About chances but we also have to consider the polls limitations so in this year i think of it as 2 sets of limitations we have the normal limitations that happen every election cycle and then theres limitations that are special to 2021st talking about the normal limitation so every poll has a margin of error for a reason and we know that theres going to be groups that are under counted in 2016 it became notorious for undercount counting the impact of education levels this year we dont know what its going to be it could be women for example right now biden has a 26. 00 point lead among women so theres probably very few women for trump to grab so to speak but if women stay home they will be handing the election over to trump and then we will be saying that the polls got it wrong but what special they fear is the unique challenges to. 20 the polls dont account of correctly proposer suppression because we dont know how big the impact will be we do know one where people have access to voti
Eastern on cspans q a. Ceos of facebook, twitter and google appeared virtually at a Senate Commerce hitting Senate Commerce hearing. Republicans question whether the companies were censoring conservative viewpoints while democrats raised concerns about the spread of misinformation. Throughout the hearing, there were several references to section 230 of the committee occasions decency act, which shields social Media Companies from liability for content posted on their sites. This is three and a half hours. This hearing will come to order, senator cantwell is going to join us in person but she joins us remotely at the beginning of the hearing, we have convened this morning to continue work of this committee to ensure the internet remains a free and open space and they are sufficiently uptodate, it is a Great American success story, thanks in large part to the regulatory and legal structure our government put in place, we cannot take that success for granted, the openness and freedom of t
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Clerk mr. President , you vid have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] if. President yee all right. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, karina mendoza, who records each of the meetings and makes each of them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The minutes of this meeting will reflect that during the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members participated in this meeting remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present. The board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time of covid19. Therefore, we hope that members of the public are able to take advantage of the following opportunities to be able to communicate with the board of supervisors or to be able to access this meeting and participate remotely. We are happy
For almost 25 years, the preservation of Internet Freedom has been the hallmark of a thriving Digital Economy in the United States. The success has largely been attributed to a light touch Regulatory Framework and to section 230 of the communications decisions the act, the 26 words they created the internet. There is little dispute that section 230 played an early role ofthe Critical Development Online Platforms. It provides protection from liability to remove and moderate content that take what their users consider to be obscene, filthy,cinius, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable. This shield has been pivotal in protecting Online Platforms from but it has also given these internet platforms the ability to control, cycle, and even censor content in whatever manner. The time has come for that free pass to end. 230, 24 years of section much has changed. The internet is no longer in emerging technology. Companies before us today are no longer scrappy startups operat