but to distil it down, something that some people who have a kind of ambient awareness of this company may not know is that you concluded that, in the end, it would be wrong to assume that data from cambridge analytica played any role, let alone a critical role, in influencing people to vote leave. we could not find the evidence. and as a regulator, we have to be driven by the evidence that we found. we did find that cambridge analytica had flirted with having. a relationship. ..a contract, a relationship with the campaigns. we even know there was some trials done with the use of data. but what we discovered, which was more important than anything, was we were able to pull back the curtain so that the public and media and civil society and our legislators understood about the power of data in political campaigning. and i think we stopped the train from leaving the station. so if we hadn t done that investigation, if we hadn t proven that all of these companies operating in an
in the data to support further covid restrictions, as scientists suggest that infections may peak before new measures could have an impact, while the i says that borisjohnson is set to put off tough new curbs amid the uncertainty over data. so let s begin, and we are looking at that story from the i, first of all, the headline, pm to delay decision on new coping restrictions. let s begin with you on that one. the government says the data is still unclear. there still some discussion about whether were not introducing new measures will actually have the effect that it is supposed to. one of the things that i think about in this pandemic is that it i think about in this pandemic is thatitis i think about in this pandemic is that it is actually ultimate up to ministry, because the scientists can advise the ministers and tell them about their theories and make recommendations, but ultimately the decisions have to be made by the elected representatives, by ministers, and they have
the commissioner has been elizabeth denham, and she leaves her post at the end of november. elizabeth, thank you very much indeed for speaking to the bbc s you ve been information commissioner. since 2016, summer 2016, a particularly lively period in british politics. were you quite aware of what you were getting into, in terms of the sheer scale of the gargantuan power of, in particular, the californian tech companies that have been so much of your focus? well, i had been in the crosshairs of some of those big companies in my previous work in canada. but what i didn t know, and i think none of us knew, the massive acceleration of information, communications technologies, the take up of services online, and also the the size and scope of these companies that are bigger than nation states. and the lobbying power that comes with it, because these companies have added trillions of dollars in their power. they spend some of that money trying to stop through lobbying, trying to st
we could not find the evidence and as a regulator we have to be driven by the evidence that we found and we did find that cambridge analytical had flirted with having a contract, relationship with the campaigns and we have known there were some trials done with the use of data but what we discovered which was more important than anything was we were able to pull back the curtain so that the public, media, civil society, and our legislators understood about the power of data and political campaigning and i think we stop the train from leaving the station so if we had not done that investigation, if we had not proven that all of these companies operating in an ecosystem needed to slow down in the use of that data or else we would feel the impact on our democracy. sell else we would feel the impact on our democra . ,, . , else we would feel the impact on our democra . ,, ., , else we would feel the impact on our democra . ,, ., else we would feel the impact on our democracy- de
we should note the number of hospitalizations are not rising at the same rate to date. the cdc lowering its estimate of the variant from 70 to 59%. that drop suggests while the new variant is on the rise, it was not infecting people at the same rate the agency had initially projected. pediatric hospitalizations are near their september peak. nationwide, hospitalizations of children with the virus have jumped on average nearly 50% in just one week. parents are understandable concerned as vaccination rates, particularly among the pediatric population, continue to lag, leaving many children vulnerable to infection. president biden now says the vaccine requirements for domestic travel could be imposed if his medical team recommend it. but dr. fauci said don t expect one for now. health officials are advising we should be bracing for case numbers to skyrocket in the new year. now to laeyla santiago in miami. we know sometimes the waits have been hours long. leyla. reporter: ye