One thing the pandemic has taught us is how essential and open spaces and parks have been to our physical and mental health and well being. Lets be honest, this project took a number of years in the making. Wasnt fully funded. We had design changes and wonderful advocacy of support and then there was that pandemic that got in the way for about a year. So to be here today is really wonderful. Today, we have our mayor, we have Supervisor Mandelman. We have Commissioner Mcdonald and some community champions to help us celebrate. So i will be brief. This is a 5. 3 million effort. The scope of the work includes a lot of the stuff you can see. But im going to highlight two things. One are the original playground elements that you see out to your left, to my right which really happened because of Community Advocacy and a really important desire and as we know, and thank you mayor and Supervisor Mandelman for all your support in helping us preserve these other elements. And then, the other thi
Collection on users. This is 2 hours and 20 minutes. This hearing will come to order. Thank you to all of our witnesses for participating today. And a particular thank to you mr. Harris who i understand is joining us from hawaii. Where it is 4 00 in the morning. I would also like to thank ranking Member Senator Ben Sasse for working with me to put this hearing together. I am truly grateful. Weve been able to work together on this important topic. It is too important to let it fall victim to the trap of the typical partisan gridlock here in washington. And thank you as well to Chairman Durbin for attending today. Generally when people hear the term algorithm, you might think of some very complicated mathematical Formula Or Piece of Computer Code but algorithms impact what literally billions of people read and watch and impact what they think every day. Facebook, twitter, youtube, the three major tech companies represented in Todays Hearing, use algorithms to determine what appears on yo
Youtube executives testified by a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the use of algorithms in the platforms. Committee members inquired about how algorithms can amplify Hate Speech, misinformation, and polarization and Data Tech companies connect collect on users. This is two hours and 20 minutes. Think you to all of our witnesses in the morning. I also want to thank Ben Sasse. Thank you Chairman Durbin when people hear the Term Algorithm you might think of, located mathematical formula or a piece of computer you might think of comp a catered mathematical Formula Or Piece of computer code. But algorithms impact what billions of people read, watch, and think every day. Facebook, twitter, youtube. The three major tech companies represented in todays hearing use algorithms to determine what happens on your screen. There is nothing inherently wrong about that. With billions or even trillions of pieces of content to choose from. To choose from, it makes sense that they would have a way to hel
to republican control of the senate. stop garvey. adam schiff for senate. i m adam schiff, and i approve this message. 1808836464. that s 1808836464. i m fred pleitgen in tehran. and this is cnn welcome to. cnn news central. i m boris sanchez alongside jessica dean in washington. and in just moments we re going to see some pivotal humans in the georgia election subversion case against donald trump and his co-defendants, attorneys for trump and his co-defendants are going to deliver closing arguments in their push to disqualify the person who brought that s sweeping case, fulton county district attorney, fani willis. they claimed that willis financially benefited from her romantic relationship with one of her top prosecutors nathan wade. now the judge will ultimately decide if the defense proved those explosive allegations were going to take you live inside the courtroom once those presentations again, which we are expecting momentarily, but first let s take you to zac