And the message exist but the first question is how do we get access . Thats a very important question. Right now we have no access to this data however there are initiatives of an industry Academic Consortium with this communication data and having trouble getting access. So in the past two weeks that not only does facebook read delay releasing the data that the projects approved they are planning to pull out by the end of september if facebook doesnt release the data they promised to release. So facebook has responded they are having difficulty releasing in a timely manner because of concerns of individual Data Security and privacy. This essentially brings up the transparency paradox. That these platforms are producing tremendous pressure to be more open and transparent how they are affecting our democracy. We do speak to the only way. The only way is to thread the needle of the cross paradox and become more secure engines apparent at the same time. What does that mean technically .
Mcmanus, also a capitol hill reporter. Thank you for being here. Republicans have up until now been complaining about the impeachment process. As these hearings and depositions have been a hind closed doors. But now with the Impeachment Vote and looking ahead for the process as it moves into the public sphere, can you talk a little bit about what the merits of your arguments look like . President trump has urged republicans to fight impeachment on the merits, not process. Can you talk about the arguments on the merits Going Forward . Rep. Johnson thats a good question. We just had a lengthy press conference after the vote on the house floor, which was bipartisan, you saw two democrats vote with the republicans not to proceed with the resolution. But we had problems with burroughs with both process and the substance and we are anxious to debate both of those things and do it in the open, and that is the main thing. We want the American People to see the evidence that chairmanship has de
Release a weekly statement from the president. Chairman eliot engel from new york made the democratic address highlighting a bill that imposes sanctions on turkey for its invasion on Northern Syria following the president s decision to withdraw u. S. Troops from the region. Congressman engel im eliot engel, congressman from new york. As chair of the House Foreign Affairs committee, i spend a lot of time focused on americas role in the world. And, we know that our Foreign Policy can and should be a force for good; rooted in our values, like supporting human rights and human dignity, and built on the power of partnerships and alliances. Our country is strongest when we are standing with our friends around the world. And thats especially true when it comes to combatting some of the greatest Global Threats we face, like terrorism. So, what the president has done in syria over the past few weeks is devastating. He handed a gift to russia, iran and isis, making us less safe. He started by gi
This week on the communicators. Professor, but a recent article in Science Magazine, and you start that article by saying to what extent a democratic elections vulnerable to social media manipulation . Whats the short answer . Guest the short answer to the question is that we dont know. So Robert Mueller who is possibly the most understated man in washington, has said election manipulation is among the most serious challenges to the democracy history and his entire career. Fbi director Christopher Wray says the threat is just escalating. What we know is facebook, facebook one of 26 Million People exposed to russian manipulation attempts and the 2016 election. 20 million on instagram, 10 million tweets on twitter, 6 million followers. We know russia attacked Voting Systems in all 50 states. We know they targeted misinformation at specific people and we know 27 of voting aged americans some russian misinformation in the final weeks leading up to the election. Thats what we know what we d
Morning and thank you all for coming on behalf of the director i would like to welcome you to George Washington university. Today we want to launch a reported two years in the making titled extremism inside the englishspeaking Islamic State because chamber. In many ways like i said at the culmination of two years of research with a cooperation with the library and the Technology Group researchers to my left have been collecting and coding more than 600kilogram channels for about a year so today we are going to dive into those findings which are available on the website. We have three panelists here a Research Fellow with the program who will talk about the first half of the report and follow closely by the president ial followed the program to talk about the remaining parts of the report and to the director at the Mccain Institute at the counterterrorism. We will do about 30 minutes presentation and then move to the question and answer. Please feel free to reach out some things are in