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Joining us are three telecommunication reporters. On your left of the washington post, in the center, Margaret Mcgill of axial sand on the far right, john of politico. We will start in reversing i want to start with president trump suit, the suit that he filed against facebook, twitter, some of the other companies. John, what is your thoughts on this and is it going to go anywhere . Guest hello, peter. Great to be here. Good question. I think right now most people are looking at the suit and not necessarily think it has many legs in court but i think the important thing about it is what it might be two or four years from now and setting up of some of the rhetoric will be around midterms. Its going to be coming to these notes around a big tech its going to be dominating a lot of that debate and for him its a useful issue to come back to. Use all repeatedly invoking the concerns around the section 230 protections the tech companies had and in a way that was interesting because it seemed
Before i introduce the panel i want to thank you so much. I know this has been such a long day and you are still here. I appreciate it. We may not have too many members that we want you to know that everything is on the record. And will be here forever. So we just appreciate that. I am sure others will show up. I am happy to introduce the witnesses today. We have professor of law from georgetown university law center. And also the senior director for public policy at the association and the Executive Director of the national Consumers League. And at this time the chair will recognize each of the witnesses for five minutes. I know you are pretty familiar with this but i will just say it because it is in my notes to make sure that you remember you have the series of lights. Green will remain for four minutes lol show up at one minute and read means you need to conclude. So you are now recognized for five minutes. Thank you chair and ranking member and members of the subcommittee. Thank y
Before i introduce the panel i want to thank you so much. I know this has been such a long day and you are still here. I appreciate it. We may not have too many members that we want you to know that everything is on the record. And will be here forever. So we just appreciate that. I am sure others will show up. I am happy to introduce the witnesses today. We have professor of law from georgetown university law center. And also the senior director for public policy at the association and the Executive Director of the national Consumers League. And at this time the chair will recognize each of the witnesses for five minutes. I know you are pretty familiar with this but i will just say it because it is in my notes to make sure that you remember you have the series of lights. Green will remain for four minutes lol show up at one minute and read means you need to conclude. So you are now recognized for five minutes. Thank you chair and ranking member and members of the subcommittee. Thank y
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