21, 2020 special board meeting. Move that we dont disclose. Second. I do not believe theres Public Comment on that piece. All those in favor say aye. For closed session for today, before we go into closed session, is there Public Comment . Seeing no Public Comment, weth. The other Board Members will join us shortly, but i do not want to lose a quorum. We have several action items important action items to hold this afternoon. With that, we need to come out of closed session. So moved. Second. All those in favor . All right. Well start with Public Comment. The general Public Meeting rules apply. Please follow the normal rules that are posted about turning off your cell phone, etc. , etc. Open for Public Comment. My names john stinson. Im a 45year member of our pension fund. There were two things the public Pension Funds have in common. Number one, theyre all underfunded. Number two, one of the reasons why theyre all underfunded is because theyre over diversefied in highrisk investments
First item is we will go into closed session. We need a vote whether to disclose discussion held in closed session on the january 21, 2020 special board meeting. Move that we dont disclose. Second. I do not believe theres Public Comment on that piece. All those in favor say aye. For closed session for today, before we go into closed session, is there Public Comment . Seeing no Public Comment, weth. The other Board Members will join us shortly, but i do not want to lose a quorum. We have several action items important action items to hold this afternoon. With that, we need to come out of closed session. So moved. Second. All those in favor . All right. Well start with Public Comment. The general Public Meeting rules apply. Please follow the normal rules that are posted about turning off your cell phone, etc. , etc. Open for Public Comment. My names john stinson. Im a 45year member of our pension fund. There were two things the public Pension Funds have in common. Number one, theyre all
About . Guest there is a government apart from the state department and the u. S. Agency for national develop meant but is also a bit diverse and that we have funding from Tech Companies, foundations and private individuals. Host you just put out a new report called the crisis of social media and what is the main take away in this report . Guest main take away is the internet is becoming less free around the world. There are many trends that we have seen around how Free Expression and privacy are under threat but the main theme we look at this year is how governments around the world are using social media to manipulate elections and monitor their own citizens. Host to help us dig into these issues is sarah fisher of axials. Thank you so much. Thank you for joining us today. I want to dive into that dynamic rate you say some governments are weapon rising social media to target their own populations and what does that mean exactly . Guest there are three distinct tactics in the 65 count
Of tact and democracy. Mr. Shabazz, before we get into the freedom of the net report that Freedom House has put out, what is Freedom House . Guest Freedom House is an independent organization founded in 1941 to promote democracy both in the United States and overseas. We do this through research, advocacy and on the ground programming in many countries around the world. Host how are you funded and is their government funding about . Guest there is government funding in part from the state department and the u. S. Agency for International Development but its also a bit diverse in that we have funding from Tech Companies, from foundations and private individuals. Host you just put out a new report called the crisis of social media. Whats the main take away in this report . Guest the main take away is of the internet is becoming less free around the world. There are many trends that weve seen around how Free Expression and privacy are under threat but the main theme we looked at this year
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