pichai. >> yes, absolutely. >> mr. dorsey. >> yes, but i don't -- i don't think we're here to discuss our own personal opinions. >> i just want to know if you think the vaccines work. yes? >> yes, however -- >> thank you. so if you think the vaccines work, why have your companies allowed accounts that repeatedly offend your vaccine disinformation policies to remain up? according to a report, just 12 accounts on facebook, twitter, and instagram, account for 65% of all the vaccine disinformation on your platforms. you're exposing tens of millions of users to this every day. i don't have the stats on youtube but my understanding is it's similar. so my question is, why in the midst of a global pandemic that has killed over half a million americans, that you haven't taken these accounts down that are responsible for the preponderance of vaccine disinformation? will you all commit to taking these platforms down today? mr. zuckerberg. >> congressman, yes, we do have a policy -- >> i know you have a

pichai. >> yes, absolutely. >> mr. dorsey. >> yes, but i don't -- i don't think we're here to discuss our own personal opinions. >> i just want to know if you think the vaccines work. yes? >> yes, however -- >> thank you. so if you think the vaccines work, why have your companies allowed accounts that repeatedly offend your vaccine disinformation policies to remain up? according to a report, just 12 accounts on facebook, twitter, and instagram, account for 65% of all the vaccine disinformation on your platforms. you're exposing tens of millions of users to this every day. i don't have the stats on youtube but my understanding is it's similar. so my question is, why in the midst of a global pandemic that has killed over half a million americans, that you haven't taken these accounts down that are responsible for the preponderance of vaccine disinformation? will you all commit to taking these platforms down today? mr. zuckerberg. >> congressman, yes, we do have a policy -- >> i know you have a

pichai, you are recognized for five minutes. mr. pichai, are you unmuted? >> chairman, and ranking members, and members of the community, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. to begin i want to express my sympathies that lost loved ones to covid or the recent gun violence in boulder and atlanta. in difficult times we are reminded of what connects us as americans, the hope that we can make things better for our families and our communities. and we at google are committed to that work. i joined google because i believed the internet was the best way to bring the benefits of technology to more people, and for the past three decades we have seen how it has inspired the best in society by expanding knowledge, providing opportunities for discovery and connection. i am proud that anybody can turn to google for help. whether they are looking for vaccine information, learning new skills on youtube or using digital tools to grow their business. in 2020 our products held 2 million u.s. businesses and publishers generate 426 million in economic act

pichai, yes or no, do you agree with mr. zuckerberg's changes to section 230 >> there are definitely good proposals around transparency and accountability which i have seen in various legislative proposals as well which i think are important principles and we would certainly welcome legislative approaches in that area. >> mr. dorsey, do you agree with mr. zuckerberg yes or no, on the changes on 230? >> i think it is going to be very hard to determine what's a large platform and small platform and it may incentivize the wrong things. >> gentleman's time is expired. >> my time is expired, i yield back. >> chair recognizes chair krakowski for five minutes >> mr. zuckerberg, immediately after the capital insurgency, sheryl sandberg did an interview in which she insist has the siege was largely planned on smaller platforms, but court filings actually show something quite the opposite, that the proud boys and oath keepers used facebook to coordinate in real time during the -- during the siege. and so my question for you is, will y

pichai, yes or no? >> i think we worked hard, this election effort was one of our most substantive efforts. >> is that a yes or no? >> it is a complex question. >> ok, we will move on. mr. dorsey. >> yes, but you have to take into consideration a broader ecosystem. it is not the technology platforms only. >> thank you. thank you. and i agree with that. host: rebecca kern on all three fronts, they wanted to go beyond the yes or no and all talking about bigger issues at play when it comes to -- elaborate from there. guest: there are a lot of issues at play here and what we did see is like i was mentioning, they were labeling these tweets going into the election as misinformation and providing links to election centers for accurate information and news websites to redirect, to correct factual information, but facebook and twitter actively did that. they are dealing with billions of posts a day on their platforms and that gets through and it gets viewed widely even before they even label it and then we had

pichai. >> yes. >> mr. zuckerberg?s i think that's right >> thank you if your financialin sent i've is the human psychology lead to the creation of a system that promotes emotionally charged content that is often harmful, do you believe that you can address that or will you always need to play more of a whack-a-mole on different topics mr. zuckerberg >> congresswoman, i do think we can take systemic actions that help to reduce a large amount of this but there will always be some content that gets through the systems that we will have to react to >> mr. dorsey? >> that's not our incentive but i agree with mark. we'll miss some things >> mr. pinchai >> i agree largely with what mark and jack said there are thousands of misleading election information. there are many involving threats and we are very vigilant. >> more transparency and research into the ai models you use is needed. i understand that they are constantly evolving and proprietary. however, those obstacles must not be insurmountable. would you agree to some ty

pichai, how about you? videos -- >> have you removed them all you still have people spreading disinformation on your platforms. there is about 12 super spreaders. >> we have clear policies. we take down content some of the content is allowed if it is people's personal experiences but we definitely -- >> thank you mr. dorsey i see my time is getting expired plchlt dorsey, will you take these sites down you have got about 12 super spreaders. will you take them down? >> yes, we remove everything that's against our policy. >> i see my time expired i will yield to the ranking member mr. latta for five minutes. >> thank you for yielding. -- i never met a man on line who took appropriate screen shots of miranda and harassed her for years. he found her classmates on facebook and would send him the picture he took of her to cope with the anxiety, amanda turned to drugs and alcohol. it became too much for her mr. zuckerberg, clearly ms. todd was underaged so the photo that was shared by her harasser was illegal. do y

pichai? >> there is value inw it but that so flexible to be able to do that would be good. >> i don't fully understand the ramifications of what you are suggesting. >> for them to have a liability shield that would be international i think it's a bad idea. >> the gentle ladies time has expired. >> i yield back. >> in the subcommittee consumer protection on commerce. >> i appreciate it. mr. dorsey briefly from my district model are the stories that we're hearing to conduct a survey is how we empower law enforcement. when we receive testimony since 2016 twitter had intentionally curtailed data with law enforcement fusion centers. here is the question. you are well aware on twitter traffic has increased from bad actors seeking to groom children and they were females into sex trafficking and sell illegal drugs and even threatened to murder police officers. are you willing to reinstate this cooperation and retain evidence for tools to protect the most vulnerable? yes or no. >> hi - - there is no p

but you also have cinder pichai -- we also have mr. pichai. most of google's ad revenue comes from search, not users posting content to you too. somewhere in the mill you have jack dorsey saying we should have protocols across social media companies that they all share the same's, but there should not be a one-size-fits-all regulation there was an element of disagreement of the right approach. >> so what's the worst case scenario in terms of regulation for these giant social media platforms? ed: should that legal shield, that legal liability shield be completely removed? the short answer is no. mr. pichai thinks there should be no changes. it's difficult to track. to these companies there's been no material impact to user growth. when you look at the share price throughout the pandemic, but also the capitol hill riots on january 6, they have outperformed the s&p 500 and the investors are sanguine. it comes down to whether any changes will impact user growth. that's a direct correlation to what they can charge for advertising. most wall street

pichai, this is just a yes-or-no question. can i count on a response to my letter by the deadline of april 1st? >> congresswoman, definitely, yes. heartbreaking to hear the stories. we have clear policies. thanks for your highlighting this area. i think the videos have been taken down and we are happy to follow up and update with you. >> we checked today. for years these videos have clearly violated your own stated policy of banning the videos that endanger, as you say, quote, physical well being of minors. and so i'm pleased to hear that we will be hearing back from you. while we are considering section 230, what's clear is we should all be concerned by all of your anlts to adequately and just as importantly rapidly moderate content. and some of these cases we're talking life and death. second, as many of my colleagues have noted, your companies profit when users fall down the rabbit hole of disinformation. the spread of disinformation is an issue we all grapple with across the political spectrum. it finds its way to the peop

pichai, this is just a yes-or-no question. can i count on a response to my letter by the deadline of april 1st? >> congresswoman, definitely, yes. heartbreaking to hear the stories. we have clear policies. thanks for your highlighting this area. i think the videos have been taken down and we are happy to follow up and update with you. >> we checked today. for years these videos have clearly violated your own stated policy of banning the videos that endanger, as you say, quote, physical well being of minors. and so i'm pleased to hear that we will be hearing back from you. while we are considering section 230, what's clear is we should all be concerned by all of your anlts to adequately and just as importantly rapidly moderate content. and some of these cases we're talking life and death. second, as many of my colleagues have noted, your companies profit when users fall down the rabbit hole of disinformation. the spread of disinformation is an issue we all grapple with across the political spectrum. it finds its way to the peop

pichai do google employees view users content? >> and we take privacy very seriously we don't use the data from gmail for advertising. and then to with the right permissions that are prohibitions and with the checks and balances. >> so what you are saying occasionally google employees do review and analyze. i have another question regarding that.oo does google share a gmail user e-mail or analysis with third-party? >> we do not sell data what you are referring to is they could have api access for example applications which could give related information it isre the api on top of the platform. we have numerous steps to make sure users have to go through multiple steps before they consent to a third-party. >> i have looked through the google privacy statement and user content and i have concerns about that. i am very concerned i have gmail accounts like millions of people i don't know if you are looking at them i don't know who was looking at them or sharing them are what you are doing with them that is my concern. >> i would like t

pichai, just on that continuously evolving information on covid, because we are learning more and more about it, and how do you keep up, only about 30 seconds, so if you could quick answer for each of you, if you can. mr. pichai, maybe. >> on covid, we've been really taking guidance from cdc and other health experts proactively. one thing we get to do in youtube is recommend higher quality content. we have show 400 million information panels last year including a lot from cdc and other health organizations. >> okay. thank you. and i yield back four seconds, mr. chair. >> thank you, mr. guthrie. chair now recognizes ms. matsui for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, for having this hearing today. today we have another opportunity here from the leaders of facebook, twitter, and google. and one has become a concerning pattern. the members of this committee are here to demand answers to questions about social media's role in escalating misinformation, extremism, and violence. last week i testified at a house judiciary committee hearing about the rise in discrimination and v

mr pichai, yes or no?hink we've worked hard in this election it was one of our most substantive efforts. is that is that a yes or no? congressman, it's a complex question, we... 0k, we'll move on. mr dorsey. yes, but you have to take in the consideration - of a broader ecosystem. it's not just about - the technology platforms. thousands of people have been displaced by a fire which tore through a slum in freetown, sierra leone. local authorities are still assessing the full extent of the damage, including the number of casualties. tanya dendrinos has this report. homes and livelihoods ablaze, the fury of this inferno was clear as it destroyed everything in its path. those able did all they could to fight the flames. others simply watched on in the devastating glow — the battle against this fire proving futile. translation: firefighters really struggled _ to stop the fire. they came and went with equipment and went to the sea to get water, up until the fire started to diminish, with the help of the young pe

the third time for send our pitch i -- sendar pichai, and dorsey.hat will be different from this hearing versus the ones we have seen before? rep. mcnerney: we are going to have to call out their specific promises and lack of action and following through with those promises. we also want to know a little more about how their algorithms work in amplifying that, and the profits related to that. that is how we can get what it will take to turn down the volume of this hate speech that is causing so many problems in our country today. peter: congressman, does it make a difference that it is a democratic majority in both the house and senate this time? rep. mcnerney: well, i certainly prefer having a democratic majority in the house and senate and the presidency, but our responsibility is oversight. how can we produce incentives that will cause these companies or disincentives, if you could call it that, to have these companies be more responsible for the content they amplify through their platforms? cat: with such narrow democratic majorities, particular

next, dorsey, pichai and zuckerberg are set to testify in front of congress.few minutes wl you the latest right after the break. stay with us if you're 55 and up, t- mobile has plans built just for you. switch today and get 2 lines of unlimited and 2 free smartphones. plus you'll now get netflix on us. all this for up to 50% off vs. verizon. it's all included. 2 lines of unlimited for only $70 bucks. and this rate is fixed. you'll pay exactly $70 bucks total. this month and every month. only at t-mobile. >>> big tech under fire today from all fronts. congress, senators and even chrissy teigen the model on twitter telling 14 million followers that the social network no longer serves me positively and negatively deidre, she still hasn't quit instagram, she is still on there. you have to wonder if any of the departures from social media impact what all of the users and followers think. does it get her followers to drop the platform? >> that's a good question. how long it lasts, i mean for her to kind of come out and say this now, there's been lots of stuff in the

pichai, yes or no?esponsibility but i think we worked hard this election. one of our most substantive efforts. >> is that a yes or a no? >> congressman, it's a complex question. we -- >> okay, we'll move on. mr. dorsey? >> yes, but you also have to take into consideration a broader ecosystem. >> let's discuss it with molly wood, the host and senior editor of marketplace tech from american public media. molly, good to see you. welcome. >> thanks for having me, joshua. >> so what does that answer tell us from mr. zuckerberg, pichai, and dorsey? the kind of similarly broad answer, but only jack dorsey being willing to say yes. >> yeah. i mean, you can imagine why the ceo of a major-tech company would not want to say yes to that question. and so i think that they are rightfully, pointing out that it's a complicated ecosystem, that includes human behavior and politics and political rhetoric. but the simple fact is that jack dorsey and probably the other two know, very well, that their platforms do play a rol

sundar pichai is cautioning against any reforms.ys regulation has an important role to play in ensuring we protect what is great about the open internet. we are concerned about proposals to change section 230 would not serve that objective well. jack dorsey does not mention section 230 at all, but has indicated in the past he is open to some changes. he says we recognize in addressing harm requires innovative solutions. content moderating is not scalable. removing challenges fails to meet the challenges of the modern internet. what do you make of their different approaches? dr. noble: obviously, each of these companies occupies a different monopoly status in the internet and big tech sector. facebook, google, alphabet in particular. it is interesting the proposition here, let's take them one at a time. facebook saying, if we demonstrate that we tried, that should be good enough. that is the headline of mark zuckerberg's testimony, that if we provide evidence, we are providing moderators and software and reporting to law enforcement.

pichai. >> i am here because i'm accountable to public members and congress. >> testy tech hearing.makers demanded yes and no answers. there was not a lot of room for nuanced responses. we did not hear anything new at all. looking at shares of the big three, all in the red. google unchanged. the softness more likely coordinated with the switch to cyclicals and rising yields. i wanted to get a sense in terms of what you think of the hearing. a lot of it is noise. investors know at some point, should they be more focused on regulation? >> that is exactly where our focus is at the moment. these hearings, to be honest, it is a little bit of a show. what we are really looking for is how will this congress -- and the european parliament -- how do they want to constrain the tech industry going forward? and the underlying services they provide still fit with what the public needs? and the data sourcing they use is appropriate? i think those questions and issues are going to come front and center for the next four years after a long time where they were not fully addressed. that is the focus

. >>> today facebook ceo mark zuckerberg, sundar pichai and jack dorsey about online misinformation and disinformation. online at noon on c-span.or railroad gr or listen on the c span radio app. >>> every weekend we give you a preview of what's available on c-span3. lonnie bunch is serving as secretary of the smithsonian institution. tonight his discussion with documentary filmmaker ken burns about the complexities of telling america's story. watch tonight at 8:00 eastern and join american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> we're joined by ray aldunja. he is president and ceo of

and then i think pichai serves a second function which is sort of as a human shield to prevent the ceoube from having to testify when most of the questions are about that platform >> president biden has made some announcement and appointments to the ftc of people who have anti-trust backgrounds how concerned should these companies be about being broken up >> i think they should be very concerned. i think that after a long slumber, the anti-trust movement in this country is as active as it's been in more than a generation these are people who have smart ideas about competition in the modern economy, and i think it's going to be one of the stories to watch here in 2021. >> plenty of theater expected tomorrow expect nothing less. >>> now to severe weather threatening 50 million people across the south forecasters warning tornados are possible tomorrow in areas still recovering from last week's strong storms. meteorologist matt brickman with nbc 4 new york is live with us now. how bad is this threat >> well, it's pretty bad this is something you take very seriously, scott, considering this

twitter's ceo, alphabet's ceo, sundar pichai been there three times.his time they were caught a little off-guard by the teen of the lawmakers. we'll see if there is actual action from congress over this. david. david: overshadowed by biden. a lot of substance we want to get into. edward, thank you very much. joining me with reaction to all of this, independent women forum senior policy analyst, kelsey bolar. thanks for being here. the key question about section 230, essentially the blank check politicians were talking about, it grants legal immunity to the social media companies assuming they're open platforms, that they will not edit material that goes on there in any way, they will not censor anything, therefore they're not responsible for what goes on there, well that assumption went out the window a year ago during donald trump's attempt to become president again, to be reelected they do edit material now, they do edit material based on political preferences. shouldn't we get rid of section 230? >> certainly a lot of conservatives have been calling

pichai, yes or no?> we always see a deep sense of responsibility, but we work hard this election, one of our most expensive efforts. >> is that yes or no? >> congress meant, it is a complex question -- >> ok, we will move on. mr. dorsey? >> yes, but you have to take into consideration the broader ecosystem. it is not how the technology platforms are used. joe: there you have some of the online conversation from d.c. today--enlightening conversation from d.c. today. let's bring in a former sec google partner. thank you for joining us. there is always this risk that people are talking for years -- is there a crackdown,, something major on speech, something major on competition? we have got used to these hearings and they are often not particularly enlightening. from your perspective, do you see any meaningful turn coming such that the business models of these tech companies may be under threat at some point? >> i think we need to start with having more information. always disappointing about today and hon

ceo sunder pichai says he wants google to be part of california's recovery. google is currently working on two projects in mountain view and is set to start another in sunnyvale. that's their new headquarters there in mountain view. the tech giant has more than 52,000 employees in the state. it's allowing those employees to work fully remote until at least september, when offices do reopen fully, they can still work from home twice a week. >>> it's hard to keep track of, but here's the latest. it's on. it's off. it's delayed. san francisco's outside lands festival is now on with the spooky twist. this is what you didn't see last year at golden gate park. a lot of people. the pandemic canceled the bay area's largest music, arts, and food festival. since organizers want to help everyone have time to get vaccinated here, they've moved the party outside lands from august to october, specifically halloween. the event now runs from october 29th through the 31st. tickets are now on sale. >>> get ready to scream again. actually, you're asked not to scream because it'

zuckerberg, sundar pichai and jack dorsey about online misinformation and disinformation. online at noon on c-span.or railroad gr or listen on the c span radio app. >>> every weekend we give you a preview of what's available on c-span3. lonnie bunch is serving as secretary of the smithsonian institution. tonight his discussion with documentary filmmaker ken burns about the complexities of telling america's story. watch tonight at 8:00 eastern and join american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> we're joined by ray aldunja. he is president and ceo of communities in schools. he's here to talk about how kids are doing during the pandemic in school. welcome from san antonio. >> thank you for having me. >> what's your mission? >> we are a national nonprofit. our mission is very simple. we work inside schools and we surround students with a system of support. what that looks like in its simplest form is that we have 4,100 staff deployed all across the country who are invited to be inside schools, and in normal circumstances, what we are doing is assessing the needs of a st

mr pichai, yes or no?is election it was one of our most substantive efforts. is that is that a yes or no? congressman, it's a complex question, we... 0k, we'll move on. mr dorsey. yes, but you have to take in the consideration - of a broader ecosystem. it's not just about - the technology platforms. well — it's not the first time social media companies have taken a grilling from politicians — but could congress finally be about to take action? there's been talk of changing the law to make them responsible for what's said on the platforms — removing the protection of what's known as section 230. 0ur tech correspondent rory cellan—jones explains. dan ives is from wedbush securities in new york — a lot of tough talk but no action. will that change? i do think we're starting to see some watershed moments in terms of what we are seeing notjust on social media butjust across big tech. i think it is a groundswell that are starting to gain more and more traction. he could start to see some changes and broader worr

pichai? >> yes, i am here today because i'm accountable to congress and the members of the public.: the handling of misinformation, bloomberg reported joins us now from san francisco. there was a focus on the platform's response to the capitol riot's. >> this is one of those examples where congressmen was trying to give that you get them to get a yes or no answer, but it is never quite that easy. we did not get enough acknowledgment from the ceos, and jack dorsey said that twitter did play a role, it was a yes, but kind of answer, and the other ceos are trying to elaborate and give more detail. we got a sense that everyone seems to believe that these companies are responsible, but we do not have a clear admission from all of the ceos today. haslinda: child safety came up a lot. why is that, and what are the chances that it will become a priority for the tech companies? kurt: i was surprised to see this line of questioning come up so frequently, and there were a ton of questions about how these platforms are used for teenagers or under the age of 13 which technically means they are

investors will be watching a key event as mark zuckerberg, sundar pichai, and jack dorsey testify incongress. reporter: who should be responsible for policing content online platforms? that is the heart of it, section 230, the commute occasions decency act. that is what ceos are split on. zuckerberg is the most vocal, saying that there should be reform, but reform that is conditional on the idea that these companies, tech companies, social media platforms have policies in place to moderate content. all three of them already have policies in place, and the shares of these companies have risen over the past year. this is the warning that zuckerberg issued. platforms should not be held liable if a particular piece of content ebay to its detection. that would be practical -- content evades its detection. that would be impractical for platforms with billions of posts every day. the impetus comes from what we saw at the election, the volatility around the stock with the concerns around the spread of misinformation and how it would relate to election interference, and more recently the capi

sundar pichai made the announcement in a blog post it's the latest signal that tech firms like more traditional corporations see what working as a necessity of the pandemic and not a long term strategy google now expects employees will return to offices in the fall but has said they'll still be allowed to work 2 days a week at home. and here's what c.e.o. p. chai had to say about the importance of being at the office coming together in person to collaborate and build community is core to google's culture he said and it will be an important part of our future and let's go over to our financial correspondent in yes in new york and korea for more yes that seems like a pretty clear signal there from google's boss if you want to go up you probably need to be in the office what about the future of remote work that we all talked about about a year ago. now well i mean quite obviously working from an office says not entirely vanished and if you look at the tech companies it's interesting google was one of the 1st big tech firms a year ago or in the summer to tell their employees they can work from home

facebook's mark zuckerberg, google's sundar pichai, and twitter's jack dorsey are testifying on their role in distributing misinformation. this comes on the heels of the riots in january and the disabling of president trump's account. they're interesting to see how they try to get ahead of regulation that is almost inevitable for these big tech jets. 1:00 p.m., this is what we are all watching, even tom keene from the beach. $62 billion of seven-year notes. yesterday's 5-year note sale, very calm and orderly, even as people expect the fed to start tapering bond purchases that they are making every month. what are the dynamics going to look like? how much is this due to the floor and demand coming back? how much are we going to see a weakening in demand if we get further out the maturity curve? this will be president biden's very first news conference at 1:15. a lot of people have been saying, what took you so long, given the migrant crisis, the china relationship which is increasingly strained, given some of the confusion around the vaccine rollout and school guidance? people are goin

pichai, yes or no? have a deep sense of responsibility but i think we worked hard this election it was one of our most substantive effort. >> is that a yes or a no? >> congressman, it's a complex question. >> okay. we will move on. mr. dorsey? >> yes, but you also have to take into consideration a broader ecosystem. it's not just about the technology platforms we use. >> tucker: now, wait a second. do we have news here? did a theoryial bud diss techno god jack dorsey just emerge to admit culpability for the january 6th riot at the capitol? of course he didn't. not in a real sense he took no responsibility and he will pay no price. unlike hundreds of other people who were there that day, some of whom did nothing wrong, jack dorsey isn't going to jail. he is not going to be fined or charged with sedition. an anonymous capitol hill cop isn't going to shoot him. jack dorsey has admitted nothing. what he has done instead cleverly, smarter than he looks, is created a justification for even more censorship on

facebook mark zuckerberg, twitter jack dorsey and google's sundar pichai will appear remotely in frontargue their platforms are mirror of society. they're not creating fracture we're all seeing. facebook mark zuckerberg will say this in his opening statement. our society is deeply divided. we see that in our services too. they will get a lot of questions from democrats how social media led to go lies around covid vaccinations, presidential elections and how that spread like wildfire. there is a lot to talk about "the daily caller" editorial director vince collagnese. vince, republicans will hit how platforms amplify one side of the argument, censor things that turn out to be true. so how many times have we been here, and will anything ever change? >> i think unfortunately it is only going to get more sensoruos, difficult to create free thought on social media platforms. made more difficult the democrats control the house, senate, white house and house of representatives. they want social media companies to censor their users that is the pressure they have been unsince donald trump was

that say they use facebook while just 22% surveyed say they use twitter but melissa, when you watch pichaithe hill, it's almost always facebook and twitter that get the brunt of the questions and criticism. >> deirdre, you mentioned taking this one song down could lead to other songs being taken down for racist or misogynist lyrics. is there a reason to have songs up there that have racist or misogynist lyrics? >> youtube says there are exceptions when there are artistic benefits. i did ask them to clarify in the case of this song. i didn't get a response there. but, you know, that's what they're sticking to, it could be artistic, it can be educational, and one other category -- no, just educational and artistic. so they would argue that this song, called "meet the flockers," feits into one of those categories, they didn't say which. >> deirdre, thank you. deirdre bosa on this story >>> advertisers said they were going to have a one-month boycott for content they found racist on platforms and facebook specifically and some of those boycotts extended into year end this is the early stages o

pichai, yes or no? >> we also feel a deep sense of responsibility, but i think we worked hard this election effort, was one of our most substantive efforts. >> is that a yes or no? >> congressman, it is a complex question. >> okay. we'll move on. mr. dorsey? >> yes, but you also have to take into consideration a broader ecosystem. >> as for the investigation into the insurrection itself, a new nbc news analysis of federal election commission filings reveal people allege to be among the january 6th insurrections drastically increased donations to the failed former president after his election loss. more of the insurrections are being arrested including a former new york police officer who is alleged to have played a tambourine in the halls of the capitol. we are learning about a possible insurrection coordination between several domestic extremist groups. the department of justice alleged in court filings one of the members of the oath keepers, kelly megs, claimed to coordinate with the proud boys and an

but this time, mark zuckerberg of facebook, sundar pichai of alphabet, and jack dorsey of twitter faces about their cmpanies' own responsibility in the january 6 riots. william brangham reports. and for the record, the chan zuckerberg initiative is a funder of the newshour. >> brangham: judy, there was tough criticism from both sides of the aisle today. on the democratic side, several lawmakers tried to pin the executives down on whether they bore responsibility for the circumstances that led to january 6. that included congressfrank pallone of new jersey. he contended the companies' businesses are dependent on heavy engagement on content, rerdless of its veracity. >> the dirty truth is that they are relying on algorithms to purposefully promote conspiratorial, divisive, or extremist content, so that they can take money-- more money-- and add dollars. >> brangham: not all of the focus was on misinformation. republicans were critical of whathey see as heavy-handed censorship and silencing on the platforms. cathy mcmorris-rodgers of washington state, the top republican on the committee,

but, this time, mark zuckerberg of facebook, sundar pichai of alphabet, and jack dorsey of twitter face their companies' own responsibility in the january 6 riots. william brangham reports. and for the record, the chan zuckerberg initiative is a funder of the "newshour." william: judy, there was tough criticism from both sides of the aisle today. on the democratic side, lawmakers tried to pin these executives down on whether they bore any responsibility for the ocean of election misinformation that in part led to the events of january 6. for example, congressman frank pallone of new jersey today, he contended that these companies are so dependent on heavy, heavy engagement of content, and that they don't really care whether that content is true or not. rep. pallone: the dirty truth is that they are relying on algorithms to purposely promote conspiratorial, divisive, or extremist content, so that they can take money, more money in ad dollars. william: republicans -- it wasn't all about misinformation today. republicans, for their part, were largely critical of the -- what they argue is s

. >>> today, mark zuckerberg, sundar pichai and jack dorsey on online misinformation and disinformationt noon. >>> today president biden holds his first official news conference since taking office. watch live coverage beginning at 1:15 p.m. on c-span3 or listen to the c-span radio app. >>> this month we're featuring american history programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. lonnie bunch serves at the smithsonian institution. tonight his association with ken burns about the complexity of telling the american story. watch at 8:00 eastern tonight and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> c-span3 is your unfiltered view of government, created by america's cable television companies. today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span3 to viewers as a public service. >>> now to capitol hill where senate majority leader chuck schumer is holding a news conference on the senate agenda. live coverage here on c-span3. blaf. >>> senate majority leader holding a news conference on the democrats' legislative agenda. it's expected t

three times with sundar pichai, jack dorsey.n afford the lawyers. when you hear mark zuckerberg come rig late us. maybe we need to change section 230. you know who can afford to make the changes, adhere to the new rule changes? a big company like facebook. so this really enstretches the large players. you hear from sundar pichai, as edward lawrence pointed out, alphabet, google, ceo, if you change section 230, he is pointing finger at hurting the lawmakers constituents. this doesn't hurt us. it hurts the consumers, not just here in the u.s. but globally. so there are some typical arguments that you're hearing from social media tech ceos because they have been on capitol hill so many times. stuart: yes they have. it's a repeat performance really, isn't it? we'll take a break but we're going to figure out what is going on with the market. it has turned big time south. 300 down for the dow as we speak. >>> coming up here is what we have, joe concha, lawrence jones, senator shelly moore capito and more. plus, two hours from now pres

sundar pichai says outlawing 230 could prevent platforms from protecting users twitter is pushing industryike the bird-watch and blue sky initiatives. we will see if facebook ends up with friends when the ceos testify this afternoon back to you. >> clever. thank you, ylan. joining us to talk more about the hearing is joanne litman she is a cnbc contributor. and emily glazer emily, this is not the first time these three are testifying before congress, but the first time since the january 6th insurrection at the capitol. >> it will be intense, becky we saw social media connecting messages ahead of the riots. and we know one of the groups had research which was spreading partisan messages. some of the messages have clamped down facebook with more groups. mark zuckerberg reduced exposure to political content twitter and google have done more as well i think we might see lawmakers seeing too little too late >> joanne, we talked about the differences on the two sides the democrats see this problem from one perspective the republicans see it from another. i wonder if that means these companies wi

mark zuckerberg supports forming -- supporting the shield but sundar pichai is -- to any changes.eport has fewer than 10% of ceos in the industry are women. fewer than 6% are black or ethnic minority representation. that's the bloomberg business flash. anna: thank you very much. let's focus in on a sector that has been very newsworthy of late. travel and leisure. ryanair expected to flight 80% of pre-pandemic capacity by the end of summer. ceo joint guy johnson a jonathan ferro. -- joined guy johnson and jonathan ferro. >> life will return to normal and i think covid will still be with us but it will be more similar to the annual cold. >> as you know right now it's illegal to go on holiday. we've got a problem. my question would be how hard you lobbying for the issue and how close are we to a breakthrough? >> it's illegal to drive over the speed limit but a lot of people do it too. >> you're saying your summer is relying on people breaking the law? >> no. travel will be much more restricted. but people between the u.k. in europe as well. >> talking about the idea that you will be

but when asked for a yes or no answer, the leaders of facebook and alphabet --, with sundar pichai thinkquestion. boeing set to resume delivering it's 737 dreamliner's this week. it ends a five-month halt while mechanics search for tiny structural flaws. sources tell us the initial shipment is expected as soon as friday. boeing is likely to hand over two or three of the jets this month. warren buffett is proposing an over $8 billion solution for texas' power good to avoid a repeat of the blackout. the bird -- firm is asking state lawmakers to approve the plan. it would add about 10 gigawatts of gas plants and emergency gas storage. that is the bloomberg business flash. anna: laura wright with your business flash, your corporate news stories in london. and his first formal press conference, president biden -- and on vaccines, targeting 200 million shots administered by the end of april. he vowed not to let china surpassed the u.s. and global influence. pres. biden: by my 100 day in office, have administered 200 billion shots in people's arms. my plan is to run for reelection, that's my ex

pichai echo --?di: awkward moments and grilling there for the ceos of facebook twitter and alphabet taking questions from u.s. lawmakers over the handling of misinformation. our west coast reporter ed ludlow has more. ed, with the back-and-forth, what did we learn ultimately echo is there a fix? >> we learned the three ceos are split on the way forward. of course, on the political side, both sides of the aisle, despite it being a bipartisan initiative, have differing views about what to do. the ceos -- mark zuckerberg was clearly the most amenable to adjusting section 230 of the 1996 munication's decency act. that is the law that gives big tech a liability shield from anything posted on their platforms by users. that is the crux of what is happening here. the other end of the spectrum you have alphabet ceo who is basically saying, do not make changes. if you change it to severely, content moderation laws, you could harm users by basically limiting their freedom of expression. somewhere in the middle

on thursday facebook ceo, mark zuckerberg, sundar pichai, and jack dorsey testify on combatting online misinformation before a subcommittee virtual hearing. watch live at noon eastern on c-span 3, online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. a number of advocates and public health officials testified on ending domestic violence before the house education and labor subcommittee on civil rights and human services. witnesses shared how the covid-19 pandemic has had an effect on women and families, resulting in a increase of domestic violence cases. >> welcome everyone. i note that the court must present. the subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on ending the cycle, examining ways to prevent domestic violence, and promote healthy communities. i note for the subcommittee that full committee member, mcbath of georgia is joining, us and is commit to participating on today's hearing with the understanding that her questions will come after all members of the subcommittee on both sides of the aisle who are present have had an opportunity to question the witnesses. thi

on thursday facebook ceo, mark zuckerberg, sundar pichai, and jack dorsey testify on combatting online misinformation before a subcommittee virtual hearing. watch live at noon eastern on c-span 3, online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. a number of advocates and public health officials testified on ending domestic violence before the house education and labor subcommittee on civil rights and

nasdaq has gone positive i mentioned that because we had the ceos on the hill yesterday, zuckerberg, pichaind talking about the stocks being cheap and apple had come down a lot but not enough. out in put the faangs into perspective for me now and what i'm supposed to do now. >> i know this is going to shock people, but i thought that zuckerberg did a great job yesterday. i did. i thought he was intelligent honest very good. and i don't think he really, he repped himself well. i think one of the things that i'm seeing, is when you said that interest rate, they ticked back down, just a little bit, that ignited the nasdaq. okay, so facebook, facebook i like amazon, i think it's going to have a great quarter it's going to be terrific. alphabet, i think is going to have a great quarter because of advertising. and netflix is going to have a great quarter because of international sales. and the one that is the most question is apple, apple puts out, as in a story, they have a rugged watch, we, i'm not kidding, service revenue, is the way for apple to go. but apple, i was hoping that you could get

. >> ylan, this isn't their first rodeo, the tech ceos, sundar pichai has testified three times, facebook'sress in place, a new administration in place, but in all reality, how much do we actually expect to change in terms of regulation off of this testimony we hear today? >> well, not that much immediately. you know, what democrats are framing this as is a solution oriented hearing, previous hearings were focused on sort of finding out information about the companies. they really want to sort of pave the way for their own new piece of legislation around reforming section 230. but the reality here is there's not yet consensus on capitol hill for how to tackle this, and by the way, you can't do this through budget reconciliation, so you would need to work with republicans in order to get anything done. and that pushes the time frame out for actual legislative action on section 230 out until next year at the very earliest >> ylan, thank you. >>> ylan mui, anger on social media in china overnight a statement from nike resurfacing over concerns of forced labor our eunice yoon has been the follo

sundar pichai said policy changes could hurt the consumer.terday with jack dorsey tweeting this out in the middle. a lot of lawmakers were asking questions for yes or no answers and that is hard to do when you are dealing with complicated issues. frustrating for dorsey. stuart: do they hate trump? yes, i think that's pretty clear. not dismissing it. headline in "washington post", the virus is not over, but it's psychological grip on the united states has a weekend. i agree with that. axle, i think it's an understatement. more on that and it might take at the top of the 11:00 o'clock hour. president biden says he knows why migrants are surging the border. >> people are coming because i'm a nice guy that i'm a decent man. you know, that's why they are coming because they know biden is a good guy. stuart: really? some of those unaccompanied minors are victims of human trafficking and that's a huge problem. we will deal with it. ♪♪ ♪♪ some say this is my greatest challenge ever. but i've seen centuries of this. with a companion that powers a digi