not because what s also true is that al qaeda and affiliated organizations represent a continued threat to the united states. down in the polls and with some moems, anthony weiner trying to say on message in his bid to become the next mayor. but it s not an easy jump on the stump when the media is focused on his scandals and run-ins like this one at campaign stops. i m passionate? more passionate that you on twitter. i m a social media expert. get someone to handle your [ bleep ]. you are disgusting. you have had your say. and [ bleep ] you all. you have little kids. you have no right to talk about anything. you have no right to talk about
in fact, it may hurt you more than it helps. 2012 saw another giant step forward in the role technology plays. social media means they can get their message out without having to pay for ads and could provide a significant woos to any democratic challenger. joining me now, nick, social media expert. known him a long time. back when he served as internet operations director for howard dean. author of a new book called the end of big, how the internet makes david the new goliath and your book applies to more than just politics. we want to focus on politics here. you ve been the lone guy it seems like sayinging hillary clinton s not inevitable. did i sum your argument up fairly? you did. good morning, todd, it s great to be here and absolutely. you know, the internet really empowers insurgents and makes it
business hope is that instagram really fights this all the way and tries to use photographs of all sorts of people all over the country and sell them for advertising because it could be full employment for lawyers. clearly instagram is not fighting. now saying that they have no ownership at all over your photos. shep? shepard: who can imagine they would want one of our photos. but they clearly understand that they depend on all of their users. yeah. when we first heard about this, we went out and got some reaction and nobody that we talked to was happy. here is a sample. i really my privacy, that, to me, is appalling. i don t want my face all of a sudden showing up and people calling me. like, hey, i saw you and i m like what are you talking about? lame. then we went out and talked to a social media expert who says that social media companies have a very short shelf life and that their number one obligation is to keep their customers
exactly what happened here. a couple more, folks. [overlapping dialogue] i am not a social media expert. so i am not going to claim to be. but there have been indications of quotes by people who are posing as the shooter. you can go on different facebook pages and find this information out. i know members of the press have. suffice it to say that the information can in fact has in fact been deemed as threatening. it s been inaccurate. it s been people posing as other people, and discussing with federal authorities, it s a violation of state and/or federal law and warrants than investigation. anyone who is perpetrating that information could be subject to arrest and prosecuted federally.
i cannot. i can no [ inaudible ] well, best i can explain them, i m not a social media expert around i won t claim to be there have been indications that and there have been quotes by people who are posing as the shoot ir. you can go on different facebook pages and find this information out. i know members of the press have. suffice it to say the information can in fact has, in fact, been deemed as threatening. it s been inaccurate. it s been people posing as other people and discussion federal authorities, they believe it is a violation of state and/or federal law and war rarnlts an investigation. anyone that, in fact is perpetrating that information could, in fact, be subject to arrest and prosecuted federally. anyone identified, questioned? working on that right now. this is brand-new information, literally got it up as we were coming through this press conference a couple more quick questions and then i got to go