this hearing will come to order. good morning. today, we will discuss with the technology is doing to remove violent and extremist tenth from their platform. this is a matter of serious important to the safety and well-being of our nations communities. i hope we can engage in a collaborative discussion about what more can be done within the jurisdiction of this committee to keep our communities safe from those wishing to do us harm. today, we representative on the world s largest social media companies and online platforms, we hear from this monika bickert, head of the global policy management for facebook, and mr. nick pickles, policy director of twitter. mr. derek slater, global policy director, and senior vice president of program for the anti defamation league. over the past two decades, the united states has led the world in the development of social media and other services to allow people to sites like google, facebook, and twitter, and platforms like instagram and
hearing. the chair is roger wicker of mississippi. this hearing will come to order. good morning. today, we will discuss with the technology is doing to remove violent and extremist tenth from their platform. this is a matter of serious important to the safety and well-being of our nations communities. i hope we can engage in a collaborative discussion about what more can be done within the jurisdiction of this committee to keep our communities safe from those wishing to do us harm. today, we representative on the world s largest social media companies and online platforms, we hear from this monika bickert, head of the global policy management for facebook, and mr. nick pickles, policy director of twitter. mr. derek slater, global policy director, and senior vice president of program for the anti defamation league. over the past two decades, the united states has led the world in the development of social media and other services to allow people to sites like google, face
at epstein s manhattan mansion in 2010 that prompted the palace to issue the extraordinary statement. his royal highness deplores the exploitation of any human being and the suggestion he would condone, participate in or encourage any such behavior is abhorrent. yet, he s been accused of exactly such behavior, despite repeated denials. a court photo from 2001 shows the duke of york with his arm around virginia giuffre, just 17 at the time. she claims epstein paid her to have sex with prince andrew on three occasions. before you know it, i m being lent out to politicians and to academics and to people that you royalty. reporter: royal correspondent roy anika said the palace had to break its silence. the palace has to be confident that no further evidence is going to come forward further implicating the duke of york and his connection with jeffrey epstein. reporter: while the palace says the prince is appalled by these allegations, they don t explain what he was doing
soledad: i m soledad o brien. welcome to matter of fact. today we re going in-depth on this week s two big stories. the future of puerto rico now that the governor has been forced to resign. and the growing threat of white supremacy in america. we begin there. just last month, fbi director chris wray warned about the rise of domestic terrorism related arrests. he said a majority of the cases are motivated by some version of what you might call quote white supremacist violence. last week s massacre in el paso is now being investigated as a domestic terror attack. george selim is the former director of homeland security s office of community partnerships which used to administer grants to organizations working to counter violent extremism. he has served under president george w bush and presidenttodae anti-defamation league. so, how long has the u.s. been really tracking these white nationalist groups? george: historically, as we look at these trends, it really starts with th
nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia, turned deadly, the president said this you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. reporter: today, mr. trump pledged more federal resources to combat domestic terrorism. he also recommended curbing the glorification of violence found in video games and restricting access to firearms for the mentally ill who pose a threat. mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun. reporter: but mr. trump did not talk about the need to mandate strong background checks on gun buyers which he tweeted this morning and initially supported after the 2018 shooting at a florida high school. and i m pissed because my daughter i m not going to see again! reporter: just days after meeting with victims and family members, the president had what he called a great meeting with the nra and backed off his background check pledge. today, former president barack obama issued a lengthy statement calling for tougher