Good morning, everybody. I think we have senator blumenthal remotely, is that correct . Mr. Chairman. Is it okay, senator blumenthal, if we move forward . Absolutely. Thanks very much. Okay, ill make a brief Opening Statement and this is about censorship, suppression and the 2020 election, sort of a deep dive, when it comes to twitter and facebook, about the platforms and the decisions they make, how they make them. Can we do better . Do we need to do better . So the first thing i want to talk about here is Health Risks Associated with social media. A 2018 Research Center survey of nearly 750 13 to 17yearolds found that 45 are online almost constantly. A 97 use social media platforms such as youtube, facebook, instagram or snapchat. So why are we having this hearing . The products that these two Companies Offer people like and they use. So the bottom line is, theyve probably been more successful than their wildest dreams. And theyre having to make decisions that offend people on the le
Pennsylvania republicans asked the Supreme Court to order election board to segregate ballots that arrive after election day. Mr. Biden and Kamala Harris are expected to address the nation tonight according to reports. We are not exactly sure what they will be speaking about but we will have live coverage here on cspan. Republican president ial state senator spoke about election counting in their state. Good afternoon, everybody. This is a representation of 2020 that we are doing this by zoom, but i want to thank everyone for joining me. As the official counting of the male palette is coming to conclusions soon, we want to remind everyone of the mail in ballot is coming to conclusions soon, we want to remind everyone that it goes to theires is certified, voter result, county by county go to thel next opportunity for candidates on either side, not just the president ial race but others to decide whether they want to challenge any of the results. We will also have a significant amount of
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Expanding his narrow lead over donald trump. But georgia one of the states still too close to call is set for a recount and legal battles and. Ultram continues to make baseless allegations of widespread fraud in states like pennsylvania which officials flatly reject. What the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on he needs to acknowledge the fact that he lost and he needs to congratulate the winner. And all resolved election and a nation on edge 3 days off to one of americas most divisive a knife edge president ial votes it appears that the democratic challenger joe biden is moving further ahead of President Donald Trump in the battleground states which will decide that final outcome is now. It in pennsylvania nevada and in georgia so far hes projected to have 1264 Electoral College votes trump has 214 of course the magic number required is 270 biden needs only to win one of those undecided states to get over the finishing line. Lets start with pennsylvania where bid
Happen. Were not going to forget about the agreement for the sake of an election, are we . Amy indigenous, racial justice, and climate activists staged an biden beon dubbed brave outside the headquarters and adc thursday, calling on the president elect to take immediate Climate Action and to approve the Green New Deal. We will hear from congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez and congresswomanelect cori bush. Then, ereeing told den wonbe ablto achie much. We must ject tt idea. That is e headli of new pie by autr d organir astra taylor of the debt colltive. As we looforward to a new demoatic administration, we need to bclear ofhat power you will have. It is within hisower to erase. Ll fedel student debt egypt where the head of the leading egyptian Human Rights Group has been arrested in an unprecedented crackdown. We will speak with sharif abdel kouddous. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States co