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but via facebook, twitter, it's an awfully nasty world. they get beer muscles because you don't really know who they are. if 230 goes away and takes on more of a regulatory notion, won't they want to know who the speakers are? >> actually, they don't. if twitter would have a blue check on the accounts like they have on you and i accounts, they would be decrease by 50% to 80%. you're right, anonymity is a huge problem here. i would argue, if we went on your and my twitter feeds we would find accounts that are trying to create arguments and purposely trying to undermine, for example, if we say something critical about russia, that we can reverse engineer to an individual. we're in an age that interpretation of a message is dependent upon who is communicating that message. and on these platforms, you really don't know. so, when you get hundreds of messages about anti-vacs, and ho and who is behind it could be a problem. >> final question, i'm at home, watching cnn and i'm hearing questions about the impact on the campaign. but beyond the camp
but via facebook, twitter, it's an awfully nasty world. they get beer muscles because you don't really know who they are. if 230 goes away and takes on more of a regulatory notion, won't they want to know who the speakers are? >> actually, they don't. if twitter would have a blue check on the accounts like they have on you and i accounts, they would be decrease by 50% to 80%. you're right, anonymity is a huge problem here. i would argue, if we went on your and my twitter feeds we would...
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he says it's time to reconsider roles that give platforms like facebook, twitter, and google protection from liability. he also answered questions about the possibility of passing coronavirus relief legislation. >> you are all out working. thank you for coming. with less than three weeks to go until the election, many americans are eager to learn about the candidates. it is imperative our information channels are open and americans can access stories by the press and their own social circles. congress believed in the power of information so much they created special liability protections for information platforms, technology companies like facebook, twitter and google. it is called section 230. i believe in the principles outlined in the law. it is clear section 230, it is not working. justice clarence thomas said the courts had sweeping new protections of 230 that congress never put in statute. it is time to scrap the law and start over. yesterday the new york post, one of the country's largest newspapers published a piece on hunter biden, and his work on the board of ukrainian energy
he says it's time to reconsider roles that give platforms like facebook, twitter, and google protection from liability. he also answered questions about the possibility of passing coronavirus relief legislation. >> you are all out working. thank you for coming. with less than three weeks to go until the election, many americans are eager to learn about the candidates. it is imperative our information channels are open and americans can access stories by the press and their own social...
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facebook and twitter tried to suppress a "new york post" blockbuster story with emails showing hunter biden trying to sell influence with his father overseas. facebook citing lame reasons for sense sorry ship. are they asking to have their business models blown up? is this election interference or censorship? is another hearing mistaking activity for achievement since congress never gets anything done at all. we're finding a turnstile of workers between twitter and facebook and the democrat party. we got more emails showing hunter biden allegedly trying to get tens of millions of dollars this time from a chinese energy company, forequote, introductions and deals that would be quote, interesting for my family. plus holes in the biden campaign story about joe biden's official schedule claiming no meetings with ukraine businessmen at hunter's request. remember president obama's white house meeting on general flynn was not on the official schedule? we'll talk about all of that. we'll talk about the growing backlash against speaker nancy pelosi from her own democrat party. after pelosi sto
facebook and twitter tried to suppress a "new york post" blockbuster story with emails showing hunter biden trying to sell influence with his father overseas. facebook citing lame reasons for sense sorry ship. are they asking to have their business models blown up? is this election interference or censorship? is another hearing mistaking activity for achievement since congress never gets anything done at all. we're finding a turnstile of workers between twitter and facebook and the...
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and the russians use facebook in 2016 and if twitter and facebook now have a little bit of concept and say we are done being used by our foreign adversaries, it is kinda hard to complain on moral grounds and certainly not legal grounds as we just heard, this is not government action and republicans used to say keep your hands off of private enterprise. so i think in this case, donald trump hands are not exactly clean. that is all. to say that somehow twitter is abusing him is ridiculous. liz: matthew, to that point, these are private companies, their publicly traded, their private companies but facebook can act like it's not a news outlet as much as it wants but there are huge number of americans who now get their news from facebook, don't we start to see a blurring of the lines and on twitter and facebook to not look like they are so partisan at a certain point, you have to look at that, do you not? >> i think the conversation has highlighted to the two ends of the political spectrum operating in different universe, it will come to news that facebook has been harmful to co
and the russians use facebook in 2016 and if twitter and facebook now have a little bit of concept and say we are done being used by our foreign adversaries, it is kinda hard to complain on moral grounds and certainly not legal grounds as we just heard, this is not government action and republicans used to say keep your hands off of private enterprise. so i think in this case, donald trump hands are not exactly clean. that is all. to say that somehow twitter is abusing him is ridiculous. liz:...
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twitter, facebook, alphabet, and amazon, big days out of all of them. morrow, jack dorsey of twitter, mark zuckerberg of ofebook, and cinder pichai alphabet testifying before congress. as you are talking about, these three ceos are expected to defend section 230, which gives these companies protections around free speech so they will be somewhat legally protected in the case of content. amazon up 2.5%. that one doing well again after a slide during the prime event. thursday, all eyes will be watching. getting mixed reasons in terms of what is ahead for tech. sap, not so much. it seems that we will be moving into the baskets of the haves and have-nots. we will know on thursday. emily: tech shares in a bubble, wondering which tech shares in particular. buyingthe company xilinx. amd thehis will give ability to -- abigail: the whole day, investors responded well relative to xilinx. the response earlier was much more exuberant. the shares in the premarket, a. in the close, up 8.5%, which is great. you mentioned, they are buying amd buying, xilinx, them in an
twitter, facebook, alphabet, and amazon, big days out of all of them. morrow, jack dorsey of twitter, mark zuckerberg of ofebook, and cinder pichai alphabet testifying before congress. as you are talking about, these three ceos are expected to defend section 230, which gives these companies protections around free speech so they will be somewhat legally protected in the case of content. amazon up 2.5%. that one doing well again after a slide during the prime event. thursday, all eyes will be...
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facebook, twitter, i'm not so nuts about because i think those are easily replaced. connell: it's a good point. we always have the conversation about twitter, whether you can monetize it and facebook which we'll talk about later in the hour as the political risk. they both do obviously we saw on full display before congress yesterday. lance, you're the tech guy in the group, the tech expert in the group. gary is hitting on something seems right on, when they get you the tech companies they do have you. for example, apple if you have the phone a lot of times you're not leaving the ecosystem. almost true so many areas we hadn't thought of, even in the cloud with so many people working from home and some businesses relying on the cloud, once you get in with amazon or working with google, like gary said, it is hard to leave. >> it is hard once you're part of an ecosystem you don't want to leave it because of the costs of doing so i have to say, amazon, google alphabet, one of the reasons they do so well is this working from home revolution, it is being forced really becau
facebook, twitter, i'm not so nuts about because i think those are easily replaced. connell: it's a good point. we always have the conversation about twitter, whether you can monetize it and facebook which we'll talk about later in the hour as the political risk. they both do obviously we saw on full display before congress yesterday. lance, you're the tech guy in the group, the tech expert in the group. gary is hitting on something seems right on, when they get you the tech companies they do...
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viewers need to understand that. >> tucker: our viewers should also understand it's not simply facebook and twitterfacebook and twitter are the primary means of revenue for almost all digital media. we happen to work in one of the rare media that's not dependent on which was why we act can have this conversation. if biden wins does this get better? why would the ten company stop doing the bidding of the democratic party of the democratic party had more power? >> it's hard to see how it gets better and kamala harris' press secretary is the chief of communications at winter or the person who announces on facebook that things are going to be slow down on the hunter biden story r democratic operative. take a look at the big tax base. the vice president of amazon communications, former white house press secretary before that, former chief aide to joe biden. several people on his transition team are linked to the big tech companies. look at where their money is going. is public record. look at the public data of where their donations are going. are they going to get better? google, facebook, we all know
viewers need to understand that. >> tucker: our viewers should also understand it's not simply facebook and twitterfacebook and twitter are the primary means of revenue for almost all digital media. we happen to work in one of the rare media that's not dependent on which was why we act can have this conversation. if biden wins does this get better? why would the ten company stop doing the bidding of the democratic party of the democratic party had more power? >> it's hard to see how...
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twitter and facebook's efforts to limit or censor the story is outraging republicans on capitol hills ron johnson is demanding the fbi provide answers. >> the fbi has a duty to inform us if they believe this was maybe russia disinformation, they should give us a briefing. why did they sit on it? are they covering up just because hunter biden might be engaged in things that also maybe should have been investigated and possibly prosecuted? >> reporter: meanwhile, in north carolina, a state trump won last time, joe biden was ramping up his attack over the president's pandemic response. >> trump said at one of his rallies, we've turned the corner. my grandfather would say this guy's gone around the bend if he thinks we turned the corner. turned the corner? things are getting worse. he continues to lie to us about the circumstances. >> reporter: speaking of rallies, president trump will hold not one but two separate rallies in arizona today as biden is off the trail today, presumably preparing for thursday's debate. now, in the real clear politics average nationally, president trump trail
twitter and facebook's efforts to limit or censor the story is outraging republicans on capitol hills ron johnson is demanding the fbi provide answers. >> the fbi has a duty to inform us if they believe this was maybe russia disinformation, they should give us a briefing. why did they sit on it? are they covering up just because hunter biden might be engaged in things that also maybe should have been investigated and possibly prosecuted? >> reporter: meanwhile, in north carolina, a...
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well this is a situation with no easy answers had twitter and facebook allowed this false information to circulate unchecked through their networks they would have been accused in my mind rightfully so of spreading in advancing the spread of misinformation at a critical time instead what they did is they intervene and that intervention is open to question but there is no rule world in which facebook or twitter is actions here we're going to make that criticism and we know that the c.e.o. of twitter jack dorsey he was not happy with what happened he tweeted and you see i can read that our communication around our article on the new york post was not great and blocking u.r.l. sharing via tweet or direct messaging with 0 context as to why we're blocking well that is the nick sceptical of what he said that twitter and facebook they they they do have the 1st amendment on their side but they also have an extreme amount of power at the moment do you think they have too much power well i think leaders of large media companies have always had outsized power so think of it this way if if if som
well this is a situation with no easy answers had twitter and facebook allowed this false information to circulate unchecked through their networks they would have been accused in my mind rightfully so of spreading in advancing the spread of misinformation at a critical time instead what they did is they intervene and that intervention is open to question but there is no rule world in which facebook or twitter is actions here we're going to make that criticism and we know that the c.e.o. of...
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well this is a situation with no easy answers had twitter and facebook allowed this false information to circulate unchecked through their networks they would have been accused in my mind rightfully so of spreading in advancing the spread of misinformation at a critical time instead what they did is they intervene and that intervention is open to question but there is no rule or old in which facebook or twitter is actions here we're going to make an immune from criticism and we know that the c.e.o. of twitter jack dorsey he was not happy with what happened he tweeted and you see i can read that our communication around our article on the new york post was not great and blocking u.r.l. sharing via tweet or direct messaging with 0 context as to why we're blocking well that is a nick sceptical of what he said that twitter and facebook they they do have the 1st amendment on their side but they also have an extreme amount of power at the moment do you think they have too much power well i think leaders of large media companies have always had outsized power but so think of it this way if a
well this is a situation with no easy answers had twitter and facebook allowed this false information to circulate unchecked through their networks they would have been accused in my mind rightfully so of spreading in advancing the spread of misinformation at a critical time instead what they did is they intervene and that intervention is open to question but there is no rule or old in which facebook or twitter is actions here we're going to make an immune from criticism and we know that the...
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me as perfectly valid perfectly plausible so i believe the story and i think that that that twitter and facebook are deliberately trying to withhold information from the public in a clear effort to swing the election look there are a lot of issues involved here the google case is one issue twitter and facebook are another issue but the point is that everybody's ganging up on social media trying to push it this way and that and the whole thing is just kind of madness and i really think we'd all be a lot better if we left these private companies alone i sound like a libertarian i don't want to sound like a libertarian but that's the position that i find myself moving towards i chose staying with a hunch that biden's story and his pride datings in ukraine is now in law and much that a former advisor to joe biden on ukraine is now a global policy money just a content moderation of facebook is that a conflict of interest. oh it is a massive conflict of interest i mean look what we have had it in this country in many countries is the stifling of the independent mind you tend to stifling by all of the
me as perfectly valid perfectly plausible so i believe the story and i think that that that twitter and facebook are deliberately trying to withhold information from the public in a clear effort to swing the election look there are a lot of issues involved here the google case is one issue twitter and facebook are another issue but the point is that everybody's ganging up on social media trying to push it this way and that and the whole thing is just kind of madness and i really think we'd all...
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eric on twitter says joe biden hires facebook executive for transition team, no conflict here. n twitter says good lord, it's becoming a bit obvious, isn't it. a biden campaign spokesperson said in a statement, as the vice president's former deputy counsel with experience advising high level federal agency officials, jessica herds is the thoughtful and principled decision maker who can ensure the president's high standards are upheld during the transition. so interesting point to note there, guys. todd: okay. meantime, mr. biden is in trouble with some boi boilermak. >> during the town hall last week, joe biden said that the boilermaker's union which represents tens of thousands of american workers endorsed him for president. but apparently that's not true. let's take a listen to him from that town hall last week. >> the boilermakers overwhelmingly endorse me, the union endorsed me because i sat down with them, went exactly what i would do. >> you know, the boilermakers have not actually made a union-widen doorsment but the chapter being discussed during the town hall, local 154
eric on twitter says joe biden hires facebook executive for transition team, no conflict here. n twitter says good lord, it's becoming a bit obvious, isn't it. a biden campaign spokesperson said in a statement, as the vice president's former deputy counsel with experience advising high level federal agency officials, jessica herds is the thoughtful and principled decision maker who can ensure the president's high standards are upheld during the transition. so interesting point to note there,...
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practices of amazon dot com not other tech giants also reporting quarterly earnings alphabet facebook twitter who's sticking out there. i think facebook and twitter are really worth mentioning because both have lost users during the last quarter and mainly on their most important most profitable markets america which of course which is using united states and canada. obviously the appeal of those social media platforms has gone away somewhat with the discussion about fake news with the discussion about more control of content on those platforms you know chris when those platforms were new they were perceived by many to be more interesting sources of information compared to classical media outlets turns out in uncertain times like this at least parts of the audiences changing their minds cannot gooden frankfurt thank you. and on to some of the other global business stories making news japanese factory output rose 4 percent and september the latest sign of a manufacturing recovery in the nation as well as growing demand overseas that is the 4th month over month improvement in industrial product
practices of amazon dot com not other tech giants also reporting quarterly earnings alphabet facebook twitter who's sticking out there. i think facebook and twitter are really worth mentioning because both have lost users during the last quarter and mainly on their most important most profitable markets america which of course which is using united states and canada. obviously the appeal of those social media platforms has gone away somewhat with the discussion about fake news with the...
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the response from many in the media and twitter and facebook bring to light an even bigger concern, the biggest social networks censoring information. if you are a citizen and posted information in the story, your account was locked. last night republican house judiciary committee posted the story on their website. a government website. twitter has censored it. the big tech censored media and americans posted about the unverified later debunked steel dossier, big tech censored the media and americans when they posted about trump's taxes which were obtained illegally? did big tech sensor the world's largest sponsor of terrorism, the supreme leader of iran? the answer to all three questions is no. social media companies intend to use the protection provided by congress for some americans but not for others. we should remove those special standards altogether. ranking member jim jordan and the house judiciary committee have legislation that should be voted on to restore america's town squares. republicans are clear on what we need to do to serve the american public. republicans are part of
the response from many in the media and twitter and facebook bring to light an even bigger concern, the biggest social networks censoring information. if you are a citizen and posted information in the story, your account was locked. last night republican house judiciary committee posted the story on their website. a government website. twitter has censored it. the big tech censored media and americans posted about the unverified later debunked steel dossier, big tech censored the media and...
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, buti say, more than a decade, about facebook, twitter, but i think alexandria ocasio—cortezforms that can be used in twitch is one of them. twitch being a video game streaming service and being able to connect with voters and connect with young people specifically is a really key pa rt specifically is a really key part of the selection and election is coming forward. so we are seeing, as election is coming forward. so we are seeing, as we are hearing you, a bit of the game there. she is sitting with headphones on playing the game and on the screen around her as the game itself and twitch as a platform that lets people watch other people play computer games, essentially, which may sound a bit strange but it is hugely, hugely popular. one of the things that sprung to my mind is that itjust does not ta ke mind is that itjust does not take long and shows how fast things move in four years ago we remember barack obama and before that this huge grand campaign on facebook and things like that, there's platform is already seemingly giving way to new ones like twitch. yes. definitely
, buti say, more than a decade, about facebook, twitter, but i think alexandria ocasio—cortezforms that can be used in twitch is one of them. twitch being a video game streaming service and being able to connect with voters and connect with young people specifically is a really key pa rt specifically is a really key part of the selection and election is coming forward. so we are seeing, as election is coming forward. so we are seeing, as we are hearing you, a bit of the game there. she is...
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going into the bidens family counts now if you try to share a link to an article about this on twitter or facebook here is what you get the link you are trying to access has been identified by twitter or our partners has been potentially spammy or unseat in accordance with tweeters you are poor see how does this happen how does that huge scandal get censored the bardens have a lot of friends and one of those friends who now happens to workers election integrity police that facebook is a certain anima can do anna used to work as joe biden senior policy adviser for europe and eurasia which includes ukraine perseid see when biden jr was raking in a standing sums of money for ukrainian energy company for doing well no one knows what while daddy told ukrainian authorities how to run that country. an american city by senior policy adviser for ukraine at the time also listened to the calls and said release of the transcripts would only strengthen biden's case that he acted properly she helped biden prepare for the conversations and said the old created at a high level if this wasn't enough corruption and
going into the bidens family counts now if you try to share a link to an article about this on twitter or facebook here is what you get the link you are trying to access has been identified by twitter or our partners has been potentially spammy or unseat in accordance with tweeters you are poor see how does this happen how does that huge scandal get censored the bardens have a lot of friends and one of those friends who now happens to workers election integrity police that facebook is a certain...
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s of google twitter and facebook faced u.s. lawmakers to defend their content moderation practices in the fraught nearly 4 hour hearing. and bring on the fake snow china's hoping to create a nation of interest for its enthusiasm ahead of the winter olympics in 2022. this is the the way of business i'm joined now the an amber lyon thanks for joining us. we begin here in germany where the surgeon coronavirus cases has prompted the government to impose a so-called soft lockdown starting monday next week for 4 weeks we need fresh coronavirus aid will be needed to help prop up businesses up to 10 up 1000000000 euros is being made available to reimburse the lion share of companies lost sales as restaurants clubs and bars shut down for the month of november that it could mean the difference between being able to reopen after the lock down or going out of business restaurant owner christiane as freeney is nervous many of her customers are counselling their reservations out of fear of the coronavirus and she's also worried about the con
s of google twitter and facebook faced u.s. lawmakers to defend their content moderation practices in the fraught nearly 4 hour hearing. and bring on the fake snow china's hoping to create a nation of interest for its enthusiasm ahead of the winter olympics in 2022. this is the the way of business i'm joined now the an amber lyon thanks for joining us. we begin here in germany where the surgeon coronavirus cases has prompted the government to impose a so-called soft lockdown starting monday...
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twitter and facebook, if they want to act like msdnc, they should be treated like msdnc because let's be clear, there are serious questions tonight surrounding zero experience hundred, his father, whether twitter thinks so or not, whether facebook think so or not. joe, did you ever talk to your son about his overseas businesses, because you said you didn't but in fact we now know you did. did you participate in any way in any of those business endeavors? because remember, on multiple occasions, biden promised he never once spoke to his son about his unusual international business deals. there are now emails that say just the opposite. twitter apparently doesn't want any of those questions asked or answered because instead of allowing further discussion, twitter tried to banish the topic from its platform. sounds like another campaign contribution to joe biden. facebook actively limiting its distribution. today, senator ted cruz summed it up pretty effectively. here's what he had to say. >> let me be very clear. twitter is interfering in this election. they are censoring the press. whe
twitter and facebook, if they want to act like msdnc, they should be treated like msdnc because let's be clear, there are serious questions tonight surrounding zero experience hundred, his father, whether twitter thinks so or not, whether facebook think so or not. joe, did you ever talk to your son about his overseas businesses, because you said you didn't but in fact we now know you did. did you participate in any way in any of those business endeavors? because remember, on multiple occasions,...
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>>senate republicans ramp up their attack on big tex legal protections following facebook and twitter is handling of a controversial article about joe biden i'm just eaten or in washington and all that story coming up. >>an update now on that fire burning in oakland, this is new video in to the newsroom now the fire is now up to 3 alarms. this is happening near 35th avenue and interstate 5.80 to be specific it said at loma vista avenue and quickly street, here's a map of that area, it's just right next. >>to 5 80's. so you can see it right there on the map if we can go back to the video of the fire we can talk about the wind conditions out there on the 4 able to do that, but it has been rather breezy along 5.80 the smoke has been kind of hugging the ground in this has been blowing sideways and its version there it is burning vegetation right next to 5 80's. so it could be a distraction for drivers and slowing down lawrence was saying the winds in that area are about 13 miles an hour while that might not seem like a lot nonetheless it in a residential area near a residential area and t
>>senate republicans ramp up their attack on big tex legal protections following facebook and twitter is handling of a controversial article about joe biden i'm just eaten or in washington and all that story coming up. >>an update now on that fire burning in oakland, this is new video in to the newsroom now the fire is now up to 3 alarms. this is happening near 35th avenue and interstate 5.80 to be specific it said at loma vista avenue and quickly street, here's a map of that area,...
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send it out to you >> thanks, sue >>> it's a big day for tech earnings with among others, facebook and twitterhe bell now following pinterest and snap far exceeding expectations, we're watching to see if facebook and twitter also benefit from a surge in social ad spending or whether snap and pinterest surge was a boy cost the two giants and concerns about the political and divisive content. now facebook is expected to shrug off that boycott and grow revenue by 12% as it benefits from its investment and small businesses, e-commerce and starts to monetize twitter and amazon and whatsap. there is reliance on brand advertising rather than direct response advertising of course, for both of the companies, any guidance will very much be in focus. and then there is amazon and alphabet we have more on those two. >> all of the big tech is on a terror this year alpha best, the worst performer with only a 15% gain this year amazon has been the best with more than 70% return for investors. now alphabet investors are counting on a rebound in digital advertising and with regards to all of that regulatory scr
send it out to you >> thanks, sue >>> it's a big day for tech earnings with among others, facebook and twitterhe bell now following pinterest and snap far exceeding expectations, we're watching to see if facebook and twitter also benefit from a surge in social ad spending or whether snap and pinterest surge was a boy cost the two giants and concerns about the political and divisive content. now facebook is expected to shrug off that boycott and grow revenue by 12% as it benefits...
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down five times on twitter and once on facebook just for my conservative thoughts. they don't want to listen to them. they want to block it. i have other things out there. there is pornography on twitter that is not blocked. but me stating that hunter biden funds or illegal friends that are actually me shutjoe biden got off. i don't understand how they can do this. what can we do to stop this without repealing section 230? guest: you are certainly not alone in the frustration or the sense that social media companies apply their moderation policies differently in different situations. people of all sorts of them to go backgrounds and beliefs -- people of all sorts of political backgrounds and beliefs believe that. i think the companies are not always clear about what their policies are so it is only natural that people would be confused about it. as far as what can be done, you could appeal to your congresspeople. you could appeal to the administration. goes, is section 230 personally don't think that is the right solution, because that is not what the law does. i am
down five times on twitter and once on facebook just for my conservative thoughts. they don't want to listen to them. they want to block it. i have other things out there. there is pornography on twitter that is not blocked. but me stating that hunter biden funds or illegal friends that are actually me shutjoe biden got off. i don't understand how they can do this. what can we do to stop this without repealing section 230? guest: you are certainly not alone in the frustration or the sense that...
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investors are calling for facebook, twitter and youtube to elect at least one board member who can handlee effectively. more on that in a moment but first, natasha lamb, facebook activist and managing partner at arjuna capital joins us to talk about major antitrust concerns. natasha, this is a big deal for google and feels like a big deal for big tech. what is your reaction to the suit, and what could it mean for a company like facebook? this is you know, something that has been a long time in the making. and unfortunately, the tech giants brought it on themselves , the kind of overconcentration of power, google controlling 90% of the search market, the way the companies have been conducted surprise weit is no are here right now. -- unfortunate thing is that -- there have been insightful concerns by investors that have not been addressed. if companies are going to concentrate power, they are going to have regulatory risk. in the case of facebook, we have seen them roll up instagram and whatsapp it that has created such dominance in this space .hat it is inevitable be some of these fears c
investors are calling for facebook, twitter and youtube to elect at least one board member who can handlee effectively. more on that in a moment but first, natasha lamb, facebook activist and managing partner at arjuna capital joins us to talk about major antitrust concerns. natasha, this is a big deal for google and feels like a big deal for big tech. what is your reaction to the suit, and what could it mean for a company like facebook? this is you know, something that has been a long time in...
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twitter has done. it's outrageous what zuckerberg and facebook have done. time, the outrage is -- you talk about going over to the state department. why the hell isn't secretary of state pompeo grabbing these idiots by the nape of the neck and taking control? attorney general barr is walking around like a man who's lost his map through the corridors of the department of justice. this is outrageous, it's disgusting. the president says he's not happy. well, i will describe my own mood, and i think probably many, many other americans'. we've had a belly full of i'm gonna, i wanna, i should have. we'd like to see somebody do some damn thing to make sure this republic doesn't collapse in a heap around these toxic, corrupt politicianings. don't you think that would be appropriate? >> yes. and, again, if the material was out there, this gentleman has the computer, he turns it over to federal bureau of investigation, but that was something like in the may time frame. so it's been out there. there is no reason why senator graham or somebody else there on the judicia
twitter has done. it's outrageous what zuckerberg and facebook have done. time, the outrage is -- you talk about going over to the state department. why the hell isn't secretary of state pompeo grabbing these idiots by the nape of the neck and taking control? attorney general barr is walking around like a man who's lost his map through the corridors of the department of justice. this is outrageous, it's disgusting. the president says he's not happy. well, i will describe my own mood, and i...
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twitter account yesterday. they closed it down. we couldn't use it. and, you know, if you were ever in any doubt that facebooker, the big tech oligarchs are corruptly partisan, then here's the proof. it's unacceptable and i honestly don't see how they think that they can get away with this kind of naked hypocrisy because, you know, where were they when the "new york times" just two weeks ago published, leaked or should we say hacked tax returns from the president, donald trump. no problem there. there is no problem with the 1619 project that the "new york times" has been plusing that has been shown to be full of misrepresentations and errors. what about the steele dossier? buzzfeed just spread it throughout social media. there was no push back then, and that was just a tissue of lies. so it seems that big tech only censors media companies and stories when they're negative toward the biden campaign. steve: well, you know, after 2016, social media companies took a lot of heat because supposedly they spread information that was not accurate. so, what they are saying here is that this information -- facebook says
twitter account yesterday. they closed it down. we couldn't use it. and, you know, if you were ever in any doubt that facebooker, the big tech oligarchs are corruptly partisan, then here's the proof. it's unacceptable and i honestly don't see how they think that they can get away with this kind of naked hypocrisy because, you know, where were they when the "new york times" just two weeks ago published, leaked or should we say hacked tax returns from the president, donald trump. no...
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republican critics say twitter, facebook and google should not be protected as neutral platforms. eated exchange between senator ted cruz and twitter ceo jack dorsey. >> your position is that you can sit in silicone valley and demand of the media that you can tell them what stories they can public and you can tell the american people what reports they can hear? >> no. every account, every organization that signs up with twitter agrees to terms of service. >> harris: jillian? >> all 3 big tech ceos were asked if they could name a single instance of a post by a democratic group or individual. twitter and facebook said they would have to get back to them. google said they have trussled with hem. the chairman got it. >> if your platform allows foreign dictators to post propaganda but yet you routinely restrict the president of the united states. >> the issue of political bias is a powerful legislative provision called section 230. many believe it gives social media too much power. every executive pleaded with the committee not to get ready of 230 because they said it would destroy the
republican critics say twitter, facebook and google should not be protected as neutral platforms. eated exchange between senator ted cruz and twitter ceo jack dorsey. >> your position is that you can sit in silicone valley and demand of the media that you can tell them what stories they can public and you can tell the american people what reports they can hear? >> no. every account, every organization that signs up with twitter agrees to terms of service. >> harris: jillian?...
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platforms is hugely valuable, even as facebook warned that ability may be minimized next year because of various regulations around privacy and targeting. >> julia, twitteray be the smaller platform, but the issues it's facing are equally as big as the ones that facebook is facing when it comes to content moderation i can't get over the fact that jack dory sey is the ceo of two companies. square, has a real opportunity amidst this digital transformation do you think his leadership will start to come under question again as we saw the results from yesterday, we're seeing it lose a fifth of its value today >> he's been questioned in the past and he's continuing to be questioned on this the cfo was on "squawk box" this morning and he was questioned about that and he said he can get access to dorsey when he needs to it was interesting listening to the twitter call, because the vast amount of questions were not answered by dorsey but by the cfo. dorsey takes a different approach to his leadership and how hands on he is compared to say, a mark zuckerberg, that's been -- >> i'll say it's the same for square same for square. he delegates a lot to the cfo. carl >
platforms is hugely valuable, even as facebook warned that ability may be minimized next year because of various regulations around privacy and targeting. >> julia, twitteray be the smaller platform, but the issues it's facing are equally as big as the ones that facebook is facing when it comes to content moderation i can't get over the fact that jack dory sey is the ceo of two companies. square, has a real opportunity amidst this digital transformation do you think his leadership will...
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it can be from candidates and campaigns and social media, facebook, twitter, google, a lot of misinformationhat is out
it can be from candidates and campaigns and social media, facebook, twitter, google, a lot of misinformationhat is out
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twitch isa to facebook and twitter.ach these voters without having any interference and especially for those who are disaffected and isolated who are younger might not turn out, who might have given up on the selection. i'm afraid we've only got 20 seconds left, but briefly, part of the problem to try to appeal to younger people is that traditionally that order people voting younger people do not. yes, that is definitely an issue in the us but as barack obama showed, reaching out to the sugar voters and being able to speak in to their interests and concerns is a very powerful thing. absolutely fascinating stuff, thank you for coming on through. thank you. that is just about it from me. we will have plenty more on the breaking news from the fbi there in the news conference that there has been attempted interference in the 2020 presidential election. stay tuned for that and you can get me online. on twitter. this is bbc news. it's been a soggy first half of the week but will be a drier day and for some, even a brighter da
twitch isa to facebook and twitter.ach these voters without having any interference and especially for those who are disaffected and isolated who are younger might not turn out, who might have given up on the selection. i'm afraid we've only got 20 seconds left, but briefly, part of the problem to try to appeal to younger people is that traditionally that order people voting younger people do not. yes, that is definitely an issue in the us but as barack obama showed, reaching out to the sugar...
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but two weeks ago to a lesser extent twitter and facebook crossed a threshold that is fundamental in the country. two weeks ago twitter made the unilateral decision to censor "the new york post" in a series of two articles both alleging evidence of corruption against joe biden. first concerning ukraine and second, communist china and the twitter made the decision to prevent users from sharing the stories and number two you went even further and blocked the post from sharing its own reporting. why did twitter make the decision to censor the post? >> we had a material policy. >> when was the policy adopted? >> 2018. the policy is around limiting the spread of materials. we didn't want t twitter to be a distributor of hacked material. we found "the new york post" because it showed the direct materials and screenshots of the materials it's clear how they were obtained. the source in this instance "the new york post" documented what it said the source was which it is said was a laptop owned by hunter biden turned into a repair store so they were not hiding the source. is it your decision t
but two weeks ago to a lesser extent twitter and facebook crossed a threshold that is fundamental in the country. two weeks ago twitter made the unilateral decision to censor "the new york post" in a series of two articles both alleging evidence of corruption against joe biden. first concerning ukraine and second, communist china and the twitter made the decision to prevent users from sharing the stories and number two you went even further and blocked the post from sharing its own...
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and on but there have been efforts by facebook by twitter by other social media platforms in the past to try to get a handle on the situation that we're not very effective so will this new initiative from your perspective make an impact or is it already too late i guess the answer is a complicated one because it's a bit of yes and no it is a little late but i wouldn't argue that it's too late the platforming different groups has shown to be extremely helpful especially if we look at if we go back in time about 4 years and look at the american right and some of the steps have been taken at least in the united states the platforming more well known neo nazis for example it definitely affects traffic there drives down traffic it makes it harder to have so in facebook and twitter and act these policies it makes it much more difficult for individual members to exist on what we call the clear net so like a more clear mainstream enter net. if groups are having to you know cloud flare and internet service provider if they are also delisting already platforming different information then these
and on but there have been efforts by facebook by twitter by other social media platforms in the past to try to get a handle on the situation that we're not very effective so will this new initiative from your perspective make an impact or is it already too late i guess the answer is a complicated one because it's a bit of yes and no it is a little late but i wouldn't argue that it's too late the platforming different groups has shown to be extremely helpful especially if we look at if we go...
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during the protest in minneapolis after the death of george floyd, donald trump posted on facebook and twitterg starts." facebook allows this, twitter said it violated rules on glorifying violence and labelled it. so, should these tech bosses have this power to censor? senator ted cruz thought not. mr dorsey, who the hell elected you and put you in charge of what the media is allowed to report and what the american public is allowed to hear? we realise that we need to build more trust. we realise that more accountability is needed. democrats said they tech was not acting on fake news and said republicans are trying to bully tech titans. this is a scar on this committee and the united states senate. we are seeing an attempt to bully the ce05 of private companies. but away from the hearing, the debate was about something far more important to the future of silicon valley, something called section 230 which says no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher. without 230, platforms could be potentially held for everything people say. they would face much
during the protest in minneapolis after the death of george floyd, donald trump posted on facebook and twitterg starts." facebook allows this, twitter said it violated rules on glorifying violence and labelled it. so, should these tech bosses have this power to censor? senator ted cruz thought not. mr dorsey, who the hell elected you and put you in charge of what the media is allowed to report and what the american public is allowed to hear? we realise that we need to build more trust. we...
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as investors were fretting about long-lasting damage to twitter, google and facebook after their ceos faced quite a seething and often irate senate commerce committee, wednesday's losses with facebook and google really hammering the nasdaq, slipping 5.5% while twitter dropped 5.3%, are not suffering a repeat at all. take a look at all three stocks and how they are trading right this second. they are all blanking out yesterday's losses, particularly twitter, which is now up 8.4%. the entire sector is getting a lift, though, in part from virtual bulletin board site pinterest. look at this gain. okay, how about 27% jump in the social media darling which predicts a 60% sales jump for the current quarter. should the credit for the bump in the nasdaq stocks go to pinterest as the rising tide appears to be lifting all boats? to our floor show traders. andrew smith and chris robinson. what do you think? is it really the pinterest effect which i find hard to believe although it is a social media name which would certainly help facebook and twitter, but where else do you expect to see and what
as investors were fretting about long-lasting damage to twitter, google and facebook after their ceos faced quite a seething and often irate senate commerce committee, wednesday's losses with facebook and google really hammering the nasdaq, slipping 5.5% while twitter dropped 5.3%, are not suffering a repeat at all. take a look at all three stocks and how they are trading right this second. they are all blanking out yesterday's losses, particularly twitter, which is now up 8.4%. the entire...
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social media giants facebook and twitter greatly limited the distribution of "the new york post"'s story the bidens, facebook is saying it needed fact-checking and twitter saying it violated the company's hacked material policy. let's dig into that angle with new york post op-ed editor and fcc commissioner brendan carr, thank you both for being with us. "the daily beast" reporting on this saying the man who reportedly gave hunters laptop to rudy speaks out in an interview, they say john paul isaak gave conflicting stories to reporters on wednesday so a lot of other organizations out there raising red flags about the story and of course you know that when rudy giuliani's name is connected to this, they are immediately skeptical about the chain of custody for this laptop, what can you tell us about your ability to get to the source of this story? >> i think the story speaks for itself, it is deeply sourced and all the sourcing is hard evidence. we obtained evidence of emails, photographs that are pretty hard to dispute as verifiably belonging to mr. hunter biden. that's a lot more of a sla
social media giants facebook and twitter greatly limited the distribution of "the new york post"'s story the bidens, facebook is saying it needed fact-checking and twitter saying it violated the company's hacked material policy. let's dig into that angle with new york post op-ed editor and fcc commissioner brendan carr, thank you both for being with us. "the daily beast" reporting on this saying the man who reportedly gave hunters laptop to rudy speaks out in an interview,...
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well this is a situation with no easy answers had twitter and facebook allowed this false information to circulate unchecked through their networks they would have been accused in my mind rightfully so of spreading in advancing the spread of misinformation at a critical time instead what they did is they intervened and that intervention is open to question but there is no rule or old in which facebook or twitter is actions here we're going to make that criticism and we know that the c.e.o. of twitter jack dorsey he was not happy with what was what happened he tweeted the music i can read that our communication around our article on the new york post was not great and blocking u.r.l. sharing via tweet or direct messaging with 0 contacts as to why we're blocking well that is a nick sceptical that's what he said of twitter and facebook they do have the 1st amendment on their side but they also have an extreme amount of power at the moment do you think they have too much power well i think leaders of large media companies have always had outsized power so think of it this way if if if som
well this is a situation with no easy answers had twitter and facebook allowed this false information to circulate unchecked through their networks they would have been accused in my mind rightfully so of spreading in advancing the spread of misinformation at a critical time instead what they did is they intervened and that intervention is open to question but there is no rule or old in which facebook or twitter is actions here we're going to make that criticism and we know that the c.e.o. of...
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well this is a situation with never easy answers had twitter and facebook allowed this false information to circulate unchecked through their networks they would've been accused in my mind rightfully so of spreading in advancing the spread of misinformation a critical time instead what they did is they intervened and that intervention is open to question but there is no rule world in which facebook or twitter is actions here we're going to make a criticism and we know that the c.e.o. of twitter jack dorsey he was not happy with what happened he tweeted to me if i can read that our communication around our article on the new york post was not great and blocking u.r.l. sharing via tweet or direct messaging with 0 contacts as to why we're blocking well that is the nick sceptical that's what he said that twitter and facebook they they do have the 1st amendment on their side but they also have an extreme amount of power at the moment do you think they have too much power well i think leaders of large media companies have always had outsized power but so think of it this way if if if someone w
well this is a situation with never easy answers had twitter and facebook allowed this false information to circulate unchecked through their networks they would've been accused in my mind rightfully so of spreading in advancing the spread of misinformation a critical time instead what they did is they intervened and that intervention is open to question but there is no rule world in which facebook or twitter is actions here we're going to make a criticism and we know that the c.e.o. of twitter...