if you go to other twitters like nba twitter or k-pop twitter, you see the complete opposite. lot of empowering conversation. so we do have a lot of focus right now on some of the negative things, given the current environment. and i believe it's important to see those. i believe it's important to see the dark areas of society so that we can acknowledge and address them. i think the only way to address them is through conversation. but it is hard, especially when it feels toxic and you want to walk away from it. >> what about incentives that encourage the extremes, encourage polarization? >> just packibacking up a bit, when we started the company and the service 12 years ago, we weren't necessarily thinking about some of the repercussions from our actions. and they looked quite small at the time. for instance, we thought, you know, well, people are following you, so we should count them. and then we should put that count right on your profile page. and obviously people care about that. so we should make it big. but that one small choice, and it felt very small at the time, and

i would say that absolutely none of this is justified twitter's a private company has the right to do this that does not mean that they should do this they're setting a horrific example by turning their platform into a pro-state left wing ideologues operation rather than as an open marketplace for ideas and there's something that's actually very personal to our campaign the for president campaign we have had our bladder blocked on facebook because we have had ads to end the war on drugs legalize guns and various other things that are opposed to the state oppose the military industrial complex this is an ongoing problem across facebook it's across twitter and i would say that while you have the right to do that i think it's absolutely the wrong thing to do and just to clarify thing you pretty much said that you would say that this approach from them is an ideological one above anything else absolutely i mean when they're not blocking hard core left wing activists they're blocking hardcore libertarian activists they're not blocking the people who think it's ok to use the state to rob pe

coming up, twitter ceo feeling the heat, especially on twitter.ack dorsey's decision to allow conspiracy theorist to a operate online -- to continue to operate online has the twitterverse outraged. plus, bitcoin's roller coaster year continues. this is bloomberg. ♪ two, down and back up. our phones are more than just phones. they are pocket sized personal trainers... last minute gift finders... siri: destination ahead. and discoverers of new places. it's the internet in your hand. that's why xfinity mobile can be included with xfinity internet. which could save you hunreds of dollars a year. plus get $150 when you bring in your own phone. its a new kind of network designed to save you money. click, call or visit a store today. emily: this is "bloomberg technology." i'm emily chang in san francisco. twitter's ceo jack dorsey is being reamed for his defense of twitter refusing to take down the account of the infamous conspiracy theorist alex jones and his show "infowars." he laid out his reasoning in a series of tweets. "the reason is simple: he has

welcome back twitter has issued a twelve hour suspension to austin peterson a republican candidate in the u.s. state of missouri senate race for what it describes as abusive behavior his suspension came after a writer for the left leaning share blue website drooling between petersen's acceptance of bitcoin for campaign financing and the alleged russian hacking of a democratic senator peterson then responded with a gif featuring joseph stalin the post was deemed to have violated twitter's rules but the image was actually from its own collection and can be found on the platforms database peterson joins us live now to discuss what happened welcome to the program now first of all has your account been on blocked at this point. yes it was a temporary ban of twelve hours which doesn't sound like like much until you consider the fact that we are now six days away from a very critical senate primary race and twelve hours is a long time when you only have six days to be able to get your message out to voters twitter is directly interfering with the election here in the state of missouri at the

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jack dorsey is on the defense about twitter's platforms about content -- twitter's policies about content9 forg unveiled the note the public. we will gauge early reaction and discuss the tech giant's bigger strategy to take on the competition. ridesharing has been a booming business. were 13,000re right-shared -- ride-shared ca rs. that could all change. new york city has granted a cap on new licences, giving them the authority to set new wages for drivers. bill de blasio tried it two years ago but was shot down by the same counsel. discuss, a professor at the nyu school of business and author of the shine economy, the rise of crowd based capitalism. and bloomberg's caroline hyde, where in london, bloomberg had to appeal the possibility of having their license completely withdrawn. uber is fighting these regulatory battles around the world. how big a blow is this particular situation in new york? caroline: this is the first major u.s. city we have seen install a cap on allowing new licenses for 12 months. are worried about the national attrition rate. how do we replace them? how does the

jack dorsey is on the defense about twitter's platforms about content -- twitter's policies about content. samsung unveiled the note 9 for the public. we will gauge early reaction and discuss the tech giant's bigger strategy to take on the competition. first, to the top story. ridesharing has been a booming business. in 2015, there were 13,000 ride-shared ca rs. three years later, more than 80,000. but all that could be about to change. new york city has granted a cap on new licences, giving them the authority to set new wages for drivers. new york mayor bill de blasio tried it two years ago but was shot down by the same counsel. this after proposing a fun to bailout struggling taxi drivers, a proposal that new york rejected. with us to discuss, a professor at the nyu school of business and author of the shine economy, the rise of crowd based capitalism. and bloomberg's caroline hyde, where in london, bloomberg had to appeal the possibility of having their license completely withdrawn. -- uber had to appeal is license getting withdrawn. uber is fighting these regulatory battles around the

twitter is accused of double standards after banning an activist for offensive comments against black people. tweets against whites and challenge. the bad lines in for was one of the most popular controversial alternative news websites has been banned by leading social media platforms was described as hate speech. and that of a visit by the international chemical weapons watchdog to the next week the media continues to speculate on the poisoning case and the u.k. has asked russia to extradite suspects. national are from moscow just here in the capital and i know who can start for joining us this. conservative activist in the us has fallen foul of twitter's guidelines on racism she was in fact conducting an experiment using old tweets about white people and substituting the word white for black or jewish and has more on the story. candace owens she's from turning points usa conservative organization in the usa what she did was she took tweets from new york times journalist sarah job and simply replaced the words white with the words black or the word jewish the response of twitter was

twitter exposes your personality.o if you have a big personality that likes to make a lot of big waves, twitter is a big amplifier of that. elon has really ramped up his twitter activity and it has gotten him into trouble in a lot of cases i think there's a lawsuit about something he said about the thai rescue there and i think this is a piece with that, he's sort of using that to express his mind though i i can't imagine that he didn't have some sort of what would happen when he posted this tweet. >> you're right about that in terms of the words funding security, the board today, the discussion with elon addressed the funding for this to occur. what could that possibly mean? letter of intent in handshake? >> you would have thought it would be detailed in the blog post that musk followed up with. i think that's where you're left with that it looks like a little bit of an impulsive statement. a little bit of overpromising. and certainly up for interpretation by regulators and others as to whether it crossed the line bu

twitter and conservatives have not gotten along, and twitter has fed this, and i think jack dorsey haso needs to actually bridge the gap between conservatives and twitter. should alex jones be suspended? absolutely. twitter is a way he can get his vital revenue, which he sorely needs, because at the time of trump's aluminum tariffs, he's paying a heck of a lot more for his tinfoil hats, but i think that twitter needs to explain to conservatives and try and bridge the gap that has developed between the two sides. >> so now, michael, also the issue is going is to be discretion, you know? you're now counting on the discretion of any number of these companies, social media platforms, to determine what's out of line, who crossed the line, who should be penalized, who should be silenced, who should be restricted. how do you manage that? >> with all due respect to evan, this kind of victimization that republicans seem to be claiming when it comes to twitter, on one hand, they say let the free market decide, but on the other hand, they complain that, you know, people who are saying racist, mis

was to shut down her account candace owens says that twitter was right to take down her post and ban her for making hateful comments regarding black and jewish people she says however the outrage is that sarah jiang was not banned for making these comments about white people on the surface i actually agree with tweeter twitter is assessment i believe that what i said what i tweeted was wrong you should not be able to tweet about any race or any group that you want them canceled that they should live underground i don't know why suddenly people think that white people are excluded from that scenario that people can't be racist towards white people when in fact they often are the problem with the new york times essentially saying shinning her behavior is that they are signaling to the rest of the world that racism actually is ok as long as you pick the right race this was candice owens first statement to her followers after the ban twitter not only reinstated her account but actually apologized and said that it was a mistake for her to be banned now immediately there was a firestorm wi

>> elon should get off twitter for sure it is a distraction.gent people like to debate, so they are suckered into crazy debates with trolls he should get off twitter 100% in terms of his tweet, i like the way he phrased the tweet am considering taking tesla private. he is letting everybody know at the same time. if he had done this in the background and started to hire bankers, letting them know he is considering this, well, those people would have an information advantage over everybody else. so i like the idea of everybody getting the information at once. >> considering is one thing, security is not. >> the saudis are building up a 3, 4, 5% position. they offered multiple times to invest in the company, help them take it private. as we all know, tesla had a long dance with google, apple made overtures. there are two or three dozen sovereign wealth funds and companies here and in china who could easily write 5, 10, $20 billion checks to take the company private. i think the funding secured is accurate if the saudis are offering it, then it is

twitter tried with vine, the short video clips, and realized they could do that on twitter, so why would you want to do it .n next seconds -- six seconds there is an adaptation and adoption, and the potential is there for the consolidation media affect. but the nature also of the beast at the level. i have been indicated that we are out of time, so we want to thank the u.s. capital historical society for hosting this. thank you all for your questions and thank you for coming. >> thank you. [applause] >> so it is just left to me to wrap things up, and one of the most gratifying roles is left to me, which is to feel and express also for helping us organize not just this talk, but the entire series, and my colleague, john haskell -- maybe dr. haskell, i am not sure, and the library of congress, these wonderful surroundings, both last weekend this week, but -- we will this week, but be right around the corner next week. i want to thank c-span and the voice of america for projecting what happened here to a wider audience, including into asia. very much appreciate that. we could not do any of

twitter it is so easy to post a poll. have you ever seen a member post a poll on twitter? >> i don't recall it. we don't see every tweak that comes in the technology certainly exists to pull on facebook and twitter. >> at that point the gyroscopic model or this notion in history, the moynahan model, would be set aside. the representative is basically nothing more than a conduit or vessel to express opinions and judgment has moved its way out. i don't think we see that. i'm hesitant to say the communications-based model does not have judgment and it. we are saying this is a matter of tilting in one direction or the other. more than we've seen in the past. >> i also think members, even with the capacity, potential for social media, are geographically focused still. in order for that to happen i think there would have to be a mental shift within the membership that takes more than a few members and -- even members who think of themselves as surrogates think of themselves as district or state-based. you can see the potential for that to occur at some point. >> two quick questi

coming up, twitter ceo feeling the heat, especially on twitter. jack dorsey's decision to allow conspiracy theorists to continue to operate online has the twitterverse outraged. plus, bitcoin's roller coaster year continues. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg technology." i'm emily chang in san francisco. twitter's ceo jack dorsey is being reamed for his defense of twitter refusing to take down the account of the infamous conspiracy theorist alex jones and his show "infowars." he laid out his reasoning in a series of tweets. "the reason is simple: he hasn't violated our rules." dorsey tweeted, "if we react outside pressure rather than straightforward principles, we become a service that is constructed by our political views -- personal views that can swing in any direction. that's not us." this comes after jones and "infowars" were banned from facebook and others. we have david kirkpatrick and alistair barr. david, is jack right or wrong? david: i respect him for what he is saying, because he is at least trying to come up with some sor

liz: twitter ceo jack dorsey admits twitter bias is left-leaning, but saying twitter does not censorcoming up we have a army veteran who says wait a minute, twitter you are censoring me. he has proof. >>> tiger woods put a reporter back on his heels when the reporter recently asked questions trying to get tiger woods to criticize president trump. hear what tiger said to the reporter, we'll debate it next up. stay right there. metastatic breast cancer is relentless, but i'm relentless too. mbc doesn't take a day off, and neither will i. and i treat my mbc with new everyday verzenio- the only one of its kind that can be taken every day. in fact, verzenio is a cdk4 & 6 inhibitor for postmenopausal women with hr+, her2- mbc, approved, with hormonal therapy, as an everyday treatment for a relentless disease. verzenio + an ai is proven to help women have significantly more time without disease progression, and more than half of women saw their tumors shrink vs an ai. diarrhea is common, may be severe, and may cause dehydration or infection. before taking verzenio, tell your doctor if you h

twitter ceo jack dorsey continues to defend twitter's refusal to ban conspiracy monger alex jones.wednesday, dorsey appeared on the sean hannity radio show to reaffirm his stance. jack: in the past, we did not communicate why we would take action on tweets, or why we might suspend temporarily or permanently. we want to communicate those reasons to the person who was suspended or the tweets in question, and also the reporters. so simple communication within the product, but broadly, we haven't done a great job of communicating our principles, the guidelines that help us make the decisions in the first place. we are getting better and better step by step, but have a lot more work to do there. emily: for reaction, we went to someone intimately familiar with the perils of online hate speech, ellen pao, the former intern ceo of reddit. -- interim ceo of reddit. after she resigned, she said "in my eight months as eeo, i have -- ceo, i have seen the good, the bad, the ugly on reddit. the good has been inspiring and the ugly has made me doubt humanity." after that, how was a client at perk

twitter tried to divide those short little twitter clips and realized they could do that on twitter soould you want to do it in six second rotating things so there's that adaptation and adoption and the potential is there for the consolidation media affect but it's sort of the nature of the beast at some level i think also know i indicated that we are out of time so conan and i want to thank the society for hosting this, we had a lot of fun doing this. thank you for your questions and thank you for coming. [applause] >> so it's left to me to wrap things up and one of the most gratifying roles is that your gratitude and expressed gratitude and also the center for helping us organize not just this talk but the entire series and our colleague doctor hassell, i'm not sure. and some other people at the library of congress for these wonderful surroundings, but last weekend this week but a reminder, next week and the subsequent ones we are going to be around the corner . i want to thank c-span and voice of america for predicting what happens here a wider audience including in asia, i very muc

headlines story french opposition leader reacts furiously to finding his name on a list of suspicious twitter accounts forcing him to dig there he is not a russian vault. reels from the shock suicide of an immigration party politician who claimed she'd been raped by a muslim gang last your. disturbing video from yemen leaves humanitarian group public with this week's saudi coalition air strike on a school bus in yemen the raid claimed the lives of twenty children dozens more seriously injured. just after ten pm this friday night here in moscow welcome to our to international you know me our top story french opposition leader and former presidential candidate mellon chal has really hit back at suggestions that he is part of a russian online dissin from nation campaign hey stupid spook i'm not a russian it's just me who tweets against you although not directly accused of being a russian bought melon scholem has appeared in a list of a concho and increased twitter traffic in the wake of the assault scandal surrounding president former bodyguard the inference being moscow is pulling the strings a

i don't know, twitter is so easy to post a poll.seen a number post a poll on twitter, you know how you can do that? >> i don't recall. but we don't see every tweets. the technology certainly exist to poll on facebook and twitter.>> at that point, then like i said, the model or this notion in history, the moynahan model really then would be set aside. because then the representative is basically nothing more than a conduit or a vessel to express the opinions and judgment and it has totally moved its way out. i don't think we see that. that's why i'm hesitant to say a communication space model doesn't have any judgment in it. we're just saying this is a matter of tilting in one direction or the other. more than we've seen in the past. >> i also think that members, even with the capacity and the potential of social media are very geographically focused. in order for that to happen, which is plausible. there has to be a mental shift within the membership that takes more than just a few members and to a summer get representational model.

bloomberg technology is live streaming on twitter. watch tictoc on twitter.his is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: welcome back to "the best of bloomberg technology." samsung unveiled its galaxy note nine this week at an event in brooklyn, new york. the phone will be faster and last longer without a recharge, and will come with some automatic photo editing. these changes come with a hefty price tag. the 6.4 inch screen will start at -- $.99 and maxing out 149999 and maxing out at dollars $.99. they are struggling to fend off apple's upcoming iphones over the holidays. mark gurman and volvo donald went to the samsung unveiling in brooklyn and went to cash came to us with a full report. mark: they are positioning it as this new big thing for consumers, but what looks into his new to consumers and this phone does not look much different than its predecessor. it has a slightly bigger screen, much upgraded stylus, more storage capacity, but i do not think that is enough to move the deal to spur upgrades. emily: would you agree? bob: generally i would agree. people are not up

twitter's public policy also manages twitter's nonprofit initiatives as well as twitter for good, the company's philanthropic mission to make the world better place by harnessing its power of twitter. she is based in twitters washington, d.c. office and oversees public policy issues views ino safety and the united states. before we get the panel started, i want to go over what cyber bullying is. cyber bullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices, like cell phones, computers, and tablets. andan occur from sms, text apps, online social media forums are gaming chats were people can view and share content. it is sending, posting, or sharing harmful or negative content about someone else, personal or private information about someone else, causing embarrassment or humiliation. crosseser bullying lines unlawful or criminal behavior. i am very excited to hear from all of you and what efforts you are taking. morepe this discussion is of a conversation, but i will start off with a few questions that i think are pressing. i think we have seen the data about cyber bullying and what

a french opposition leader reacts furiously to finding his name on the list of suspicious twitter accounts forcing him to declare he is not a russian box. so at this hour the netherlands reels from the shock suicide of an anti immigration party politician who claimed she had been raped by a muslim gang last year also ahead. the latest palestinian land protesting gal's a near the israeli border a c. two killed and more than two hundred injured israel says its troops were attacked with explosives and protesters infiltrated its territory. from moscow to the world this is r.t. international i'm you know a little welcome to our top story french opposition leader and former presidential candidate john luke mellon shown really hit by rocket suggestions that he is part of a russian online dissent from ation campaign hey stupid spook i'm not a russian but it's just me who tweets against you although not directly accused of being a russian melon shell has appeared in a list of a kind showing increased twitter traffic in the wake of the assault scandal surrounding president former bodyguard the infer

michael's twitter feed does not disappoint. just in the last few days he has given us richard nixon jumping off a limo, mid town manhattan 1956, general ford's cue card from when he took the oath of office and an early selfie taken by young jackie kennedy. but then today there was this from michael and we couldn't help but notice this it said the 11th hour from this week back in 1974. indeed, for richard nixon it was the proverbial 11th hour as articles of impeachment were marching towards him. nixon announced his resignation august 8th. he remains the only president ever to do so. michael remains one of the great sources of history on social media, good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york. >>> tonight on all in. >> it is a witch hunt hoax. >> the president tells his attorney general he should immediately end the investigation of the president. >> the president is stating his opinion. >> tonight the most damming evidence yet of obstruction in plain sight. and why the trump legal team is scrambling after a letter f

so really, i think, is worried he's going to lose twitter.taff to immediately delete the tweets and they did. >> he took action on twitter, not so much. we'll see where this goes. oliver dar see, thank you. >>> rudy giuliani's september deadline isn't a priority for him. so what was giuliani's strategy there? we'll discuss next. you're live in the cnn newsroom. ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun♪ ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller transitions™ light under control™ oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (vo) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (vo) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? (vo) a two-year study showed that ozempic® does not increase the risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attack, stroke, or death. oh! no increase

at twitter headquarters. it's 11:00 a.m. on wall street and "squawk alley" is live what you want, baby i've got what you need, you know i've got it all i'm asking, fora little respect. >> good wednesday morning. i'm carl quintinilla with morgan brennan. dow's down falls below 25k for the first time since july. our bob pisani has been watching this all day long. joining us from the floor. >> hello, carl really simple. this is a little bit about contagion and maybe a little bit more about slower global growth. let's take a look at two big issues turkey contagion,raised rates. that obviously was to stave off and stop the contagion talk. we had earlier in the week raised rates we had a bit of shock when ten cent, one of the big global tech companies, big one in china, had a drop of about 2% this was partly on concerns about gaming slowdown and crack down on gaming by regulators it was a shock and our futures moved on that. take a look at what happened in terms of the sector laggards it's about emerging markets and commodities. t

you use twitter a lot and we saw the same huge dip on the back of twitter earnings.is clear twitter is not in a high-growth state. they have hit a plot to and lost users over the last quarter. the president of the united states is using it as his megaphone. it is not the next facebook. gary: it was never the next facebook. the truth is, facebook is all encompassing with instagram and who knows what mark and cheryl and the team are up to on their next m&a. the next facebook, i assume it is not priced on wall street in the same manner. if you look very closely to moon pie, a small snack brand, if you look at what wendy's is doing, the business world is starting to understand how to use facebook to drive business. we are working with kraft heinz on miracle whip. twitter is how much the backbone of driving sales at albertsons and walmart. i will say that maybe the with th oftention -- wid attention on twitter is not growing to the stock market's wants and needs, but the ways to maneuver in it and it's at three to over the last four years i have been critical and not exci

twitter -- with twitter, right?ple thought it would be the next facebook and now they are would it be.o.k. more of a niche product. snap is trying to prove there is a hunger for the type of communication that is not permanent. of course, facebook has capitalized on that popularity and build snap functionality into its own product, which makes people even less likely to download the snap app. if they think they are getting the same thing from an instagram. the ads on snap. it is one of those problems where they have to put them in the media portion of the cap, -- are communicating with friends. they have to make sure the users want to see stories from publishers. it is going to be a complicated road. emily: that was bloomberg's sarah frier. coming up, the former cisco ceo making a big bet on the cloud. joining the board of the data management company rubric. we will hear from him and the ceo next. ♪ emily: first lady melania trump told us -- a cyber bullying conference that social media could be used in positive ways

michael's twitter feed does not disappoint., he has given us richard nixon jumping off a limo, midtown manhattan, 1956. gerald ford's cue card from when he took the oath of office and an early selfie taken by a young jackie kennedy. but then today, there was this from michael and we couldn't help but notice it said "the 11th hour" right there on the cover of "newsweek" from this week back in 1974. indeed for richard nixon, it was proverbial 11th hour as articles of impeachment were marching toward him. he announced his resignation august 8th. he remains the only president ever to do so. michael remains one of the great sources of history in social media, in print and on this broadcast on a regular basis. that is our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you so very much for being here with us. good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york. rachel has the night off. we have a pretty big show. today was day two of the federal criminal trial of the president's cane chairman. prosecutors called as witnesses today several p

to put that into context for you last autumn twitter banned our t.v. from advertising on the platform and then diverted the revenue it had received from the channel two research on how the network is used during elections twitter has also decided to take the one point nine million dollars we are projected to have global advertising and donate those funds to support external research into the use of twitter in civic engagement and elections independent journalist luke rivera believes the researchers are working under political pressure. i think they are rushing through to try to satisfy the politicians on both side of the atlantic's they see this as a problem they have to deal with it but for them freedom liberty on twitter is for twitter the best thing for their uses so they had to they were under pressure from the european union in this case state they had to do something and they dedicated hundred twenty five thousand euro to the. countermeasures let's say to challenge the russian this information you could call it the embryo of the propaganda machin

this hour a french opposition leader reacts furiously to finding his name on a list of suspicious twitter accounts forcing him to declare he is not a russian. reels from the shock suicide of an immigration party politician who claims she was raped by a muslim mosque you are also ahead. goodbye to. two palestinians are killed and more than two hundred injured in the latest flare up on the israel gaza border so winter's open fire after rioters hurled explosives broke through the fence. around the clock across the world this is your r.t. international from the team myself you know me a welcome to the program or top story french opposition leader and former presidential candidate. hit back at suggestions he's part of a russian online dissin firm mation campaign hey stupid spook i'm not a russian but it's just me who tweets against you. although not directly accused of being a russian bot mellen chill appeared in a list of a common showing increased twitter traffic in the wake of the assault scandal surrounding president micron's former bodyguard the inference being moscow posed the strings al

to french opposition leader reacts furiously to finding his name on a list of suspicious twitter accounts forcing him to declare he is not a russian. netherlands or reels from the shock suicide of an anti immigration party politician who claimed he was raped by a muslim gang last year also ahead. two palestinians are killed and more than two hundred injured in the latest flare up on the israel gaza border soldiers opened fire after rioters hurled explosives and broke through the fence. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us now french opposition leader and former presidential candidate. has hit back at suggestions he is part of a russian online dissent from ation campaign hey stupid spook i'm not a russian but it's just me who tweets against you. appeared on a list of accounts showing increased twitter traffic in the wake of the scandal surrounding president micron's former bodyguard r t shall dubinsky explains why some people drew the link to russia. well a huge outcry here in france so many peo

we all saw our twitter followers go down and he just keeps net gaining?g no way that's happening. >> the only issue is that twitter will have an answer for it so they can say that they've done this or they've done that where facebook wasn't ready for those questions. so -- and he's awkward to begin with so i think you're going have a different experience with a twitter event. as far as facebook facebook's made a series of higher lows and you might be surprised and it's trapped underneath the moving averages and you might be pleasantly surprised if you're a long holder, yes, it could go either way, but it seems as though it's front loaded and coiled to spring actually on these events and not sell off >> still ahead, how would you like to get long shares of amazon for less than $20 seems crazy and mike has a way to do it and he'll show you how later in the show. i'm melissa lee. you're watching "fast money" on cnbc, first in business worldwide. here's what else is coming up on fast. >> a number of dead stocks are heating up we'll give you the names and tell

as for facebook and instagram and snapchat, they have let twitter be twitter.o how people think and the thought of ideas, you know, there is a lot of competition in short form video, but not in that aspect. there is none. they compete for ad dollars against anyone, but i think it will be a wonderful alternative. the fact that they have more quality users, they have people coming from -- and they think it is a good thing. they will take ad dollars from facebook. there is overlapping, but not direct competition. ,isa: you mentioned linkedin they got purchased by microsoft, are you looking for twitter to get purchased by someone? andrew: i would not doubt it. it could be google, microsoft or apple. twitter has become part of the fabric. they may not want the controversy involved in those companies, but i would not doubt it. i think it is a twin $5 billion market cap right now, completely small. nothing compared to the influence it had good you had a segment -- had. you had a segment about unicorns, if twitter was a private company the valuation would be closer to

that's twitter. other stories of twitter and that's why i think it's a bad place to get news, in 2012 when i was writing a blog with a colleague alex burns who i now work with at times, we interned at romney rally and she sent us quote from something that was said by romney, in the context in which she sent it to us it sounded as if romney was making fun of newt gringrich for quiet about his late mother. that was not the context at all. she hadn't heard the rest but shame was on me that i clicked publish and i should not have done that and it was sering experience that i get nauseous about because one story sneezes and the other catches a cold, i still think you have to stick -- look, if you prefer conservative news, national review is a really good website, you know, the journal tends to be more conservative leaning, i think that there are wonderful reporters at fox news and chris wallace is a great reporter, bret baier is great reporter but do i think commentary shows there travel less than news pr

you still remain on twitter and are actively engaged on twitter. when you think about this, is this -- i understand, take a step back, engaged with people in real life, it is rather there not anbut is argument for more engagement online as a result? ajit: absolutely. i'm not demonizing the platforms themselves, and i'm not demonizing the companies, by any means. obviously my primary concern is that these platforms, certain people who engage in them aren't engaging in them in the tradition of american debate, with openness and transparency and civility, and the like. it's more the way the platforms are used that i have a greater concern about. it's more of a lament about the platforms than an attack on them. it is one thing that does worry me over time. as you pointed out i'm active on twitter. i do see a lot of people are using it almost as a substitute for debate. today, as you may have seen on my twitter feed, people are using phones not for voice so much as for surfing on the internet. a very interesting trend, but i think it shows people are gr

twitter doesn't, twitter is still lousy at polices this stuff and they do go after conservatives.hey go after conservatives. they're looking for it. >> should to after all hate speech. should go after all harrassment. trish: if you were at "the new york times," would you fire her? >> if i was in a position to hold someone accountable for their words i would take all of it into context. i would take their regret and their remorse. it appears she is regetful about the statements. appears taken out of context. i don't think we live in this world where everyone gets fired because of their hateful speech. >> never should have gotten a job offer. trish: she doesn't deserve to be fired. looking tore consistency, right. this is what bugs me. i just want some fairness. >> would be good to have consistency. either she gets sacked and keeps her job and anybody can say whatever they want about anybody, use as many slurs as we wish, people can come and go as they please. anybody in that is white, says something a little off color, is sacked and totally unfair. >> this woman ought to be sacked.

could twitter do that differently?en: so, i am empathetic to the problem, because the rules can't address all the changing circumstances. so you have this clear rule, but people are trying to get around and you will make mistakes and it is always a problem, it never seems clear. but here in this case, this is a person who is perpetuating harassment across the internet and your product is being used as a tool for harassment. and these families who have had to go into hiding, like, where is your empathy for them? is this what you want your platform to contribute to? i don't understand how you can keep this -- encourage this type of information and encourage this use of your platform. emily: so it is also a question of how off-line behavior should be considered. so alex jones, for example, could be potentially guilty of perpetuating violence against these families off the platform. how much should a platform like twitter or facebook consider that? ellen: so, had this horrible experience at reddit in 2013 in april where pe

there's a feeling that twitter has been more equivocal about this than other platforms, what is the twittered out by saying... to understand where it's coming from you have to understand twitter has been, ever since the election, integrating a series of progressive policies that have been intended to clarify its content policies and allow it to police toxicity on the platform, but they've done this in very inconsistent ways. for example, they could argue... you could argue that donald trump, the us president, violates the twitter content policy repeatedly but in order to get around banning him they instituted a newsworthy policy. things like that make it seem as though they want to look as though they're fighting toxicity but not actually fight toxicity but not actually fight toxicity by banning very prominent people. if you take that into account when you look at alex jones, the logic they gave was that he hadn't actually violated their content policies, which is really, really false. that was debunked by many media outlets after they made this announcement. because of that, they then had

that's something i prompted on twitter this prompted someone else to say what else do you need to know. she tweeted "f" the police multiple times. the president re-tweeted the drudge report which calls her out. one time she said "f" the police she included a clip of an animated film she was walking in which dog raccoons with magical testicles, i kid you not, have a standoff with cops. i might question her taste in film, but does that mitigate the comment on police? no outlet is in a better police to tell us that than the times. hopefully they'll be more forthcoming. what do we know any sarah jeong? on paper she sounds impressive, a senior writer at the verge and wrote the book "the internet of garbage" and the online harassment and the difficulty f of -- and she was a fellow, and named to forbes 30 under 30 list for media in 2017, but as soon as she was hired old tweets by jeong were re-posted anonymously on twitter which sound completely racist. dumb ass "f" white people marking the internet with their opinions like dogs pissing on fire hydrants. oh, man, kind of sick how much joy i g

jillian: twitter slams on the brakes after suspending account of commentator candice owens, twitter sayslated rules locking her for 12 hours. rob: copied racist tweets made by sarah and replaced them with other racists, she say it is tweets prove double standard after time's writer was not suspended. >> you should not be able to tweet about any race for or any group that you want them canceled or live underground and you enjoy harassing them. that's the point of all of this, we should not be allowed to be racist for any group. rob: fantastic point, twitter apologized to candice owens saying lockout was an error. jillian: congressman says it might be time to start regulating social media. >> these entities have special benefits, if you will, of being immune from, if you will, the normal responsibility the rest of the media has, that can be taken away. in the case of twitter and others, to be honest, if they are going politic through algorithm they could welcome under federal election commission, they can be considered to be making in-kind donation, they could have to register what those d

at twitter. i do not look at it as often as i did. i look at it to make sure i do not see breaking news. and the president uses it frequently. he tweeted about his lawyer, the story that we had broken yesterday. i think that twitter has been really deleterious to the discourse in general in the way that news spreads. my biggest recommendation is that people do not use twitter, they go directly to news sites, which takes a lot longer. here is why i say that. .to i ot me a a lot i found twitter disorienting when i first started using it because i am a bit of an old lady in terms of news. but what was striking to me about twitter is that literally everything was the same. i cannot tell a link to a five-or investigation on lead in the water in a town looks the same as a link about kim kardashian. you cannot tell the portion, besides, the magnitude, it literally is all shrunk down to the same size. if you go to the website worth you read the newspaper, you can he based on story placement, can see base

if you go to other twitters like nbc twitter or k-pop twitter, you see the opposite.ortant to see the dark areas of society to acknowledge and address them. i think the only way to address is through conversation. it is hard especially when it feels toxic and you want to walk away. we give people one tool right now which is to follow an account. >> you want people to follow stories or subjects or hash tags? >> we have been focusing the service today more toward topics and interests. >> it sounds like you are ready and willing to rebuild the house. renovate. >> we are ready to question everything. >> dorsey added he needs to overhaul the fundamentals of twitter, but did not commit to a ti timetable. >>> a somber sunday for catholics in pennsylvania. a report detailing hundreds of priests abuse for decades. we have more from polo sandoval in pittsburgh. >> reporter: christine and dave, one-third of the clergy mentioned from the report were from this diocese. we found a mixed reaction. some were satisfied with the way the diocese is handling and trying to prevent it from

so i am on facebook, twitter, everything you can imagine. i developed a community of people who also want to be part of this. it was just a spoiled overall. first of all i would know where he is and so i was going to south africa and naturally i would go to the homepage of the court and see that it is a signatory to the treaty and under their obligations when he sets foot in the country they are supposed to arrest him and he gets the trying a long genocide so every time he goes to the country whether i with tt south africa or anyplace else, i get the crowd roared up where everybody gets involved and i do things like use twitter president al-bashir is headed to south africa, here is the phone number for the embassy in washington, d.c.. call them and tell them what you think he should do. so there's a groundswell of people giving yo doing it and oe likewise trying to. but what happened to, one day i found out that he wanted to send his foreign minister to talk to me and i thought that is a little on. he was going to be there for the opening of