Hello. Welcome to the second session of todays symposium. This is titled combating online. Im a senior fellow for digital policies account were very lucky to have these experts with us to discuss this issue. I anticipate a very lively fascinating conversation. Want to start with what the Supreme Court in the us decided Citizens United back in 2010 is predicated the whole idea that corporations should be to spend money in elections because the internet which was then seen as this great engine of transparency and democracy in the arab spring was going on the internet with full transparency to american elections and so that was going to be the magic bullet. At the time i was in the Obama Administration we were really taken with the idea of Internet Freedom but it seems that since then the openness of the internet which he hoped would solve a lot of political problems and would undermine authoritarian government is being used to undermine democracy by authoritarian governments and i wonder
Make preparations that someone needs you there, and i felt that way. To end a, sunday night on cspan. Next, a look at Election Security ahead of the 2018 midterms, i Security Officials warned that russia and others tried to influence the 2018 elections and set the department is trying to limit those threats to election systems. Well hear from former nato deputydor and the assistant security at home and security, and Cyber Security advisor to the pentagon. From the Chicago Council on global affairs, this is one hour. Evening our panel will examine the issue of critical importance of United States, democracy, the portal systems to external interference. Our panelists will discuss the and how the threat government should respond with. Midterm primaries a few weeks away in some states this is an important subject. Where joint and a panel of experts, but unfortunately two beour panelists will not able to attend tonight, but nonetheless we are excited with todays discussion and are excited w
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To publicly question the engineering behind our smartphones, apps and social media platforms. He says theyre built to be addictive, and warns of long term consequences for us and our families. Never before in history have a handful of people at a handful of Technology Companies shaped how a billion people think and feel every day with the choices they make about these screens. Bruno mars may be the hottest lucky man in show business. And when you hear how he grew up youll understand why this fullback never takes anything for granted. Your house. I just really care about what people see. I want them to know that im. Im working hard for this. The artists that i look up to like, you know, michael, prince, james brown theyre not phoning it in. Theyre going up there to murder anybody that performs after them or performs before them. Im steve kroft. Im lesley stahl. Im bill whitaker. Im anderson cooper. Im lara logan. Im scott pelley. Those stories, tonight on 60 minutes. [beeping] wow. Good