Thats important to all of us that are here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly it is used as a weapon. Democracy requires wellinformed electorate to function properly but to undermine the principle through socalled Disinformation Campaigns designed to mislead voters and in doing so delegitimize the democratic elections. Actors like russia systematically exploit the media and to distort the truth to an unsuspecting populace with regards to the coronavirus and this information is being spread is a high degree and anonymous and again if left unchecked it could be devastatingly effective. I established this organization it could help lead to the global disinformation effort and work with International Partners. The Bipartisan Legislation within the state department is now the law and to get it up and going we will hear more about that today but we are pleased that we are making progress. They lead, synchronize
Thank you very much for being here, and i want to thank him because he graciously allowed to have the subcommittee hearing and for me to be able to chair it. This is a discussion really important to so many of us here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly, hes used as a weapon. Democracies like ours require a well informed electorate, but our enemies are increasingly trying to undermine that principle through socalled disinformation campaigns designed to mislead voters. Malign actors like russia systematically exploit social media, radio, television, and print to twist facts to suit their needs and distort the truth to an unsuspecting populous. Its not just about elections. We see it today with regard to the coronavirus and misinformation thats being spread. Its an interesting tactic because its inexpensive and yet can be very effective. It has a high degree of deniability. Its anonymous almost always and if
The last question is, i do believe that the comments on the central subway had a larger negative affect on some of the occupancies and vibrancy of part of stockton street in particular but also on some of the stores which are on the Market Street side of the central subway has slowed us down for many many years. It is the lower part of stockton and even with the christmas attempt to put some [inaudible] there and make some activities it has not really helped those stores at all. What has helped him its very interesting to see apple a strong flagship [inaudible] on union square when you see the shift with a topic used to be it was basically between macys, crate and barrel, and apple in the lower part of stockton. That has now all shifted to the upper part of marketof stockton street starting at the corner of union square, the park is much more used than was ever before. Now theres two cafes. It shows you the dynamics but holding onto that basic infrastructure of retail being the primary
The last question is, i do believe that the comments on the central subway had a larger negative affect on some of the occupancies and vibrancy of part of stockton street in particular but also on some of the stores which are on the Market Street side of the central subway has slowed us down for many many years. It is the lower part of stockton and even with the christmas attempt to put some [inaudible] there and make some activities it has not really helped those stores at all. What has helped him its very interesting to see apple a strong flagship [inaudible] on union square when you see the shift with a topic used to be it was basically between macys, crate and barrel, and apple in the lower part of stockton. That has now all shifted to the upper part of marketof stockton street starting at the corner of union square, the park is much more used than was ever before. Now theres two cafes. It shows you the dynamics but holding onto that basic infrastructure of retail being the primary
The last question is, i do believe that the comments on the central subway had a larger negative affect on some of the occupancies and vibrancy of part of stockton street in particular but also on some of the stores which are on the Market Street side of the central subway has slowed us down for many many years. It is the lower part of stockton and even with the christmas attempt to put some [inaudible] there and make some activities it has not really helped those stores at all. What has helped him its very interesting to see apple a strong flagship [inaudible] on union square when you see the shift with a topic used to be it was basically between macys, crate and barrel, and apple in the lower part of stockton. That has now all shifted to the upper part of marketof stockton street starting at the corner of union square, the park is much more used than was ever before. Now theres two cafes. It shows you the dynamics but holding onto that basic infrastructure of retail being the primary