Executives from google testify testifying the company censorship policy. We also hear from andy parker the father of the journalist who was killed on live tv and a conservative communicator said that google and youtube try to restrict video content for texas sanity senator ted cruz chaired the hearing. This hearing is called to order. Good afternoon. Let me say to folks i apologize the hearing was delayed in our start time. The series of votes on the senate or the just concluded so welcome to our witnesses. This past april the subcommittee held a hearing on social media bias with witnesses from ace books and twitter. As i noted then any inquiry into big tax censorship practices must take an especially hard look at google. Thats what we are doing here today. Googles control over what people hear, watch read and say is unprecedented. Almost 90 of internet searches in the United States use google. Googles domination of the Search Engine market is so complete that to google is now a common
Threehour hearing. This hearing is called to order. Good afternoon. Let me say to folks are attending i apologize the hearing was delayed in our start time. We had a series of votes on a singapore that just concluded and so welcome. Welcome to our witnesses. This past april the subcommittee held a hearing on social media buys with witnesses from facebook and twitter. As i noted then, in inquiry into big tech censorship practices must take an especially hard look at google. Thats what were doing here today. Googles control over what people here, watch, read, and say is unprecedented. Almost 90 of internet searches in the United States use google. Google domination of the Search Engine market is so complete that, to google, is now a commonplace. With that market power, google can and often does control our discourse. And sometimes Tech Companies talk about their products and the effects of those products as though their forces outside of big text control. As weve heard time and time agai
Good Afternoon National press club, im Angela Greiling keane, managing editor at politico and a Technology Team editor, past president of the National Press club and journalism institute. For todays headliners event we are pleased to welcome andy parker and hopefully joining us by phone, anderson francoise whose the director of Georgetown Universitys civil rights clinic and the Voting Rights institute. Theyre here to discuss andys campaign to get google take video of his daughter allisons murder off of its platform and to take your questions. During the q a, i will take as many questions as time permits. Wait for the handheld microphone will be brought to you and when i call on you, your name and affiliation prior to asking a question. Andys daughter Allison Parker was an awardwinning Virginia Television journalist who was tragically murdered along with her colleague photojournalist adam ward while reporting the morning news on a live location in roanoke virginia on august 26, 2015. He
Happening . G happy 5 00 on a tuesday morning, everybody. Starting off on a great note. A little warm out there. We have got temperat es that are on their way up along with the humiatty. Is the main thing youll notice out there today. The heat and o humidity isut there. Not the bl skies we had yesterday. 77 degrees is our temperature ttght now. We will slip a bit as we continue through the 6 00 a. M. Hour and start moving back in the right direction. 8by 10 00 a. M. Its going to feel like 90 degrees by that time. Mix of sun andl cd out there. More humid today. Afternoon, we could have a chance for storms and same with the commute soim we will t those out coming up. Good morning, melissa. Good morning. Taking a look at northbound 395 near king street brandnew crash blocking the ride of the road here. They are getting by on theleft so be careful. You might a little bit of a delay. Beltway overall right now i would say no major issues. For the first time, neighborsh are sing their concern
We begin this morning with our weather, get ready for dangerous heat to move into the area this week and into the weekend. Its already hot. And adding to the problem, the midity is getting worse, that will make the afternoon feel hotter than it is. Lauren joins us now with a look at that, and a chance of storms . We have a chance of storms later this afternoon,d say around 3 00 well see showers and thunderstorms develop, some of those will be a little on the stronger side. Keep it here, well keep you updated on that, current temperatures out there right now, in the 80s, it is warm. You factor in that humidity. Our air temperature headed into the 80s and 90s. It will feel closer to 100 degrees out there. 40 chances of storms later on. From 3 00, 4 00, uil 9 00 or 10 00. Not everyone is going to see hem, we will have a few out there. Well talk about that. We have remnants of barry to make it through here. We have this heat wait until you see the numbers we have for friday and satuay. Wel