from using suggestive moji it's. good morning from moscow start of a brand new week 9 am here now live from the r.t. world news center is kevin and we will be with this half hour updated because they are 1st and the british prime minister is being accused of burying a report into alleged russian interference to the brics that referendum and in the 2017 general election he's only got one day left now though to clear it before parliament is dissolved downing street says the amount of time it's taking to be released is standard despite it being finished in march and cleared by security weeks ago our senior correspondent more goes to have takes a closer look at the delay. oh boris how you've messed things up wrecks it bungled election let's toss a corps in and now with the holding a report on russian meddling the latest one number 50 to 60 i don't think anyone bothers keep track a
finally they ended up because there was really nothing left of the house and mixed messages from facebook because its ups are found to fail for letting through people trafficking and jihadi groups but banning others from using suggestive moji it's. good morning from moscow start of a brand new week 9 am here now live from the r.t. world news center is kevin and we will be with this half hour updated because they are 1st and the british prime minister is being accused of burying a report into...