Anger among help workers in peru about a mark of protective gear as the nation records the 7 highest number of covert 90 cases in the world. There are reports chinas top Decision Making body has passed a draft of a security bill for hong kong the controversial legislation was announced in may and sponsor weeks of protests in hong kong its been widely criticized amid fears it will curb freedoms in hong kong something that authorizes have dismissed. And we have correspondents in beijing and hong kong on the story adrian brown will be with us in just a moment but 1st lets go to try to you who is in the Chinese Capital catrina run us through chinas motions here and what the next steps are. Hi kim well it seems that they doing is essentially taking matters into its own hands Chinese Government leaders have been increasingly frustrated and embarrassed by these protests which have rocked hong kong since last june these antigovernment prodemocracy protests but according to beijing they believe
Form a coalition. This afternoon, they report to the president. Americas opioid addiction crisis takes a new turn after the makers of oxycontin are reportedly seeking to settle all the lawsuits against it. That is coming up in business, plus a 12 day meeting wrapped up in geneva aimed at tightening the protection of wildlife species. We ask how you go about enforcing that. Anchor welcome back. British foreign minister Boris Johnson is announcing he plans to shut down the British Government in midoctober with a view of stopping opponents from derailing brexit plans. Days, but angry reaction from across the political spectrum. The former u. K. Finance minister, phillip hammond, said the move amounted to constitutional outrage, and called it profoundly undemocratic. The leader of the liberal Opposition Party says the Prime Minister is embarking on what she calls a dangerous horse of action and called the move an cowardice. The pound sterling fell even lower than the day before, indicating
The chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to our first hearing on Online Platforms and market power, focusing on the free and Diverse Press. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. In recent years, there has been a cascade of competition problems on the internet. Concentration in the Digital Marketing has pushed for journalism to the verge of extension. The acquisitions, growing innovation kills him, and high Network Effects and switching costs, appear to undermine entrepreneurship and startup rates. The sheer dominance of some platforms has resulted in the worst products, significantly less choice, leaving people without a competitive alternative to services that harvest the data, manipulative behavior to monetize her attention. Response to these trends, the committee will commit conduct a bipartisan the purpose of this investigation is to document anticompetitive combat conduct online. Examine and and assess whether the com
The chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to our first hearing on Online Platforms and market power, focusing on the free and Diverse Press. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. In recent years, there has been a cascade of competition problems on the internet. Concentration in the Digital Marketing has pushed for journalism to the verge of extension. The acquisitions, growing innovation kills him, and high Network Effects and switching costs, appear to undermine entrepreneurship and startup rates. The sheer dominance of some platforms has resulted in the worst products, significantly less choice, leaving people without a competitive alternative to services that harvest the data, manipulative behavior to monetize her attention. Response to these trends, the committee will commit conduct a bipartisan the purpose of this investigation is to document anticompetitive combat conduct online. Examine and and assess whether the com
Regulate rates after the fact through enforcement . Yes, sir. Okay. What i was talking about was the question of deforbearing. Okay. And i believe that in the open internet rule, as we did, we should forbear from rate regulation. But you believe that you should have the authority to regulate rates even though you choose not to at this time, the commission should have that authority . To be able to regulate broadband rates . Yes, sir. Thats kind of inconsistent it is throughout, because heres whats the concept. So, for instance, you know, chairman waldens amendment that you just referenced yeah. The amendment to your original idea, when she said, hey, this will not have any impact on paid prioritization because, obviously well, no, so there is a rate and i appreciate that. And were willing to work with you. But what im kind of confused about we went from you saying, hey, were going to forbear it, we have no intention of regulating rates on the internet, and i like the concept of what yo