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to try to get them as close as they can to what they re 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, there s a degree of uncertainty. i just want to be really clear. the question i m 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. we ve had security briefings from people who stood at this subject since 2014. they re 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 ....
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, you ll 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 don t 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 acco ....
in my eyes, he deserves nothing less than a life sentence, and i hope he gets it. i hope they throw away the key and he never comes out. never to do this to anybody else again. paterson has been told to expect a custodial sentence when he attends court tomorrow. the maximum punishment is life in prison. jeremy cook, bbc news. and join huw edwards for the bbc wales leaders‘ debate. applause good evening, noswaith dda, a warm welcome to the sse swalec stadium in the heart of the welsh capitalfor a special live election debate, and welcome to people across the uk watching on the bbc news channel. this is where we ll be spending the next 90 minutes, testing the pledges and ambitions of five political parties in wales. as voters prepare to visit the polling stations on thursday of next week, we ll be exploring some of the biggest issues featuring in this campaign, from the challenges of the brexit process ahead to the questions raised by the terrible events in manchester l ....
across the country in races that will determine control of the next congress, and this next tuesday night, watch the live election night coverage to see who wins, loses, and which party will control the house and senate. our coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern, and you ll also see candidate s victory and concession speeches in some of the most closely watched. we went to hear from you with your calls, facebook comments, and tweets. election night coverage on c-span. wednesday in the british house of commons, prime minister david cameron took questions aboutd miller band immigration reviews. -ther questions focused on u.k. european union relations and british troops coming home from afghanistan. this is 35 minutes. order. less chance to the prime minister. the primens to minister. number one, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further s ....
7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. coming up next, british prime minister six questions in the house of commons. senator rand paul and president obama in philadelphia. an event on the democratic and republican campaign strategies in the 2014 midterm campaigns. wednesday in the british house of commons, minister david cameron took questions from ed miliband about immigration reviews. other questions focused on u.k.-european union relations and british troops coming home from afghanistan. this is 35 minutes. order. questions to the prime minister. number one, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings today. ian lucas. as i walked to parliament this morning passing increasing numbers of people who are sleeping on victoria street pavement, i reflected that this government are the first since the 1920 s to a presided over the real ....