Subcommittee on Information Technology will come to order. Good afternoon. Todays hearing is part of a series of hearings the ig subcommittee has helped to analyze existing laws and regulations that may have become obsolete or need updating to reflect technological advances. We have held hearings on health i. T. Technology, drones, autonomous vehicles, and many other issues. Today, we turn our attention to laws and regulations governing political advertisements. The federal Election Commission oversees Civil Campaign finance disclaimerforces requirements related to federal offices. In addition, the fcc forces onitional disclosure broadcast, satellite, and radio ads. Increasedproposed disclaimers for as placed on platforms. The interplay between these regulatory agencies and how they each apply the law is something the Oversight Committee is uniquely situated to examine, and i hope we can do that today. In many ways, this hearing is another example of the i. T. s subcommittee the i. T.
Additional disclosure and disclaimer on broadcast, satellite, radio ads. Some proposed increased disclaimer and disclosure laws or internet platforms and proposed a role for ftc. Interplay between these three regulatory agencies and how they apply the law is something the Oversight Committee is uniquely situated to examine and i hope we dig into that today. In many ways an example of i. T. s subcommittees efforts to examine emerging technology. Theres a level of urgency in importance in this hearing that cannot be understated. Since the sun rose on our democratic experiment our adversaries have sought to destroy what our forefathers fought for. Our adversaries sought to use our nations unique qualities to undermine robust and resilient democracy but now the tools have changed. As weve seen in recent months and weeks russia has attempted to influence our democratic process utilizing among other tools political advertisements on major American Social media platforms. With every Technolog
Subcommittee on Information Technology will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Good afternoon. Todays hearing is part of a series of hearings the i. T. Subcommittee has held to analyze existing laws and regulations that may have become obsolete updating technological advances. Weve held hearings on health i. T. , drones, autonomous vehicles, internet of things and many other issues. Today we turn attention to laws and regulations governoring political advertisement hearing. Civil Campaign Finance laws, Disclosure Requirements from Public Information for campaign candidates, parties or Political Action committees related to federal offices. In addition, the fcc enforces additional disclosure and disclaimer on broadcast, satellite, radio ads. Some proposed increased disclaimer and disclosure laws or internet platforms and proposed a role for ftc. Interplay between these three regulatory agencies and how they apply the law is somethin
Political advertising on social media and other platforms. Witnesses discussion certain diz closure rules for online advertisements and the implications of russia purchasing facebook ads during the 2016 election. This is just under two hours. Subcommittee on Information Technology will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Good afternoon. Todays hearing is part of a series of hearings the i. T. Subcommittee has held to analyze existing laws and regulations that may have become obsolete updating technological advances. Weve held hearings on health i. T. , drones, autonomous vehicles, internet of things and many other issues. Today we turn attention to laws and regulations governoring political advertisement hearing. Civil Campaign Finance laws, Disclosure Requirements from Public Information for campaign candidates, parties or Political Action committees related to federal offices. In addition, the fcc enforces additional disclosure an
Hoursr in hal af an time. 4sbcs First Quarter hit 5. 9 billion. It will contemplate share buybacks as and when appropriate. Anna edwards spoke with the banks cfo and asked whether 2017 will be the end of revenue decline. I have to say id be a happy man if i could close out 2017 right now. Revenued to see 4 growth over the course of 2017 and notwithstanding a very good start in the First Quarter. That is the guidance we are holding as we move into discussions with investors. Anna can i ask you about share buybacks . Were were some that disappointed to not see another. Last summer he talked, you said the ratio target of 12 . If youre about that you will contemplate returning cash. You are well above that. Why no cash right now . We have just finished a 1 billion buyback on the 12th of april. When you add to what we did last year, that is 3. 5 billion. I would not encourage investors to think we are going to do buybacks every quarter. Were very happy at 14. 4 . As we said, the happier las