General, so thats really something to look forward to. What i wanted to do was to set this up, if we could go to the graphics, to look at one of our key themes. Now, not just speaking about the nation of islam here, were speaking about islam and religion in general, as is our way in this class, but we think about identity and relationship. Well, what if we talked about identity and selfesteem and relationship as empowerment . Thats what i think were seeing when were talking about the Africanamerican Muslim movement. In other words, identity is selfesteem a person must feel good about themselves and relationship is about empowerment. And im you know, this is not the gospel truth here, as always im working with some ideas that were familiar with, so we can try to make sense of this powerful doctrinal statement. So when we look at the nation of islam, as we have here on the graphic, we can see it as a reinterpreretation of traditionl islamic or muslim doctrine, in order to meet ethical ch
And then it welcome our witnesses in the Senior Vice President of council at google the media has been fixated on the platforms from spreading misinformation during the 2016 election. This was an opportunity for each of you to tell your respective stories of necessary correct the record. My sense is not all aspects of those stories have been told accurately but i will go for the record of this committee now is having the 17th open hearing and the 12th of which we will be discussing russias activities. Im hopeful we can provide an informed an incredible credible assessment how you use your platforms during last years elections. I am also hopeful you will share what your companies are doing to make it harder for foreign actors future platforms automated accounts to falsify stories here in the United States. The National Security shows the unacceptable risk to have a responsibility to reduce that vulnerability. While on the topic of responsibility and will push back on some narratives spr
I call the hearing to order. Good morning. Id like to welcome our Witnesses Today. Before i introduce them, i want to say on behalf of the full committee that our hearts and prayers go to the individuals in new york, the families and the friends of those who were affected by a senseless terror act. To those on this committee, weve come to expect this. We spend countless hours working existh the threats that to this country and around the world, and it is sad we have come to the point where nothing can happen that surprises us. But it is the response of this committee to work handinhand with our Intelligence Community to keep america safe by providing the tools they need to to accomplish their mission. We will continue to do that. As is the case that we are here today, and i welcome our witnesses, the Vice President and general counsel at facebook, the general counsel at twitter, and the senior Vice President and general counsel at google. Theseveral months now, media has been fixating
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