Companies and Internet Users reposting Third Party Material as liability. Recorded earlier this week this is just over three hours reposting Third Party Material as liability. Recorded earlier this week this is just over three hours. The committee will now come to order the chair recognizes himself or five minutes for Opening Statement. On my content on online content moderation is the negine experience we know today whether looking up restaurant reviews or catching up on snl on youtube are checking in on a friend or a loved one on social media these are all experiences we have come to know and rely on. And the platforms we go to to do these things have been enabled by User Generated Content as well as the ability of these companies to moderate that content and create communities. Section 230 of Communications Decency actit has enabled that ecosystem to evolve by giving only companies the ability to moderatec content without equating them to the publisher or speaker of the content, we
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Unfortunately, we learned that the v. A. Is continuing to struggle with the culture of retaliation against whistleblowers. In too many instances leadership and supervisor turned a blind eye in those in v. A. Worker frs pointed out sowers problems or pointing out bad actors ace of using positions or breaking laws. Even worse the whistleblowers are targeted for active retaliation. One striking example dpram dr. Catherine mitchells testimony. In 2014 she was one of a group of people working at the Phoenix Medical Center to expose the secret waiting list of veterans in need of medical care. Instead of addressing the issue , the leadership actively worked to hide the exorbitant wait times. And it turned out such practices occurred at v. A. Facilities nationwide. The coverup was extensive and deliberate, and health and well the health and well being of veterans was put at risk. Congress responded to the allegations with hearings that confirmed the whistleblowers revelations of long and activ
Ukraine was presented with a list of proposed reforms, what it includes and whether future military aid to ukraine depends on the implementation of these reforms, you know, maria, that list, that document that got into the hands of the ukrainian press, it contains priority reforms for 3, 6, 18 months , and they are all very important, it is, in particular, about reforms related to the functioning of supervisory boards of state enterprises, anticorruption from. Also in general, the functioning of the Judicial Branch of government, as well as reforms in Defense Enterprises or defense institutions and institutions, however , it is worth saying that in the ukrainian press, and the information that appeared, it was said that the white house somehow passed this list to ukrainian authorities and that the future of United States aid, in particular military aid, will depend on the implementation of these reforms, we actually decided to ask directly in the white house, in the white house, is thi
I know called to order for purposes of todays hearing titled preventing Sexual Harassment in the congressional workplace, examining reforms and a crack Congressional Accountability Act. The record will remain open for five legislative days to include materials. Record is present we will proceed i ask for unanimous consent the committee on ethics chairwoman brooks, et never present tuesday appointed to sit and question the Witnesses Today. Without objection so ordered hour by to think theo witnesses for taking time of a busy schedules to be here. We are appreciative of that. First and foremost, let me reiterate there is no place for Sexual Harassment in our society especially in congress. Period. And one case of Sexual Harassment is one case to many. The speaker of the house, paul ryan task of this committee with extensive review and we take that responsibility very seriously to hold ourselves as a higher standard that we are worthy of the trust by the constituents since the last hearin