Hearing on Online Platforms and market power focussing on the free and Diverse Press. I recognize myself for an opening statement. In recent years, there has been a cascade of competition problems on the internet. Concentration has pushed local journalism to the verge of extincti extinction. The combination of predatory acquisitions and high Network Effects and switching costs undermine entrepreneurship and startup rates. The sheer dominance has resulted in less products leaving people without a competitive alternative of services. In response to these trends, the committee announced we would conduct a bipartisan investigation into competition in the Online Market place. The purpose stoof document anticompetitive conduct online and sense whether our competition system and current enforcement levels are adequate to address the problems. We will conduct a top to bottom review to a series of hearings, request information relevant to the information and engage in a series of discussions. T
wondering what will the front pages say in another 49 years? will we be in the same conversation? one difference between 1973 and today is real time data. searches for abortion were especially high this week in areas like madison, wisconsin, kansas city, missouri, and salt lake city, utah. areas where the procedure is now banned. this weekend google searches for the question, can i get an abortion are over indexing in those states where it is now illegal. missouri, wisconsin, kentucky, arkansas, oklahoma all the top of the google trends data. axios reports that the top queries related to abortion right now include, is it illegal? abortion banned states, and abortion pill. searches for abortion pill are highest right now in red states including some that have already banned abortion and others likely to follow. so this data is important. it provides an insight into what people are searching for in the privacy of their own homes and it is buttressed by local reporting showing i
Of armed conflict, israels response, unfortunately, was attacks on civilians in gaza. One of the first actions of the Israeli Military was to cut off all supplies of food, fuel, water and electricity to gaza, which led to a growing humanitarian crisis. Punishing Gaza Civilians for the actions of militants is collective punishment, and is a war crime under International Law. But talking about collective punishment when we actually protect ourselves from it evil enemy who attacked us is not revenge, revenge is not politics. What do you say . Regarding this argument, the israelis, egyptians, and americans found out that at the moment about three dozen trucks are passing through rafah, and israel is not obliged to continue supplying electricity and other goods that, in its opinion, may have a dual purpose for hamas. Water is not a dualuse item. Water is something civilians need to drink , and the israeli army acknowledged in a report to diplomats that in the northern part gases, there is a
About the main thing, in the studio of vera tarasova. Hello. Over the past 24 hours, israel has attacked 320 military targets in the gaza strip. The palestinians are shelling southern israel, hitting beersheba, the negev and ashkilon. Now israel continues to prepare a ground operation in gaza for the final elimination of the hamas movement. They promise to cancel it only in one case, with the Unconditional Surrender of hamas and the release of the hostages. According to the latest data , hamas is holding 222 people. Posters. All of tel aviv, while foreign politicians visit israel, monday, at on monday, greek Prime Minister mitsatakis arrived , the fifth state leader to come to tel aviv in recent days. For the near future , the list of visitors includes the Prime Minister of spain, the netherlands and the president of france. At the same time, the idf is purposefully eliminating hamas leaders, the times of israel writes, and a newly created special unit will be planning such operations
The American Marine corps. Here. Also includes v22 convertiplanes and f35 fighters. Now they are perfecting the landing on board this british aircraft carrier. The us marines, british navy and Royal Marines have interacted with each other for many years. Right now were focused on deterring either side, whether its iran or any nonstate actor. Just today, the United States shot down two drones that were aimed at american benf troops in syria, without causing any casualties. The United States has Intelligence Data according to which militants supported by iran, and these are shiite groups in syria and iraq, are preparing for a possible escalation and attacks on us officials are intensifying, and comes as iran seeks to take advantage of the gaza conflict between israel and hamas. Iran is also trying to take advantage of growing antiamerican and antiisraeli sentiment in the region. Iran supports these groups. Finances them and arms them, the only question is how direct this support is, Offi