Weve heard in the previous sessions today about Fact Checking political news, a Law Enforcement is preparing for potential post election violence. Weve also discussed the impact of disinformation about covid19 and communities of color. Our next panel will focus on covid19 political mobilization and digital platforms. Weve seen the power of information and disinformation in the era of coronavirus but how can people cut through the sea of claims and counter claims on the internet and social media and make sense of the sheer volume of information out there . And what is the responsibility of those who oversee social media platforms to make sure that information out there is actually correct and accurate . So today we have a distinguished group joining us. Im going to start with you, first, david. Dr. David is an associate professor in the school of engineering and applied sciences at the George Washington university. Hes the associate director of institute for data, democracy, and politic
A note. This country has seen a rise by white supremacist. We are now seeing information of new groups that recruit aggressively and openly celebrate violence as there ammo. This this is the build up foa long time. That terrible moment. Thats probably our main objective. Something official of the cues and teeth of being a major cause of violence in the nationwide protest following the killing of george floyd. Arrested after prosecutors said he was stockpiling weapons for an attack to fuel race wars. In the u. S. Rightwing extremist willing to at least 15 mers last year. Thats a 35 increase over 2017. The 17 your faces felony homicide charges for shooting three people during tuesday nights protest in kenosha. The alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was a classic case of terrorism and violence in the country could get worse. Rising political tensions, civil unrest and foreign disinformation campaigns. U. S. Security officials are warning that violent domestic extrem
To the parade route where streets are starting to be shut down at this hour plus notable figures taking part in todays pride parade. And gas stations expected to be very busy this last day of june. Because of rate hikes. We will tell you why and where the extra tax money will be going. A very similar day today to yesterday. At the top of the monitor there is blue, a little bit. That fog will burn out by mid morning. Nothing to worry about if you have plans to go to sf pride today, layer up. A similar forecast to yesterday. Mild to warm temperatures about 60s to high 80s today. We are starting out with clouds in the morning. By afternoon mostly sunny skies. If you have plans to go to pride, here is the forecast. 56 degrees at 8 00 this morning. Partly cloudy skies. The parade starts at 10 30. By then it will be similar, 56, 57 degrees. By noon we will see mostly sunny skies and breezy with gusts upwards of 18 Miles Per Hour in the afternoon. The high in San Francisco is about 65 degrees
Reader and for obvious reasons, i feel very passionate about history, i think we need to be able to look through the lens of history at times that are similar to the times we are living in. We need to learn about people in our country who can be models for us all. History is obviously important, but i believe it has to be accessible way without dumbing it down or without lowering the standards for research or accuracy. So dont forget to read my source notes. I find source notes really grueling and so i always tell the audiences please read my source notes because i have spent so much time on them but in all seriousness, that is my quest. I want to entertain, but at the same time to deliver a very important story. And in order for me to get interested in the topic, it has to be really significant. It has to include things that i think will help us learn about ourselves and about our country. And another qualification for me is that it really has to be something that maybe has been swall
Chris froome do the triple . Hes hoping to add to his trophy cabinet by becoming World Champion at the mens time trial this afternoon. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, two major paralympic World Championships are postponed by the ipc after the earthquake in mexico. They were due to take place there later this month. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one oclock. Rescuers in mexico are desperately searching for survivors after a huge earthquake caused widespread damage in the capital mexico city and surrounding areas. At least 220 people have been killed, including more than 20 children who died when their Primary School collapsed. 30 children are still missing and the death toll is expected to rise. The earthquake struck exactly 32 years to the day after mexicos worst ever quake which killed 10,000 people. There are some distressing images in this report. Overnight in mexico city, a desperate race against time to try and save lives. Much of the focus on this flattened