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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 ....
witnesses to the final panel. the final phase of today is to discuss with the tech companies and academic experts as well. if i could start off by asking members of the panel if they could give their view on an issue that is giving us cause for concern. public uset consumption is increasingly moving out of a curated news space. the news bulletin, edited newspaper, or news website, and people are consuming news more and bite sized pieces that they discover and share via social media. increasing numbers of people get their news by social media. of the people in this country get their news from social media sites. what causes concern does that give you about news from your also from theand consumer s point of feel whether they are getting a fair and balanced picture. if they are consuming a variety if they re or exposed to the newsfeed on social media sites. , if you could give a perspective from your news organization. thisy wilson: on one hand, is the reality of how peop ....
about the recent debate on net neutrality. later, school safety concerns after last week s shooting in parkland, florida. members of the british parliament were recently in the u.s. for a daylong hearing on fake news and the state of the media. this portion included representatives from cbs news, cnn, and the new york times talking about some of the challenges facing news organizations. it is just under 1.5 hours. welcome to the witnesses and to the final panel of today s evidence section. the final phase of today s to discuss some of the issues of the tech companies with academic experts. off by asking members of the panel if they could give their view on an issue that is giving us cause for concern. public uset consumption is increasingly moving out of a curated news space. the news bulletin, edited newspaper, or news website, and people are consuming news more and bite sized pieces that they discover and share via social media. increasing numbers of people get th ....
mps get down to their line by line scrutiny of the bill putting eu law into the statutory regulations. scrutiny of the bill putting eu law into the statutory regulationsm is about one main question and it is democracy. i asked the government to reconsider silly amendments thrown out because they have a good article in the daily telegraph. also calls for more to be done to tackle tax avoidance and questions for the government over whether islamic state extremists were allowed to free the city of raqqa. on this release of fighters, our ability to hold these criminals to account. release of fighters, our ability to hold these criminals to accountm was time for mps to finally get down to the detailed scrutiny of the bill putting eu law into uk law to avoid a legislative black hole come brexit. the bill is being scrutinised in committee, line by line, by all mps. scrutinised in committee, line by line, by allmps. it scrutinised in committee, line by line, by all mps. it is a ....