Experience that we know today. Whether looking up restaurant reviews on yelp, catching up on s l on youtuber checking on a friend or loved one on social media. These are experiences that we come to know and rely on. And the plot form that we go to to do these things have been enabled the User Generated Content as well as the ability of these companies to moderate that content in creek communities. Section 230 of the Communications Decency act has enabled that ecosystem to does all. By giving Online Companies the ability to moderate content without equating them to the publisher or speaker of the content, we have enabled the creation of Massive Online Community of millions and billions of people that come together and interact. Today, this committee will be examining that world that section 230 has enabled, the good and the bad. I would like to think the witnesses for appearing before us today. Each of you represent important perspectives related to the content moderation in the online
Have a better idea once we see the data. If i hurt you right you said youre going to contact affected customers directly. Is that new from the last event and if so can you elaborate what if there are people who have cell phones or outdated numbers . We do try to contact every affected customer by phone email or text. I think we have a very high hit rate on that. It is the same as we have been doing. We had a couple hundred thousand people who updated their Contact Information. We want people to do that several times a year. If you have a new cell phone update your Contact Information so we can reach you. Those 48 ur notices have gone out for the. San mateo county. We are not at the 48 hour mark yet. Any other questions . Thank you. Plan for the same time tomorrow. You are listening into the pg e press conference where they are answering questions. About the communication and how residents will be alerted if there is a power shut off. Lets break it down for the bay area. Parts of sonoma
Within our system. Those 1940s pump stations. That is a real need. The potential for more of those pg e blackouts. Good evening. The agency just wrapped up a News Conference less than an hour ago. Here in the bay area they are warning parts of sonoma and napa counties could be facing shut offs yet again. Starting wednesday. San mateo county police put on notice. He asked the pg e ceo tough questions just a little while ago. Reporter just about an hour ago pg es ceo bill johnson took to the podium and announced there may be more Power Outages on the way. Fire conditions intensify later this week. 16 counties in Northern California could have the power shut off as early as wednesday night. The Power Company said it will announce the final details tomorrow. Tuesday afternoon. We have not decided to shut off power. He will do another meteorologist run or two. We will make a decision sometime early afternoon tomorrow. We are hoping the weather breaks in our favorite and we dont have to do t
Statement. Online content moderation has largely enabled the internet experience that we know today. Whether looking up restaurant reviews on yelp, catching up on s l on youtuber checking on a friend or loved one on social media. These are experiences that we come to know and rely on. And the plot form that we go to to do these things have been enabled the User Generated Content as well as the ability of these companies to moderate that content in creek communities. Section 230 of the Communications Decency act has enabled that ecosystem to does all. By giving Online Companies the ability to moderate content without equating them to the publisher or speaker of the content, we have enabled the creation of Massive Online Community of millions and billions of people that come together and interact. Today, this committee will be examining that world that section 230 has enabled, the good and the bad. I would like to think the witnesses for appearing before us today. Each of you represent i
Shows is getting warmer and 75 degrees along the coast. Pushing 80 run around the bay depending on where youre at. They will be pushing 90 in some of those areas and potentially in the north. Headline today has that mild clear star. It is going to get only drier and hotter as he discontinued. We are keeping an eye on the wind speeds. The direction is offshore flow. That will bring the potential fire danger later in the week. About 200,000 customers could be getting their power preemptively shut off again. Our reporter is live at the station with the anticipated impact. 16 counties across the bay area face the threat this morning. The counties also include sonoma county. Thousands of customers there that can fill the biggest impact. 33,000 customers in the blackout on. 6400 in San Mateo County. There are hoping they do not have to do this. The recipe is there right now. Strong winds and low humidity. Pg e says the powers of those preventive fires earlier this month. There is still a lot