Could send coronavirus cases surging. The grim prediction about the death count, plus, rising cases at universities and this morning, how some drugmakers will join forces to make sure only a safe vaccine is approved. Hand sanitizer warning. The mother who says she was burned after using an off brand product. Then lighting a candle. And then the explosion happened that in a matter of two seconds lit my entire body on fire. What the cdc is saying about incidents like this. And back on the gridiron. College football returning with new Safety Measures in place. How the action will look different and the new testing that could be a game changer. But will we get through an entire season . Hey, good morning. Happy saturday. Were very happy to have whit back at the desk after a vacation. Good to be back. Welcome back, my friend. Were going to start here with the overnight breaking news. Protests on both sides of the country. Portland, oregon marking 100 days with calls for social justice and r
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Next, a look at scams, profiteering and conspiracy theories from the coronavirus pandemic. Medical experts, victims of disinformation campaigns and legislatures from both the u. S. And canada discuss the challenges they are facing. Hosted by George Washington Universities Institute for data, democracy and politics on tuesday. This is an hour and ten minutes. Welcome to our continuing conversation about the flaws of big social media platforms in response to the disinformation campaigns around covid19 pandemic, a very serious situation, obviously, where lives are literally in the balance. Im frank sesno affiliated with the institute of data and democracy in politics which is presenting this event together with the International Grand committee on disinformation. I will be your moderator and your timekeeper. I will continue this conversation with our distinguished panelists and guests. If you are a journalist joining us, feel free to put your question into the q a field. I will try to inc
The institute of data and democracy and politics which is presenting this event together with the International Committee on this information. Ill be your moderator and your timekeeper and i will continue this conversation with her distinguished panel and guest. If you are journalist, please feel free to put your question into the q a field, make sure that is addressed to everybody so we can see that and i will try to incorporate some of the questions to our panel in a bit. Social media platforms as we know and discussed our allowing actors to sell on illegal and overpriced medical equipment during the pandemic. That is one of many issues that we see across a social media platform. This one is not a new problem, social media platforms continue to allow the dangerous disinformation during the covid19 pandemic and in so doing they expose how dangerous and how irresponsible this kind of behavior can be and the role that they play in continuing to allow it. Rampant conspiracy theories make
Minutes. Welcome to our continuing conversation about the big social media platform in response to the disinformation campaigns around the covid19 pandemic, very serious situation where lives are literally in the balance. Im the director of the George Washington University School of Public Affairs affiliated with the institute of data and democracy and politics which is presenting this event together with the International Committee on this information. Ill be your moderator and your timekeeper and i will continue this conversation with her distinguished panel and guest. If you are journalist, please feel free to put your question into the q a field, make sure that is addressed to everybody so we can see that and i will try to incorporate some of the questions to our panel in a bit. Social media platforms as we know and discussed our allowing actors to sell on illegal and overpriced medical equipment during the pandemic. That is one of many issues that we see across a social media plat