Independent but failed to act. And watching our 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. One of the most Popular Democratic president ial hopefuls has failed to call for qualifying for the next round of t. V. Debates hawaii representative tolson cowbird was the most searched for counted it on google after the last 2 t. V. Showdowns but this time around the d. N. C. It says she has failed to meet the criteria required something called into question. Whole process really lacks transparency. People deserve having that transparency because ultimately its the people who will decide who our democratic nominee will be and alternately who our next president commander in chief will be and when you see that lack of transparency it creates you know a lack of faith and trust in the process its Primetime Television if you want to be anybody in the Democratic Party you better make sure you get on the stage at the president ial debates so
With the media because the media has a lot of issues so lets get into some of the details i was really surprised to hear you just say that youre actually in favor of breaking up these Big Companies i assume youre talking about Facebook Google im talking about big tech generally ok roles so much of the flow of information and i think theyre playing unfairly they want to have their cake and eat it too weve seen this senator cruz has brought this up a lot the distinction between being a tech platform and a publisher of content which curates the content wont let certain people publish certain things and there are certain Legal Protections if youre only going to be a tech platform and youre there certain liabilities if youre to be a publisher like any of us big tech wants to have their cake and eat it too they should not be allowed to do that they are gaming the system and we need to stop that so how do we stop it if were not going to appoint some sort of Law Enforcement or independent agen
Threehour hearing. This hearing is called to order. Good afternoon. Let me say to folks are attending i apologize the hearing was delayed in our start time. We had a series of votes on a singapore that just concluded and so welcome. Welcome to our witnesses. This past april the subcommittee held a hearing on social media buys with witnesses from facebook and twitter. As i noted then, in inquiry into big tech censorship practices must take an especially hard look at google. Thats what were doing here today. Googles control over what people here, watch, read, and say is unprecedented. Almost 90 of internet searches in the United States use google. Google domination of the Search Engine market is so complete that, to google, is now a commonplace. With that market power, google can and often does control our discourse. And sometimes Tech Companies talk about their products and the effects of those products as though their forces outside of big text control. As weve heard time and time agai
Bases located overseas they claim current figures are being hugely understated. We are surprised sometimes when our young men and women are killed. If youre wondering where youve landed on the t. V. This is R T International always a pleasure to have your company. First this hour one of the most Popular Democratic president ial hopefuls has failed to qualify for the next round of t. V. Debates why representative was the most searched for candidates on google following the 2 most recent t. V. Show downs this time around though the d. N. C. Says that shes failed to meet the required criteria something that was called into question. The whole process really lacks transparency. People deserve having that transparency because ultimately its the people who will decide who our democratic nominee will be an ultimate lean who our next president commander in chief will be and when you see that lack of transparency it creates you know a lack of faith and trust in the process its Primetime Televis
You rightly pointed to earlier on in your introduction the u. S. Department of justice tried to the last minute to get the detention order extended that did not work the court threw it out it said it was far too have the procedure been followed it wasnt within his jurisdiction now we have clarification because the government of gibraltar issued a statement on sunday saying it would not permit any further detention of this ship simply because i dont want to oversimplify it but the basic line is that the e. U. Sanctions are narrow compared with the us sanctions the u. S. Sanctions want criminal action taken because the i c r g thats the islamic. Jihad the revolutionary war had. Really possessed the ship as far as the americans are concerned they are a listed. Terrorist organization that as far as the European Union is concerned is not a list a terrorist organization they are absolutely convinced that this is an iranian own ship it is that maritime law was totally legal it is permitted to