Call at this hour. Those margins on a razors edge. It could change in a manner of hours a win in pennsylvania would put biden over the top in the electoral count, and since the majority were in blue counties, each brings him closer a similar situation is playing out in georgia where biden and trump are separated neck and neck, separated by hundreds of notes. The president has narrowed the lead in nevada by one count. Arizona, the same thing there. Judges have tossed out lawsuits in georgia and in michigan yesterday he once again declared falsely a victory at the white house why joe biden urged the nation to trust the process. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. We have no doubt that when the count is finished, senator harris and i will be key declard the winners. I ask the people to stay calm. The process is working the count is being completed, and well know very soon. Meanwhile a Major Development for democrats in the fight for the senate the G
Sen. Graham i think we have senator blumenthal remotely, is that correct . Is it ok if we move forward . Sen. Blumenthal absolutely. Sen. Graham this is about censorship and suppression of the 2020 election. Sort of a deep dive when it comes to twitter and facebook about the platforms and the decisions they make, how they make them, can we do better, chemically do we need to do better . The first thing i want to talk about here is health risk associated with social media. A 2018 Pew Research Center survey of nearly 750 13 to 17yearolds found that 45 are online almost constantly and 97 use social media platforms such as youtube, facebook, instagram, or snapchat. If so why are we having this hearing . The products that these two companies offer, people like and they use. So the bottom line is theyve probably been more successful than their wildest dreams, and theyre having to make decisions that offend people on the left and the right. And what were trying to do is look at section 230 an
Good Tuesday Morning welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt. Its a mixed fwoog day retail earnings, amazon pharmacy, covid19 restrictions, fed speak. Were going to begin this morning on capitol hill as both Mark Zuckerberg and jack dorsey testify before Senate Judiciary on censorship, suppression, and, of course, the 2020 election our Julia Boorstin is monitoring this and can tell us what happened so far. Julia . Well, carl, senator Lindsey Graham focusing on what he sees as a need to revise section 230, thats the rule that protects social media platforms for legal liability for content. He says facebook and constituenter wetwitter were making editorial decisions and far more transparent standards are necessary. He called out the Mental Health risks associated with social media use. On the other side of the aisle, richard bloomenthal, he is calling for breakup of the platforms. Mark zuckerberg supports change to section 230 dorsey pointing out they need to walk a f
Good morning, everybody. I think we have senator blumenthal remotely, is that correct . Mr. Chairman. Is it okay, senator blumenthal, if we move forward . Absolutely. Thanks very much. Okay, ill make a brief Opening Statement and this is about censorship, suppression and the 2020 election, sort of a deep dive, when it comes to twitter and facebook, about the platforms and the decisions they make, how they make them. Can we do better . Do we need to do better . So the first thing i want to talk about here is Health Risks Associated with social media. A 2018 Research Center survey of nearly 750 13 to 17yearolds found that 45 are online almost constantly. A 97 use social media platforms such as youtube, facebook, instagram or snapchat. So why are we having this hearing . The products that these two Companies Offer people like and they use. So the bottom line is, theyve probably been more successful than their wildest dreams. And theyre having to make decisions that offend people on the le
Very practical terms. Were in the middle of another election. This election in georgia could determine, in fact, which Party Controls the United States senate. Im concerned that both of your companies are in fact backsliding or retrenching, that you are failing to take action against dangerous disinformation, exactly the same kind of Voter Suppression tactics that existed in the last election and that you are in fact reducing content modification. The fighting words and hate speech in the last election could inflame violence and send poll workers into hiding, discourage people from coming to the polls. We have to expect the same kinds of maligned tactics, in fact they are already visible and im going to ask, mr. Chairman, that these posts and tweets be entered in the record. If theres no objection. That are aimed at delegitimizing the election in january. My question to you is, will you commit to the same kind of robust, content modification playbook in this coming election, including