Well, good morning. I want to thank everyone for being here to examine what social Media Companies are doing to combat terrorism including terrorist propaganda and recruitment efforts on online. The social media are well documented. Youtube, twitter and facebook among others give voice around the world and provide a forum of discussion of outlets. They have thrived online. But as is so often the kascase, enemies have sought to take over this. Isis has been particularly aggressive in seeking to radicalize to go over the internet. Our companies have a very difficult task, preserving the openness upon which their platforms are thrived and swart the actions that have used it for other purposes. Islamic terrorists using social media platforms to inspire well documented. For example, the killer responsible for the orlando nightclub shooting in which 49 people were murdered reportedly digital material readily available on social media. And this itch sue not new. Over the course of several yea
Its great to have you here ralph, on cspan. Guest thank you. Host im very hardded to be able to interview on this new book return to sender. Is that an homage to elvis presley. Host thats the point these days. Guest its a message that 103 lettered sent to president bush and president obama from 2001 to 2015, were with very few exceptions not acknowledged and not answered. And so i thought id embarrass myself by putting them all in a book and raise a bigger issue which is the most Democratic Media is when a person writes a letter to an elected official, like a mayor governor, senator president , cant be censor order not distorted and not to respect it and to try to answer it or even to acknowledge it so that people know its not going to some dark hole, is major issue, i think and most young people dont realmize that a written letter to pool particular has far more impact than an email. They get lots of letters. I income a half million a week. Guest yes. Host certainly you dont expect th
The lot and they can have property rights, contracts and thats why you file suit against walmart the legal entity that is the corporation. Corporate personhood is foundational to american law. Whats unusual is that the court has interpreted corporations to the people for purposes of the constitution and use that idea as a basis for extending fundamental individual rights to corporations as well. Host how is that done . How do they become people in that sense . Guest one of the most important ways the Supreme Court made corporations people if you will is simply to look beyond the corporation and throughout American History the Supreme Court has granted corporations expansive Constitutional Rights. Often ignoring the corporate form and thing we need to protect the rights of the people who come together to form the corporation. While that idea made a lot of sense in the early 1800s as corporations were very small its hard to know whether that same idea makes the same degree of sense in a
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Lovely day for most, some showers in scotla nd lovely day for most, some showers in scotland mostly in the northern half, sunny and warm in Northern England and eastern england. These areas will see the cloud fading away this evening. At any end to the day. Earlier in the night, some clearer skies before it clouds over and some rain by midnight in Northern Ireland and western wales and the south West Of England. With this advancing cloud the chances of seeing the Meteor Showers reduced but not as cold as last night. Some rain in the north and west which will push further into scotland and there will be heavy rain over the hills. Showery rain in Northern Ireland and bits and pieces in wales and the West Of England but further east, it could be drier and quite warm in the south east with up to hoodie 5 degrees. Wet weather will push back up degrees. Wet weather will push back up overnight as we head into choose date 25 degrees. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. One person has been