We will come to order, please. Together the cometty gathers to discuss this meeting will come to order. Thank you. This committee gathers to discuss what the Technology Industry is doing to remove sleep. And extremist content from their platforms. This is a matter of serious importance to the safety and wellbeing of our nations communities. I sincerely hope we can engage in a collaborative discussion about what more can be done within the jurisdiction of this committee to keep our communities safe from those wishing to do us harm. To do us harm. Representatives social Worlds Largest Media Companies. Several r from representatives. Over the past two decades the ups has led the world in the and opment of social media other services that allow people to connect with one another. Open Platform Providers like google, twitser, and facebook and roducts like Instagram Youtube have dramatically changed the away we communicate have been used positively minded groupslike to come together and shed
Today we welcome representatives from the Worlds Largest social Media Companies and Online Platforms. We hear from ms. Monica bickert, head of the Global Policy management for facebook. And mr. Nick pickles, Public Policy at twitter. Mr. Derrick slater, global director of information policy at google and mr. George saline, Senior Vice President of programs for the antidefamation league. Platforms have dramatically changed the way we skmcommunica and have been used positively for likeminded groups to come together and shed light on despotic regimes throughout the world. No matter how great the benefit to society these platforms provide, it is important to consider how they can be used for evil at home and abroad. On august 3rd, 2019, 20 people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a mass shooting at an el paso shopping center. Police have said that they are reasonably confident that the suspect posted a manifesto to a website called 8chan 27 minutes prior to the shooting. 8 cha
The british Prime Minister says he wants a fast track visa scheme to attract foreign scientists to the uk. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Hoover disappointing. Shares are down sharply after the firm reported its latest results uber. Brisk domestic demand, japans economy grew stronger than expected, betrayed tensions are expected to weigh the future. In the future. Hello and welcome to this friday edition of Asia Business report. Im Sharanjit Leyl. Edition of Asia Business report. Im shara njit leyl. We edition of Asia Business report. Im Sharanjit Leyl. We start with uber because it shares are falling sightly in extended wall street trade sharply. The firm has lost over 5 billion in the three months tojune. Over 5 billion in the three months to june. The bbcs over 5 billion in the three months tojune. The bbcs Michelle Fleury has more. Responding to urban puzzle make Second Quarter results, ubers Second Quarter results. Uber has turned into the magical mone
Big tech is under the spotlight today, with leading firms summoned to the white house for a meeting on curbing violent online extremism. It comes just days after two Mass Shootings in the us, which left 31 people dead. The suspect in the texas shooting posted material on the controversial 8chan online message board before the attack. Pressure was already mounting on tech firms after the christchurch shootings in new zealand, which were livestreamed on facebook. 51 people perished in the attack. The Global Internet forum to counter terrorism, set up by firms like facebook and twitter, have already pledged to do more to identify and remove extremist content and says its rolled out a Cross Platform counter violent extremist toolkit. The forum has also promised to do more to block offensive content as violent events actually unfold. But that may not be enough for white house officials. Donald trump says he wants the tech firms to develop tools that can detect mass shooters before they stri
Subsidiaries in the massive corru ptions scandal surrounding the state fund. It isa it is a bit ofa it is a bit of a negative picture gcioss it is a bit of a negative picture across europe on the markets at the start of friday, all the benchmarks edging into the red. Its been a busy week in Business News with everything from bas system meltdown to the slugfest between uber and lyft making the headlines. Our correspondent theo leggett will he here to help make sense of it all. Also, Deutsche Bank is cutting some perks for workers outside germany, like rolling over unused annual leave. Today wed like to know, what workplace perks are most important to you, and which would you most hate to lose . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Let us know about those workplace perks. Welcome to the programme. We start with big tech, which is under the spotlight today, with leading firms summoned to the white house for a meeting on curbing violent online ex