We see there is tremendous interest in this hearing. We welcome you and respect your right to be here. We also ask in turn for your respect as we proceed with the business of the committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without any disruption. Any disruption of this committee will result in the u. S. Capitol olice restoring order. Now listen up. This is very important. If a disruption occurs, a Capitol Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct that they crease the demonstration. The the person does not cease after the initial warning, the individual or individuals will be removed from the hearing room. We are very grateful for your presence today. And we very much appreciate that you want to listen to the witness, but we also ask you to respect the witness ability to express himself. I would also remind all members to avoid dage engaging in adverse personal references. I recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening state
Youth. Good afternoon. Sorry for the delay. Subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. This hearing is titled examining juuls role in the youth epidemic part two. I want to address the spectators. We see there is tremendous interest in this hearing. We welcome you and respect your right to be here. We also ask in turn for your respect as we proceed with the business of the committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without any disruption. Any disruption of this committee will result in the u. S. Capitol olice restoring order. Now listen up. This is very important. If a disruption occurs, a Capitol Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct that they crease the demonstration. The the person does not cease after the initial warning, the individual or individuals will be removed from the hearing room. We are very grateful for your presence today. And
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On internet platforms each witness has information on algorithms and Machine Learning, as well as engagement and persuasion and brings unique perspectives to these matters. Your participation in this hearing is appreciated mr. Rosensteinly as this committee continues to work on drafting data privacy legislation. Icon veeped this hearing in part to inform legislation im developing that would require internet platforms to give the user information to engage with the platforms without using algorithms pushed by certain data. The vast majority of content on these platforms is at its best, entertaining and beneficial to the public. However they also have the ability or at least potential to influence the thoughts and behaviors of literally billions of people. As one reason why theres widespread unease about the power of these platforms and why its important for the public to understand how they use the algorithms to make inferences from the reams of data about us that affect behavior and in