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
Working to keep these protesters and counterprotesters apart but violence broke out anyway. Conservative and counter protesters clash in San Francisco, an event aimed at taking on big tech dissolves into violence. Make America Great again hats and carrying pro police flags members of Team Save America were overwhelmed by the counter groups police work to keep control of the crowds but organizer Philip Anderson was seen being punched in the face. Police say counter protesters also threw several glass and plastic bottles cans and eggs one sfpd officer was pictured being knocked to the ground anderson as well as another trump supporter had to be taken away by ambulance as the event fell apart a crowd was seen taking to Market Street to march towards twitter headquarters counter protesters led by a shield line tried blocking people from passing anderson who is not from california addressed the attack on social media saying antifa was responsible. We just learned from San Francisco police t
We have 50s and 60s on the board for now a little bit of better cooling going on in at least uniformly 50s off towards the east bay for now 50 santa rosa, 59 san jose and for comparison sake a touch cooler across the district this morning. We saw from yesterday and temperatures should be shade into the afternoon that way as well projection for 11 by 2 88 we still have plenty of locations it will be reaching into the 90s again today well be showing you some of that, but there is some minor pulling in the early part of the week temporarily. We are watching for potentially another offshore Wind Development here on tuesday going into some of the week coming up in a bit apart. Lets get to the news this morning what was supposed to be a San Francisco demonstration against twitter and other social Media Companies. Turned into a chaotic clash with counterprotesters as demonstrators were throwing bottles multiple Police Officers were injured kron fours dan thorn has more on what sparked the vio
I want to thank Ranking Member klobuchar and her staff for working closely with me and my office as we prepared for today and i also want to thank our chairman, the chairman of the full Senate Judiciary committee, senator graham, for his support of this hearing. After i and then senator klobuchar giving our opening remarks, well hear from two panels of witnesses with questions from members of the subcommittee. We have Something Interesting to deal with in the senate and every time they call votes, when they call votes during a subcommittee hearing, were at their mercy. Senator klobuchar and i have both cast our votes on the first of a series of three or four. At some point, were going to have to pause or tag team as we allow other members to sit in for us, just dont be eisenhower sitting on a stone block in the direction of the greatest accomplishments the president of the United States and Supreme Commander of the forces him. Greg on welcome to todays hearing with the policy and Consu
We will begin, though, this morning with of course stocks, futures indicate an additional testing of that 3220 level on the s p. Were also talking about the possibility, however remote it might seem, of a relief package coming out of congress,given some conversation, jim, between secretary mnuchin and Speaker Pelosi do you think there is a chance i know that they both care passionately about Small Business if you look at the testimony yesterday by secretary mnuchin, he mentioned restaurants a couple of times. Thats where the yelp numbers that we get, yelp yikes is our vc, where the real damage s youre starting to talk about 50 of the bars and nightlife being closed in this country, thats way too big and i think that the secretary is really alluding to that david, do i think there will be a deal i think there is a sense that both sides feel a deal is bad for them, in other words, if they give if theres a stalemate, they will somehow do better at the election i dont think thats true, but