Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to bind a noble on the upper west side. Tonight i had the distinct pleasure of introducing actors Jonathan Allen and amie parnes. Jonathan allen has covered for political, bloomberg and box. He is sad wired right to weekly political column for roll call. Amie parnes is a White House Correspondent for the holidays tapering washington. She covered Hillary Clinton during the campaign and will cover the trump administration. Theyve written the acclaimed biography hrc. Tonight they bring us shattered inside Hillary Clintons doomed campaign. Deep access from the top to the bottom of the campaign, Jonathan Allen and amie parnes have reconstructed the unsaved opportunities, the wellintentioned misfires in the head and thorns into a devastating month. The shoe carpet time he writes although the Clinton Campaign was widely covered and many have been in the last several, the blowbyblow details shattered in the observations made here by campaign and Demo
In recent years, domestic terrorism and specifically white supremacist conspiracy related and antigovernment violence has become one of our nations greatest Homeland Security threats. Last october the Committee Held a hearing to examine the role that social media platforms played in the amplification of domestic extremists content and how the content can translate into realworld violence. We heard from expert witnesses, who discussed how recommendation algorithms and targeting and other amplification tools push extreme content to users because that type of content is what keeps people active on the platforms. Unfortunately because these platforms are designed to push the most engaging, post to more users, the end up amplifying extremist, dangerous and radicalizing content. This includes qanon, stop the steal and other conspiracy theories, as well as white supremacist and antisomatic rhetoric. In some cases the content, may not necessarily violate a companys community guidelines, and ot
Opportunity in communities big and small. Charter is connecting us. Charter communication and support cspan as a public service, along with these other television providers, give you a front row seat to democracy. Former executives from facebook and twitter testified on the Business Practices of social Media Companies and the potential impact on National Security. Lawmakers heard from an investigative journalist on how the Chinese Government has access to data from tiktok users. In recent years, domestic terrorism and specifically white supremacist conspiracy related and antigovernment violence has become one of our nations greatest Homeland Security threats. Last october the Committee Held a hearing to examine the role that social media platforms played in the amplification of domestic extremists content and how the content can translate into realworld violence. We heard from expert witnesses, who discussed how recommendation algorithms and targeting and other amplification tools push
Opening statements from this hearing. Good morning, mr. Chairman, members of the committee. Thank you for inviting me here today. We live in a world where an unprecedented amount of people consume information, viral content and misinformation can propagate on these platforms thats unseen in human history. Regulators must understand companys incentives, culture and processes to appreciate how unlikely voluntary reform is. Mr. Roetter in over 20 years of working in Silicon Valley as an engineer, an executive, ive seen firsthand how several of these companies will work. Today ill talk how these companies will operate and actionable ways to demand transparency. The Product Life Cycle works as follows. First, teams of product managers, engineers and designers are assigned specific metrics to maximize. These metrics carefully track User Engagement and growth as well as revenue and financial indicators. Other metrics, such as user safety, are either not present or much less important. Second,
A facebook employee thanked the c. D. C. For responding to misinformation queeries. Well get moving to removing that one claim as soon as that authorization happens. On july 28, 2022, thats this year, facebook reached out to c. D. C. Doing a monthly misinfo debunking meeting. On may 11, 2021, facebook employees organized a be on the lookout for c. D. C. Officials. On july, 2021, Clark Humphrey of the white house asked any way we can get this poll down and cited an Instagram Account within 46 seconds facebook replied, quote, yep. We are on it, end quote. And down the account went. Is that normal in your time at facebook . I dont have experience around that. Senator hawley you dont have any knowledge and then presto it happened in 2020 when you left . I dont have personal experience. Senator hawley you never heard of anything like this happening . I dont. Senator hawley thats remarkable. I thought you were the former Vice President of marketing, strategic operations and analytics at face