Said this hearing will her were turned to order and we understand that senator moran is next so sir you are recognized. Chairman wicker thank you very much and thank you for you and senator cantwell hosting this hearing. Let me address initially this topic that seems to be primary today and then that is of data privacy. Let me ask all three witnesses how much money does your company stand annually on content moderation . How many people work in general in the area of content moderation including by private contract . Let me start with those two questions and ultimately want to ask you how much money does your company spend independently on lawsuits for content. See that mr. Zuckerberg do you want to go first . Senator we have more than 35,000 people who work on content and safety review and i believe our budget is multiple billions of dollars a year, upwards of three or maybe even more billion dollars a year which is a greater amount in revenue in the sense that we are spending more on
Stop the steal movement the times also details gop congresswoman laura bobert of colorados, close connections to Militia Group, colleague the 3 ers that had at least one member who entered the capitol, and matt gaetz connections is described this way republican tiff gaetz of florida appeared at an event attended by members of the proud boys, another Extremist Organization whose role in the assault like those of the oath keepers and Three Percenters is being investigated. The times said in signaling either overt or tacit support, a small vocal band of republicans now serving in the house provided legitimacy and publicity to Extremist Groups and movements as they built toward their role in supporting mr. Trumps efforts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 election and the attack on congress. This caucus of extremists, which including the qanonsupporting Conspiracy Theory peddling Marjorie Taylor greene, appear to be creating incorrect tension on capitol hill right now, to the point that on
Greetings and sell you take so all right democrat republican tribalism have been running very hard and strong here in the United States during this years president ial elections but if theres been one thing one thing that is consistently brought these 2 great warring factions together like no other it has been their share dislike criticism and love affair with social media platforms from cries of dissent from ation censorship and fake news both Political Parties and their sycophants have taken aim at social media giants like facebook and twitter or Search Engines like google for the information that users have shared and propagated on their sites whether its the democrats ranting and raving about russian Business Information bots and q went on conspiracy theories or the republican screaming about liberal media and flood search ship the war cry from washington is that someone needs to control the information. Enter the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence shared by burbanks
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