Witnesses to the final panel. The final phase of today is to discuss with the Tech Companies and academic experts as well. If i could start off by asking members of the panel if they could give their view on an issue that is giving us cause for concern. Public uset consumption is increasingly moving out of a curated news space. The news bulletin, edited newspaper, or news website, and people are consuming news more and bite sized pieces that they discover and share via social media. Increasing numbers of people get their news by social media. Of the people in this country get their news from social media sites. What causes concern does that give you about news from your also from theand consumers point of feel whether they are getting a fair and balanced picture. If they are consuming a variety if theyre or exposed to the newsfeed on social media sites. , if you could give a perspective from your News Organization. Thisy wilson on one hand, is the reality of how people consume news and
And return live with more coverage of the george washington, d. C. Field trip of house of commons on this socalled fake news. Again, live coverage here on cspan3. And for this to be joined by people who are leading the investigation and research into the issues that we were discussing in the first session. And not only question you directly, but through as the session goes on to welcome any immediate ob sservations on the Tech Companies, but i wanted to r start with david carroll. In the session with facebook, there was a reference made to an investigation that the u. K. Information commissions office is conducting and this is your case. So i thought that perhaps you could tell us something about it. My understanding is that you have made an application to Cambridge Analytica for the data they hold about you that was linked to the election period in america in 2016, and that because at some point that data must have been within the u. K. Jurisdiction, the u. K. Information Commission O
The final stage of todays is to discuss the issue with Tech Companies with academic experts as well, to discuss those representing different aspects of the news media industry. Start off by asking members of the panel, if they could give their view on initiatives that have given us cause of concern as we go through this inquiry. Using News Consumption is a curated new space. He that a news bulletin or edited newspaper. More,ople consuming news and increasing numbers of people get their news by social media. What cause of concern news from your local organizations and also from the consumers point of view, the public point of view about whether they are getting a fair balanced picture of news they consume. Perhaps can zero, if you could perhaps start us off and give a perspective from your organization. This is simply the reality of how people consume news and information. As a News Organization we have to recognize thats how people become accustomed to consuming news. One of the things
About the recent debate on net neutrality. Later, School Safety concerns after last weeks shooting in parkland, florida. Members of the British Parliament were recently in the u. S. For a daylong hearing on fake news and the state of the media. This portion included representatives from cbs news, cnn, and the New York Times talking about some of the challenges facing News Organizations. It is just under 1. 5 hours. Welcome to the witnesses and to the final panel of todays evidence section. The final phase of todays to discuss some of the issues of the Tech Companies with academic experts. Off by asking members of the panel if they could give their view on an issue that is giving us cause for concern. Public uset consumption is increasingly moving out of a curated news space. The news bulletin, edited newspaper, or news website, and people are consuming news more and bite sized pieces that they discover and share via social media. Increasing numbers of people get their news by social me
Welcome to the second session of evidence today. We heard in the previous session and weretech companies joined by people who were leading the investigation and the search into the issues we were discussing in the first session. As the session goes on, we would certainly welcome any observations you have on the evidence we received from tech companies. I wonder if i could start first with david carol. In the session with facebook, there was a reference to the investigation the u. K. Investigation commission conducted. This is your case. I thought perhaps you could tell us something about it. My understanding is that you made an application to Cambridge Analytica for information they hold about you that is linked to the election period in america in 2016. Because at some point that data must have been in u. K. U. K. Office ishe looking into that. Area i am interesting sure will be interested in following up with the commissioner when we are back in the u. K. We welcome any insight you c