Any later than we are. If i could the members of the committee are returning but if i could start with some of my questions, youll be aware that the committee has made repeated requests to twitter for information about the activity of accounts, fake accounts, particularly where they may be connected with russian agencies. It is a similar request made by the u. S. Senate intelligence committee. Thank you, chairman. Thank you for having us today. I would like to defer that question to nick, my colleague from the uk, who does have an update to give you. As he said, and in my letters previously, we have been doing further investigation. I would like to read this because it is i dont want to misread them. Is it very short . Two paragraphs. We have a broader investigation that has been identified a a very small number of suspected internet linked accounts, 49 accounts were active. We had 49 accounts that were active, which represents less than 5 of the total accounts that tweeted about the r
To try to get them as close as they can to what theyre aiming. But yes. By country, we do really well, like nick said. About 2 of our users geolocate at any moment. At any given time, theres a degree of uncertainty. I just want to be really clear. The question im asking, would you sell advertising would you sell an audience based on a location in a country. Yes. Thank you, chair. Now, you mentioned the figure before has gone up in terms of what you said of fake accounts effectively. Weve had security briefings from people who stood at this subject since 2014. Theyre suggesting the figure could be in the tens of thousands in terms of fake accounts. In addition, the phenomena we see which is probably more damaging is the means by which this is used to amplify these fake accounts and disinformation, which are often accounts which have a certain bona fide texture to them. If you drill right down, they have all the signatures of falsehood about them in that respect. Now, obviously you dont
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Heritage, culture, and the fight for equality. Visible lgbt role models are critical to the growing understanding of the Gay Community in the bay area and across the globe. We recently talked with Assembly Member evan low of campbell about his perspectives on being out in politics. I feel like weve come a long way. I would say that when i first ran for office, i felt a deep pain in my heart when asked if i was lgbt. I personally felt shameful and like i needed to hide, and its because of the experience of other people i stand on issues and the foundation that they have built and the struggles that they have been through to create an environment where i can proudly stand before you and speak as an elected official and proudly as chair of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender legislative caucus. We want to make it very clear that here in california, we do not stand for discrimination. We stand for acceptance and love. I think people need to not only be out but to also speak out. Its im