Statement. Online content moderation has largely enabled the internet experience that we know today. Whether looking up restaurant reviews on yelp, catching up on s l on youtuber checking on a friend or loved one on social media. These are experiences that we come to know and rely on. And the plot form that we go to to do these things have been enabled the User Generated Content as well as the ability of these companies to moderate that content in creek communities. Section 230 of the Communications Decency act has enabled that ecosystem to does all. By giving Online Companies the ability to moderate content without equating them to the publisher or speaker of the content, we have enabled the creation of Massive Online Community of millions and billions of people that come together and interact. Today, this committee will be examining that world that section 230 has enabled, the good and the bad. I would like to think the witnesses for appearing before us today. Each of you represent i
Around the islands and right here in the bay area. It is saturday, august 12. We will get to the latest happening in maui. Right now, lets get a check of the weather. Heres lisa argen. Pretty nice. We will have the microclimate. Wide range of temperatures from the 60s at the coast, fog dissipating through the laughter afternoon. A new development will aid in that, pressure offshore bringing a breeze through the afternoon. As we check out live doppler 7, still looking at fog from the golden gate northward, into the east bay. Temperatures are already pretty mild, mid and upper 60s from the peninsula to the south bay. San francisco still gray at 59. Mount tam with a deck of low clouds in the low 60s in the north bay. 68 by the delta. 67 in concord. North winds, upper elevations will aid. Quick warm up in the inland valleys. We will go mostly sunny, clouds at the coast, high clouds. 90s allowing for five degrees of warming away from the bay. Developing news. The fire at an old historic the
Volatile month for equities. Why the s p could rally another 9. 5 from now until the end of the year. They are the most loved stocks on wall street and apple is not one of them. Weve got the list for you. We begin with what could be a major breakthrough in the battle to contain ebola, a vaccine being developed in record time proving to be highly effective in fighting or warding off that deadly virus. Shares of the two Companies Involved in the Drugs Development are moving higher at this hour. As you see it there, newlink genetics and merck. Cnbcs pharma expert meg tirrell with the very latest. That vaccine being developed by merck has shown to be 1 00 effective in preventing ebola. According to a interim analysis of a late stage study being conducted in guinea. Experts say the results need to be confirmed and the studies are ongoing but they call the news encouraging with the w. H. O. Declaring the world is on the verge of an effective ebola vaccination. It was used in the 1970s to era
Nonmanufacturing ism. Ther yesterdays selloff, worst in three weeks, after investors contend with uncertainty, whether geopolitical tension, hurricanes, again, small gains as investors regroup after that day yesterday. We also have the Dow Jones Industrial average rebounding today. What was weighing on them earlier or the airlines. We will seek sharp declines on the airlines on the day, including american, delta, united and southwest. All the stocks are down about 1 or more. United down the most about 4 . Is weighing on these shares and some airlines are cutting flights in the caribbean but United Airlines did cut their revenue view within the Airline Industry and George Ferguson of bloomberg analysts say it is pretty sharply, so we see those sharply. Back to you. Julie thank you w. Thank you. We have overnight breaking news of the bank of canada raising and we see a drop in u. S. Dollar versus the canadian dollar. The bank of canada saying it is raising rates to remove some of the con
You can tell from this live picture as we give a quick sweep of the area, a lot of low lying fog. It rare it finds me but it did this morning. Friday january 13th, good morning. Lets go to steve. The cold and fog is affecting us. At least its not raining. Theres a lot of areas of fog. Some of it is very thick. 0 were getting a break until tuesday night. 42 of california now is free from the drought. Well talk it. Woel put a serious dent in that in central california. Theyre getting a lot of rain in california and a lot more on the way for the end of next week. Fog is for us. Otherwise its cold and plenty of 30s and the fog looks like its thick. Also watch out for ice now. 29 in kelsey. 32 in northwest napa. Some of the rural areas you can get ice formations. Colder air mass settling in. Stanford at 36. Graek look at the lull but most of it is energy in san diego and palm springs and las vegas. Theyre dealing with rain and were dealing with cold and mostly sunny skies. 50s on the temps.