Given what is going on in the world. esentative czajkowski owski we have seen life for americans transformed in many positive ways. The internet provides new opportunities for commerce, education, information and connecting people. However, along with these many new opportunities, we have seen new challenges as well. Stocking thee online marketplace using deceptive techniques to influence the consumers with deceptive designs to fool them into giving away present information, stealing their otherand engineering unfair practices. The federal trade Commission Works to protect americans from many unfair and deceptive practices. A lack of resources, authority and even a lack of will has left Many American simmers feeling helpless in this digital world. Adding to that feeling of helplessness, new technologies are increasing the scope and scale of the problem. Manipulation of video and otherterns technologies are hurting us indirect and indirect ways. Congress has unfortunately taking a laiss
You are watching book tv on cspan 2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Book tv, television for serious readers. [applause] good morning. Im director of the center for learning, literacy and engagement at the library of congress. One of the major programs of this new center at the library is oversight of the National Book festival, whose overall theme this year is change makers. This is why im especially excited to introduce our new panel devoted to change makers. The focus of much of the programming at the library of congress this year. We are currently celebrating change makers at our Thomas Jefferson building, with an exhibition called shall not be denied, women fight for the vote, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment. And this december, we will mount an exhibit devoted to the life and influence of one of our great civil rights icons, rosa parks. I invite you to visit the library to see these exhibitions. You can also view our
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applause laughs if youre sitting comfortably, i want to talk to you today about two futures. About a choice of two futures. For our country and for our world. You know there are times in history when fundamental decisions have to be made. Decisions guided by our values and by our hopes for future generations. Choices that involve standing up for what is right this is such a moment. Politics today is dominated in too many countries by straw man leaders with inflated egos and an overbearing sense of entitlement. applause you have a Prime Minister who has acted unlawfully. He cares nothing for the consequences of his disastrous brexit policy. Indeed, virtually every day since he entered downing street, Boris Johnson has demonstrated on every level that he is utterly unfit for the office he holds. applause across the atlantic laughs the current incumbent of the white house, in just his latest outrage, has allowed a war in the middle east to erupt. Letters today make it clear our strong opp