Weve heard in the previous sessions today about Fact Checking political news, a Law Enforcement is preparing for potential post election violence. Weve also discussed the impact of disinformation about covid19 and communities of color. Our next panel will focus on covid19 political mobilization and digital platforms. Weve seen the power of information and disinformation in the era of coronavirus but how can people cut through the sea of claims and counter claims on the internet and social media and make sense of the sheer volume of information out there . And what is the responsibility of those who oversee social media platforms to make sure that information out there is actually correct and accurate . So today we have a distinguished group joining us. Im going to start with you, first, david. Dr. David is an associate professor in the school of engineering and applied sciences at the George Washington university. Hes the associate director of institute for data, democracy, and politic
A cell of hezbollah fighters trying to infiltrate israeli controlled territory Israeli Soldiers tracked them and repelled them with machine gun tank and artillery fire in tel aviv where theyd rushed for security assessments israels julian Prime Minister and defense minister put on a rare show of unity. A sale of hezbollah terrorists crossed into israel in an attempt to harm Israeli Soldiers i. D. F. Soldiers and officers acted professionally and accurately and prevented a severe incident that could have cost human lives. Israels Prime Minister made an explicit reference to the war of 2006 in warning hezbollahs leader Hassan Nasrallah that israels armed forces stood ready to respond further because volatile adox hizbollah must understand that it is playing with fire it made a big mistake when it assessed israels nation to defend itself and lebanon paid a price for any attack against us will be met with great force i urge him not to repeat this mistake and we do not live unknown. Israel
The memory of him and theyre marching from the past where indirect fire where where violence took place. And approaches. The fight in. March this year when iraq was. And now we can see the demonstrators that they are angry at the government for not delivering the electricity. The government for not making the sweeping changes that they have demanded over. Until you put the Prime Minister in his position what protection have you provided to the protesters what demands have you implemented for the protesters you dont provide any solution not the simplest things its very silly that theres no electricity no clean water you didnt do anything for the citizens. The military spokesperson of the Prime Minister has condemned the violence has promised an investigation here also said the Security Forces have been ordered to use force only as a last resort but until now the details of what happened last night remain unclear what is certain however is the demonstrators are very angry at the governme
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A member of the Student Nonviolent Committee met Dr Martin Luther King Jr when he was very young he called him the boy from troy thats where he was born in alabama and that name never really left him but i think although honestly he will be deeply missed it both the u. S. Congress and of course by those that knew him i think his legacy is the important thing is he literally spilt blood for the cause of the Civil Rights Era. Antiracism protests in the u. S. City of portland are now into their 9th week the citys leaders say anger has been inflamed by president Donald Trumps decision to send in federal agents leo harding reports. Demonstrations like these have been held in Portland Oregon for the last 2 months was was protesters supporting the black lives Matter Movement demanding racial equality and in end to Police Brutality south theyre probably going to get their message across that were not backing down and were not just im here for a game not a job the 3 of you we are here completel