Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac were going to transition into our final panel. I think we have someone who is able to get our next speakers micd. Thanks. Well just take a moment. In the meantime i can set up again, if youve been following privacy issues for a while, you will be familiar with what is sometimes called the going dark problem, a concern that the pervasive growth of strong encryption presents an obstacle to Law Enforcement agencies especially since its gone from a technology thats in the providence of people with distanced Technical Knowledge and understanding, able to used difficult tools to something that is baked into very userfriendly technology in a way that doesnt require much sophistication at all. You probably use encryption more or less daily without even recognizing just by using a smartphone or a standard web browser. And as increasingly this encryption is not just between end users and central identities that Law Enforcement can approach wi
Address that range of topics. To begin, i have a senior counsel and director of the Freedom Technology and security project. It is a time where we hear a lot about the goal of putting America First. Surveillance states, this often creates some friction with our allies. Our goals may conflict with their desire to protect their own citizens. [cheering and applause] thank you. Hello, everyone. Www. Cdt. Org. I want to talk about the Global Implications of what i call America First surveillance policies. U. S. Surveillance policy, particularly on the intelligence side of the equation discriminates against foreigners in a fairly dramatic way when it comes to surveillance that occurs outside the United States inside the United States it is relatively even between americans and foreigners. When they want to survey out a person in the United States and collect their Communications Content for intelligence purposes, it has to show they are in agent of a foreign power. A Foreign Terrorist Organi
Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac you see how blatant their efforts were to get involved in the 2016 election. I think weve seen influence operations coming out of china, iran. I know camille will talk about this in greater detail. And we need to be honest. Its us. Were doing a lot to promote the disinformation ourselves. Sometimes were doing it at the behest or with the encouragement of foreign actors. Sometimes were doing it on our own because of various extreme views which foreign actors amplify. But its not just the adversary thats doing it. It involves our own citizens, some of whom take extreme positions and exploit these techniques and these kinds of technologies in order to propagate them. There are two things that are on the horizon that we need to think about that can even take this to the next level. One is the use of socalled Artificial Intelligence. Again, the amount of data that is out there about what people a
Democracy regarding Disinformation Campaigns. The remarks came during the symposium hosted by the office of the federal commission chair, pan america and Stanford University cyber policy centers digital incubator. This is two hours. We have a very important guest with a limited timeframe. So were going to get started. I am Ellen Weintraub, the chair from the federal Election Commission and im delighted to welcome you to digital disinformation and the threat to democracy information integrity in the 2020 elections. A symposium i am cosponsoring with pan america and stanfords Global Policy inkub incubator. This has weaponized our most cherished freedoms to sow disorder. Here in the u. S. , we saw russia deploy disinformation as one of its tools when in the words of the Mueller Report, the russian government interfered in the 2016 president ial election in sweeping and systemic fashion. Alarms are being sounded throughout Americas Intelligence Community in the halls of congress, by the de
Marjorie Taylor Greene of georgia introducing a resolution to censure congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of michigan for what she characterizes as antisemitic behavior in the wake of hamass deadly attacks on israel. A vote carries no specific punishment other than public rebuke on the floor. The house has two legislative days to decide. Rep. Greene pursuant to clause 2a1, i seek notice to give recognition of my intent to raise question of the intent of the privileges of the house. Will the gentlewoman first yield back for one minute . For what purpose does the gentlewoman seek recognition . Rep. Greene pursuant to rule 9, i give notice of my intent to raise question of the privileges of the house. The form of the resolution is as follows. A resolution censuring representative Rashida Tlaib for antisemitic activity sympathizing with terrorist organizations and leading an insurrection at the United States capitol complex. Whereas in may 2019, reseated tlaib said that she celebrated the holocaus