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 the internet are under attack, soon we will hear from the ceos of three of the most prominent internet platforms, facebook, google and twitter, with this is include mr. Jack dorsey of twitter, of alphabet inc. And mr. Marx a burger facebook. On october 1 this committee voted on a bipartisan and unanimous basis to approve the issuance of subpoenas after discussions among representatives of the companies witnesses agreed to attend it voluntarily and remotely the stronger agreement on both sides of the aisle t
[inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order. Ms. Cantwell will join us remotely at the beginning of the hearing. We convene to continue work to make sure the laws that govern it are sufficiently uptodate the internet is a Great Success story thanks in large part to the regulatory and legal structure that we cannot take that for granted and with those prominent internet platforms the witnesses include mr. Jack dorsey. And Mark Zuckerberg of facebook. On october 1st the committee voted on bipartisan and unanimous basis to approve the issuance of subpoenas after discussions among representatives and the Committee Witnesses have agreed to voluntarily and remotely appear there is a strong agreement on both sides of these aisled that hearing frm these witnesses with those deliberations before this committee with legislative reformss with a free and open internet i was 25 years it has been the hallmark of a driving Digital Economy in the United States this has been attributed b
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
August 20, 2020. Budget and Appropriations Committee. Good morning. This is the august 20, 2020 rescheduled budget and Appropriations Committee meeting. I am joined by supervisors walton, mandelman and president yee. I would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Do you have announcements . Due to the covid19 health emergency, the Committee Room are closed. Members will participate in a meeting remotely. This is taken pursuant to the local, state and federal orders and directives. Committee members may participate to the same extent as if physically present. Put lick comment shall occur at the recessed meeting august 24 at 10 00 a. M. You may send it in the following ways. Email to the budget and finance committee clerk, and it will be forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the official file. Thank you, good morning. We are reconvening our meeting from yesterday. This weeks hearings are focused on changes and reductions that the Budget Committee would like t
Clerk there are five ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. Colleagues, id just like to say, get a good nights sleep tonight because tomorrow will not be so easy. I think we saw departments very compliant, and tomorrow, they will not be. Supervisor ronen im so excited. I have time to actually study. Chair fewer so everyone got the b. L. A. S report. Look at that, and say these are the recommendations, and if you can think of other things, great. This is where we start, and so we are growing that pot. Congratulations to all of you for growing that pot for the add back, and for the communities. Okay. Thank you very much. Seeing nothing further, this committee is recessed, and thank you, madam clerk. Clerk of course. Good morning. This is the august 20, 2020 rescheduled budget and Appropriations Committee meeting. I am joined by supervisors walton, mandelman and president yee. I would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Do you have announcements . Due to the covid19 healt