losing one's social security number. witnesses include social security administration acting commissioner, nancy berryhill, mcafee chief technology officer and the counsel for the electronic privacy information center. they talk about recommendations regarding data privacy laws, identity authentication, social security number modernization and identity theft protection for this is just under 90 minutes. >> good morning and welcome to today's hearing on the future of social security and its number.the social security card and the social security number were created in 1936, believe it or not. the social security administration contractor earnings and correctly determine benefits today's use of social security numbers for everything -- [laughter] you need one. when you get a job, buy a house or open a new credit card, given all of the ways we use it, it is no wonder social security numbers are a valuable target for identity thieves. for years, i have been dedicated to doing all i can to protect americans from identity thef

social security numbers. the acting head of the social security administration had witnesses from an anti-virus software company and a privacy group testified at the hearing. good morning. and welcome to today's hearing on the future of social security. the social security card and social security number were created in 1936, believe it or not. so the social security administration can track earnings and correctly determine benefits. today's use of social security numbers for everything. you need one. so when you gate job, buy a house, or open a new credit card. given all the ways we use it, it's no wonder social security numbers are a valuable target for identity thieves. for years, i've been dedicated to doing all i can to protect americans from identity theft by protecting the privacy of social security numbers. military ids no longer use social security and medicare is sending new cards without numbers -- social security numbers to seniors across the country. for a long tim keeping social security numbers

the social security card and the social security number were created in 1936, believe it or not. so the social security administration could track earnings and correctly determine benefits. today's use of social security numbers for everything. so when you get a job, buy a house or open a new credit card, given all the ways that we use it is no wonder the social securitthat socialsecurity numbe target for identity thieves. forrg years i've been dedicatedo giving all i can to protect america, americans from identity theft by protecting the privacy of social security numbers. military id i ids no longer use social security numbers. and medicare is now sending new cards without numbers, social security numbers to seniors across the country. and last year, congress made all the federal agencies stop mailing documents that contain social security numbers unless it is absolutely necessary. for a long time, keeping social security numbers secret and keeping them safe. but after so many high-profile data breaches like equifax and in anthem they were stolen, it is clear that it isn't a se

we will also hear from social security about what it takes to get a new social security number when it has been stolen and when it is often harder to do than it should be. i recently learned of the case of aizona where the mother child whose social security number had been stolen was told she needed to change her name,er's name and last first, middle, and last name, before her daughter could get a new social security number. can you believe that? that is wrong. but what is worse is having to change your name isn't social security policy. hoop to jumpra through made up by a field office employee. little girlappy the eventually got a new number without having to change her name, getting a new number should not be so difficult. it should not take a local news story were call from a congressional office for social security to do right by those looking for help. ,dentity theft is on the rise and we must take a hard look at the future of social security numbers, both how it is used and if social security needs to do things differently. we have a responsibility to do all we can to better prot

misinformed. - [susan] social media is a social good.re those who use the channels and the platforms for malfeasance, and in some cases, for literally doing evil. - people are a lot more clear-eyed now about the role of social media, that it, in and of itself, is not good or bad. it's those who use it. (chanting) - [narrator] dubbed by some as the facebook, or twitter, revolution, the 2011 arab spring saw widespread use of social media. - it has no power of control from anyone. there is no way to fake it, or anything like this. - the arab spring is a case study in the birth of social media as a force for change. it was something that was going to bring democracy. it was going to help inform everyone. it was part of the revolution and, therefore, part of the spread of democracy. - you also saw that a few years earlier, in iran in 2009. you saw it a little bit afterwards, with the gezi park demonstrations in turkey. that is this is part of any public uprising. it is very powerful, and it is very hard for any state to deal with. - in tunisi

in fiscal 2017, 15.6 million my social security users accessed their social security statements nearly 46 million times and we mailed around 13.5 million statements. in addition to basic benefit information, the statement includes information on how work effects benefits, how a worker's claiming decision affects survivors benefits, how to avoid medicare late enrollment penalties and information on average life expectancy. another valuable resource is our web site. each month, nearly 15 million people visit us on line to get the information they need to make informed decision about their benefits. that includes our retirement estimator which is a powerful, popular and accurate tool that uses an individual's earnings information from our records and allows him or her to input a few pieces of information to receive an estimate of benefits. it returns benefit estimates at age 62 at full retirement age and age 70 or any age in between. according to independent surveys of customer satisfaction, our retirement estimator is one of government's highest-rated web sites. we recognize not everyone

her retirement was social security. that's why i know looking at statistics when it comes to the beneficiaries of that retirement or that money that they count on. our women are women and children. like my grandmother. i do not support any cuts. i appreciate the position that you're in. i also know talking with some of your employees that live in my state in the benefits of having those offices open. there is the interaction. and then not working together. they are out there and they are aging. there gonna need that open. i do not support cuts. there is ways that you can address this issue. all of those people that rely and work so hard in their lives. they are relying on that type of retirement. the other thing i appreciate the conversation today as well. i also have an italian american grandparents i could tell you you are very good dr.. believe it or not like brandies with that. he was always in the doctor's office. they said lawrence here is getting old. this is about lifestyle and healthiness. would you please and

in fiscal 2017, 15.6 million my social security is accessed their social security statements nearly 46 million times. and remailed around 13.5 million statements. in addition to basic benefit information has worked benefits, how workers claim a decision affects survivor benefits how to avoid late enrollment penalties and information on average life expectancy. another valuable research resource is our website.each month nearly 15 million people visit us online to get the information they need to make informed decisions about their benefits. the website includes the retirement estimator which is a powerful popular and accurate tool. it uses in individuals actual earnings information from our records and allows him or her to input a few pieces of information to receive an estimate of benefits. every terms benefit estimates at age 62 at full retirement age and 70. or at any age in between. according to independent surveys of satisfaction l retirement estimator is one of governments highest rated websites. not everyone chooses to use the internet. our employees assist the public in a varie

without those collectives it is really hard to make any social movement or social change. people may argue that it is different in the age of the internet. we are assembling online. my claim is that this is fundamentally not true. we are able to assemble, perhaps, in the blink of an eye very quickly but it's not dedication. things are hard. fact, one of the biggest public health considerations now is that because we have these personal devices on us at all times we are more and more in our own personal spaces. we are less likely to have interpersonal relations. generational researchers are seeing that, particularly with the younger generation. the igen, the generation that does not know life without the internet. they are perhaps more vocal on social issues but much less likely to participate in civic engagement activities. when we are talking about saving democracy, if it has to do with civic participation, that the conversation that needs to be had. in 2014, this generation was first able to vote in a midterm. they were 33% less likely to show up than the former generati

that triggers a wave of of discussion on ten is social media and. this credit china's state media so that the. spokesman of china's defense minister has to appear for the press and say i'm sorry it's just a fake this case shows that we should not only talk about the negative. influences upon this very widespread ing journalism done by almost everyone we should also see the hope that they could be a risk reprise intended but how hopeful can you be when you see that the chinese regime is now cracking down on social media as well absolutely tightening its grip on social media i simply don't believe that they can because within their government there are so many conflicting interests every ministry ministry wish to bring their information their shoes they. actually conflicted with the other ministry every party organization in the one province is a conflict the other party organization part of the juggling of the. chinese social media was founded was supported by just this come conflicting parties within the ruling party within the government we are liv

i received many letters from children who have been bullied or feel threatened on social media. i am here with one goal, helping our children. i believe if we all come together we can start to effect positive change for our children. much of my focus has been toward understanding the negative effects the opioid epidemic is having on our children and young mothers. i have seen firsthand both the medical and personal resolve. and while these cries are receiving the calls of our country the american people have , responded. i am proud of this administration's commitment to battling this epidemic. i want to nurture and protect the most valuable part of our society and our future -- children. i hope you will join me today in my effort and ask for your support. and i believe together we can make a real difference. [applause] announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the first lady of the united states, mrs. melania trump. [applause] mrs. trump: thank you. good afternoon. welcome to the white house. as a mother and as first lady, it concerns me that in today's fast paced and ever-connected worl

social pressure on social media companies is appropriate as well. again, it is a political social solution to a political and social program -- problem. ask them to do better in certain circumstances. it is not government policy on everyone. you're going to have to muddle through. there is no easy answers to any of that. in thinking about potential russian interference, it is a difference of resources. it is not that we have to look outside our country for people with political aims who are trying to game the system to influence up people. documented cases, there was an excess of resources. that does not make it a small thing. it is nick exaggeration of an existing problem. -- it is an exaggeration of an existing problem. i tried to be quick on the draw. i am from au. my question is for everybody's favorite uncle. others can chime in if they want to. i'm wondering if your analyses are recent enough, or if you are seeing any changes in the last year and a half? anecdotally, it feels like, i watch late-night tv, we see that stephen colbert got a lot m

that is not a standard social met -- social networks use. people are coming out and saying, we are putting our values first and acting more like a publisher. are we ok with moving a little the direction of the social network, acting like publishers with editorial discretion? >> i would say if we're going to redefine for moving to platforms or publishers, we go back to what i talked about earlier. publisher of content, tv and radio or whatever, a telecommunication company, the world has changed. that was an argument in my opening statement. social media giants have become that. we have to re-examine how we in the rules by which they play because they are not playing by the same rules as everyone else. i we may want -- may not want to withld definitions regulations of different ways. he talks about regulations have to look different. we look at a couple how it shoue your socialn import network into a new platform or a that is different .egulation >> i'm just saying is the environment online, on the internet, because google is controlling 75%,

for example, if you observe chinese social media, almost of state media to social media was questied. chinese state mea y our economy is running well, some of the social media say no, no, no, this figure or that figure -- you do not know if the figure it -- it's the reality, but you know the people disapprove. president xi jinping is a very mighty figure, and he is compared with winnie the pooh. chinese media was shut down, the winnieed post the pooh picture, and it spread .ll over chinese media i don't think that people don't of whaty take care really is important to them, to their daily life, how they are , if someone is going to kill them or do some harm to them. they care quite a lot, but they do not care in the form we are used to know. journalistsclassic put too much attention to the classic newspapers, to the televisions and so on, and now, it is the difficulty to figure social media and other alternative forms -- i don't say they are correct -- how important they are becoming moodeasuring the real within a country. woulda: antje bauer, how you assess the role of social media i

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social security -- he decided we have to go after? social security and medicare? now we needed to do something about social security and medicare. that's the only way to find room to pay for it. i don't know a whole lot of people in the top 1/10 of 1% or the top 1% who are relying on social security when they retire. i don't know a lot of them. maybe you guys do. so we need a program of progressive tax code that treats workers as job creators, not just investors from a leg gets rid of unprotected loopholes, like stepped up basis, the raises enough revenue to make sure that the social security and medicare can stay. instantly the adjustments. it can stay. and pay for the things we all of knowledge will grow the country.

between social media, social action, and enjoying the public sphere. satire is now constantly part of it. i had someone told me they had been in a march. they told me, you are right, how many signs did i see that were trying to compete to be more witty and ironic? this is different. it was not like that in the 1960's. this is cool. and i think it is really , exciting because it gives me a reason to keep working on this. i don't know how much of my time i used. i have five minutes. i also will be here all day, in the evening, so you can ask me questions about any of this anytime you want. thank you. [applause] >> can you talk about why there is so many fewer conservative satirists? prof. mclennan: that is another question i always get. the answer people want me to give is that because conservatives are grouchy and stupid. but that is not true. , there are conservative satirists. there are just not as many. the argument we used to make was that conservatives believe in the status quo, and satirists do not. as a fundamental thing, they want to keep author

the past decade consolidating his power across all branches of government the proposed changes to social security programs may have just been the tipping point for thousands who are demanding that he steps down and we've been following the story very closely has really come with a look back at how things develop. ah. thousands of nicaraguans saying their national anthem during protest against the president daniel ortega a seventy two year old former left to secure a leader and across the country and from the diaspora one point four million have called to s.o.s. nicaragua confidentiality an independent multimedia publication in nicaragua has covered the growing unrest in a series of viral cartoons are take us unpopular move to reform nicaragua as institute of social security system is cited as the initial trigger for the protests the changes would have required workers to pay more and retiree's to receive less or take the scraps of the changes after nicaraguans took to the streets but hundreds were injured and dozens died in the violent protests march by allegations that police used live

or social media so that people don't trust the classical t.v. or classical press anymore this is beaching to the complete new reality in staying there. we saw that happen didn't we with this script all attacks where suddenly the russian government had about eight different possible explanations of that all contradicted each other but the point was precisely to set up that kind of set system of alternative truths so obvious so it's very very good to during the crisis in ukraine two thousand interest thirteen in two thousand and fourteen as the news popped up in the vaster media as well it's very not real news but the fake news founded by the russian propaganda machine coming back to the second part of our title we asked who cares shipping fact checkers continually disapprove not only president trump's claims but those of latin to putin than those of other strong men and yet it seems like that doesn't generate all that much outrage you know i wouldn't say that i think the ultra rich are being differently channeled for example if you observe chines

many important social and economic advances are communist in origin especially social security which was introduced by a communist minister in one thousand nine hundred five. i believe that euro communism was a key moment during the one nine hundred seventy s. euro communism came into being when the european communist parties understood that the soviet system was collapsing. euro communism in western europe emerged under the shadows of the cold war the new reborn socialist model was to cast off the shackles of soviet doctrine and of taine democratic legitimacy. this idea found enthusiastic supporters in many countries especially italy and france. but even as communist parties in western europe increasingly distanced themselves from the soviet union communist east germany became ever more vocally supportive of moscow. in communist east germany the party to an authoritarian methods to enforce its interpretation of the marxist legacy in which the freedom of dissent had no place. even the renaming of can not says karl marx on may tenth one thousand fifty three was an important acknowledg

the agreements contain all provisions mandated by section 233 of the social security act and pursuant to section 233-c-4 other provisions which i deem appropriate to carry out the purposes of section 233. i also transmit for the information of the congress a report required by section 233-e-1 of the social security act on the estimated number of individuals who will be affected by the agreement and the agreement's estimated cost effect. also included are a summary of the main provisions of the agreement and an annotated version of the agreements with descriptions of each article. the department of state and its social security administration concluded that these agreements are in the national interest of the united states. i commend the congress the agreement on social security between the united states of america and iceland and the administrative arrangement between the competent authorities of the united states of america and iceland for the implementation of the agreement on social security between the united states of america and iceland. signed, donald john trump, the white hous

popular move to reform that god was institute of social security system is cited as the initial trigger for the protests the changes would have required workers to pay more and retiree's to receive last scrap of the changes after nicaraguans took to the streets but hundreds were injured and dozens died in the protests marked by allegations that police used live ammunition many student protesters were detained and released after days of ongoing protests but emerged from prison with shaved heads some accuse the police of torturing them during their captivity protesters are now calling on ortega to resign and his wife. to step down as vice president her support of a multimillion dollar art project to beautify the capital with metal trees is just one of the reasons nicaraguans feel the government has lost touch with its revolutionary ideals now at least forty three people are reported dead in the anti-government demonstrations one of the dead was on the hona. the committee to protect journalists is calling on nicaraguan authorities to conduct an investigation into the death of this journali

social media has been alight with nicaraguans in the country and they are weighing in on what they see as the best way forward there is lots to discuss today and if you're following the protests we want to hear from you. president daniel ortega a one time revolutionary hero has been in power since two thousand and six he has spent the past decade consolidating power across all branches of government propose changes to social security programs may have just been the tipping point for thousands who are demanding that he step down we have been following the story closely with a look back at how things developed. thousands of nicaraguan thing their national anthem during protests against the president daniel ortega a seventy two year. old former left to secure a little leader and across the country and from that they asked for a one point four million have called to s.o.s. nicaragua confident seattle an independent multimedia publication in nicaragua has covered the growing unrest in a series of viral cartoons are take us unpopular move to reform that god was institute of social security s

today manipulation on social networks. old fashion bloggers. and digital forest sprites but first the e.u. . data privacy shake up comes into effect may twenty first it's designed to protect personal information empower users and control large scale businesses that gather data but smaller organizations could face difficulties. may twenty fifth is d.-day for anyone in the business of data collection the e.u. general data protection regulation has been welcomed by privacy activists. digital users anyone on facebook or shopping online will have better tools to enforce their rights they can find out what companies know about them and apply to have mistakes rectified they can force companies to delete their data or stop them from processing their data and building a profile in the first place. what will change for users to begin with users will be better informed they must actively choose how they want their personal data to be processed and saved and they can withdraw consent at any time. they also be able to download their data. or have it to leas

this work, whichever direction you go in from social work to social policy is hard. it is easy to get lost in it. so many folks get caught up in their singular contributions, but that can actually be a hindrance to progress. the list is always more than you expected, and part of the problem is folks trying to beat singular heroes instead of the avengers. that was my joke, y'all. [laughter] unless you saw infinity war, no spoilers. this work is best done in community. whether you are an msw or nonprofit executive, it is important to find like i did folk who have a similar vision to commiserate with, and win with. next is sharpen your instincts. you are going to be advised over and over again to follow your instincts. i think it is the advice people give up on they don't have an answer. but here is what few people will tell you. they will tell you to follow your instincts but they won't tell you how to keep your instincts sharp. just saying follow your instincts assumes that your instincts will never failure. that is not true. anything that functions better when it is

big data and social media. and foreign interference in our 2016 election.we are trying to tease out what exactly happened or didn't happen. mr. wylie, let me start with you. cambridge university professor michael kaczynski studied the use of facebook data and found based on average, 68 facebook likes by user, what you liked or disliked. you could predict sexual orientation, political party affiliation, race, with 85% accuracy. further factors like religious affiliation, alcohol or drug use , even whether your parents were divorced, could be deduced. is that your understanding of that analysis? do you think cambridge analytica and the work of professor cogan used that predictive power to develop algorithms that then weaponized differences between americans for electoral gain? mr. wylie: so the basis of the research we were doing at cambridge analytica was from the papers that you are citing from dr. kaczynski. approachreplicated his and sought to improve it. did i correctly summarize the incredibly high correlation you could show in terms of really knowing t

differences over racial, social, and political issues.ition on each sidearmed not with pitchforks and torches, but keystrokes and hash tags. today's hash tag was #boycottc, some arguing roseanne shoulbe fired. others after the decision was made that she shouldn't have been. >> she was a trump supporter in real life and her character, and there were a lot of people who liked the show because of that. and they believed that's the reason the show was canceled. so abc will still face a backlash because of that. but they will overcome it. and that's a backlash they can endure by being on the right side of racism. >> reporter: and today, while abc faced backlash for roseanne's comments, starbucks was responding to backlash of its own, closing stores across the country midday for an afternoon of anti-discrimination training. >> we're going to train 175,000 starbucks partners, we call our employees partners, on this anti-bias training. and we realize that this is just one step in a journey. >> reporter: that step a direct response to this video t

to shed the social safety net. i want to i want to thank the chairman to have to lead what we call the conscious of the congressional black caucus and i thank our chairman, chairman richmond, who is the one who came up with this idea for us. as we paint a picture of the black community in 2018, it is clear that we have a lot to lose, because too many of our neighborhoods unfortunately are still plagued by poverty, dysfunctional and crime. the g.o.p. progress not working we have a group hell bent on enacting jaded, outdated economic backwards legislation in the form of snap that would throw thousands of recipients off the rolls. and according to the nonpartisan center of budget priorities, snap is the country that is most for over 15 and years, state and federal policy makers have worked on a bipartisan basis to strip the snap. the g.o.p. would take a large ep backwards by reducing benefits to more than two million people. let me be clear. it's not just about programs and policies enacted by the g.o.p. and president

social security. and medicare. now, we need to do something about social security and medicare. that's the only way you can find room to pay for it. i don't know a whole lot of people in the top one tenth of 1% or the top 1% relying on social security when they retire. i don't know a lot of them. maybe you guys do. so we need a pro-growth progressive tax code that treats workers as job creators, not just investors. that gets rid of unprotected loop holes like stepped up bases and raises enough revenue to make sure the social security and medicare can stay, still needs adjustments, but can stay.