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I want to thank everyone for being here today to examine the use of persuasive technologies on internet platforms. Each of our Witnesses Today has a great deal of expertise with respect to to algorithms and as well as in the more narrow context of engagement and persuasion and brings unique perspectives to these matters. Your participation in this hearing is appreciated. I con vain this hearing in part to inform legislation i am developing to give consumers the option to engage with the platform without having the experience shaped by algorithm use specific data. Internet platforms have transferred the way we interact and made positive ways on society in ways too numerous to counting. The vast majority of content is innocuous and at its best it is entertaining, educational and beneficial to the public. However, the powerful mechanisms behind these platforms also have the ability or at least the potential to influence the thoughts and behaviors of literally billions of people. As one re
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Today we welcome representatives from the Worlds Largest social Media Companies and Online Platforms. We hear from ms. Monica bickert, head of the Global Policy management for facebook. And mr. Nick pickles, Public Policy at twitter. Mr. Derrick slater, global director of information policy at google and mr. George saline, Senior Vice President of programs for the antidefamation league. Platforms have dramatically changed the way we skmcommunica and have been used positively for likeminded groups to come together and shed light on despotic regimes throughout the world. No matter how great the benefit to society these platforms provide, it is important to consider how they can be used for evil at home and abroad. On august 3rd, 2019, 20 people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a mass shooting at an el paso shopping center. Police have said that they are reasonably confident that the suspect posted a manifesto to a website called 8chan 27 minutes prior to the shooting. 8 cha
Senator graham we are going to learn a lot today about the perils of internet sites for children, and what we can do to help and inform parents. While he is on his way, i will give an opening statement. He will be here in a second, i hope. We are going to the border friday. Everybody is welcome. We are going to meet the fights that meet the vice president. There is no intrigue. I havent been in a while, and i would like to go, listen, and learn, and hopefully it will give us a better idea of what we can do legislatively to provide relief to those on the front lines of this chaotic situation at our southern border, and i am hoping we have a bipartisan group. We are not going there to blame anybody, at least i am not, i am trying to find a solution. And i look forward to the trip, and senator cornyn and i know the folks in texas are struggling with this problem. I look forward to learning from our friends in texas about what we can do. Thank you, very much. [witnesses swear oath] welcome