Ask your devine guidance and comfort to First Responders and others. We ask, lord, that were worthy of your praise and blessing and that we conduct ourselves this afternoon in ways that well honor you. Ask . Ask in jesus name, amen. Appearing before the committee will be mr. Collin stretch, general counsel of facebook, acting general counsel of twitter and kent walker, Senior Vice President and senior counsel of google. We are in open session. This will only unclassified matters. We appreciate the public and media interest in this committees work. We expect proper decorum at all times. We ask the witnesses to stand and raise their right hand. Do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you give to this committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so hop yelp you god. Ill recognize myself for five minutes. Thank you for being here today to discuss a very important topic and thats russias use of your social media platforms during the 2016 election. As you kno
Heard mr. Walker just say my previous conversation with the other two companies. Youre investing significant Corporate Resources. And putting weight behind what youve made today. The numbers on our the five exhibits we showed, and certainly the two that mr. Schiff showed, can you tell us what the difference is between a depression and an ad click is, some brief comment as to context. Those look stunningly impressive on their face. A broader backdrop, could you help us put that in context . An impression congressman is content that is in view for a user, it doesnt necessarily mean that a user stopped and viewed. If you think about how you use your phone, and you open up an app and scroll through it, anything in there would be an impression. A click means engagement with the ad. With these ads in particular, the click may have been to like a content for example. How much influence did these ads and information, miss information have. Are there metrics you use as part of your evaluation o
Also have tragedies in and terror california, texas, others, puerto rico where families are struggling. We have guidance and comfort on those families and wisdom to the First Responders and others trying to cope with these issu issues. In jesus name amen. Mr. Collins is a general counsel on facebook and the acting general of google. We had an open session the hearing would be addressed unclassified matters to the guests in the audience. Proceedings will not be tolerated and we ask the witnesses to stand and raise their hands. Do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony to the committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god . Thank you for being here today to discuss a very important topic and that is russias use of the social media platforms during the 2016 election. The committee has been investigating since the beginning of this year and as a part of that we are examining the role played in the disseminating the line content paid for by russia
Google, and twitter were back on capitol hill testifying about the use of russian social media. Congressman mike conaway was the lead republican on the committee for the investigation. I recognize myself now for five minutes. Thank you for what youre doing and the efforts. I heard mr. Walker just said you are investing significant resources and putting weight behind the commitments made today b the numbers that we us thestretch, you tell difference between an impression and an ad click is, and that is impressive just on their face, but against a broader backdrop, it helps us put that in context. An impression is the content that is in view for the user it doesnt necessarily mean the user stopped and viewed if you open up the tab and scroll through if anythin with anythine an impression and engagement with the ad so with these it may have been to like the content for example, so a lot of the questions is how much influence did these have been part of the metrics that you use into the ev
Minutes. Thank you for what youre doing and the efforts. I heard mr. Walker just said you are investing significant resources and putting weight behind the commitments made today b the numbers that we shod to nicolas the difference between the ad into the click edit under brief comments does look impressive on the face. An impression is the content that is in view for the user it doesnt necessarily mean the user stopped and viewed if you open up the tab and scroll through if anythin with anythine an impression and engagement with the ad so with these it may have been to like the content for example, so a lot of the questions is how much influence did these have been part of the metrics that you use into the evaluation and the Business Model is if you are trying to help the company develop a program we are going to show you we think it will have this kind of impact. Are there tools you can use to evaluate what impact they might or might not have had with respect to the opinions on who t