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Some, like me, are immigrants who are profoundly grateful to the freedoms and opportunities it offers. and some of us are many of these things. let me close by saying that leading google has been the greatest professional honor of my life. a challenging moment for our industry and i greatly appreciate you letting me share the story of google and our work to build products worthy of the trust users place in us. thank you for the opportunity and i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank...

Carrying their phones with them virtually at all times, doesnt the collection of this volume of detailed information really mean that google is compiling information about virtually every movement an individual with a smartphone is making every hour of every day? >> mr. chairman, thank you for the question. today for any service we provide our users, we go to great lengths to protect their privacy and we give them transparency, choice and control. android is a powerful platform and provides smar...

That i cited is gathered by google? >> if -- for google services you have a choice of what information is collected and we make it transparent. >> i understand there are uses that consumers make use of. i use it to keep track of the number of steps i walk. i understand that service that one of your competitors provides. i understand that purpose. do you think the average consumer understands that google will collect this volume of detailed information when they click through the terms of service...

Volume of detailed information when they click through the terms of service agreements in order to use the android operating system? >> its really important for us that, you know, average users are able to understand it. >> would google or youtube be willing to make changes in support of a healthier civic dialogue if doing so meant a drop in user engagement metrics? >> absolutely. >> what is google doing to combat the spread of extremism across youtube? >> youtube is an important platform. we do...

♪ wear a hardhat youre gonna do it right ♪ ♪ panni panni panni-do it low ♪ panni panni panni-do it slow ♪ panni panni panni-do it low [airhorn] [construction noise] welcome back. google ceo sundar pichai is on capitol hill today testifying on a range of topics from data collection to device tracking. user privacy, content moderation. its been a long day for the tech boss. >> we go to great lengths to protect our privacy and we give them transparency, choice and control. android is a ...

Why the plunge? might have to do with the arrest of this woman, the daughter, chief financial saw of huaway. maybe you heard of that, maybe you havent. it is the biggest telecom company on earth, just surpassed apple to become the second biggest smart phone maker in the world. the u.s. suspects the company of violating sanctions on iran. and as you expect, china is outraged. that complicates everything between president trump and president xi as they talk about dialing back on the trade war. let...

Default, and the apps settings to improve the google experience. >> when i read something like that i am reminded when i see a statement like that from google or any of these giant tech companies big brother is watching, it makes me say i better check my privacy right now. where am i with that? so simple because they did create a great tool. whether you have gmail or android you can logon to your account and theres a thing called privacy checker, you can see if any web and apps have access to da...

Its not like having an iphone and then getting an android. this is a much more complicated deal, and it seems as though trump doesnt understand hes the guy with leverage here, not the saudis. >> lets talk about climate change, all right, because the president telling the post, "the washington post," one of the problems that a lot of people like myself, we have very high levels of intelligence, but were not necessarily such believers. then he added this. as to whether or not its manmade and wheth...

Intelligence that comes to you in english, youre going to have a very limited. >> youre in big trouble. >> in a sense that doesnt matter. franklin roosevelt he probably didnt hear the japanese saying tora tora tora when they bombed pearl harbor. the point is, the policy. year has american policy become captive to saudi foreign policy? it should be is the other way around. when trump keeps talking about how its important for us to keep the saudis happy, he gets it fundamentally wrong. it is impor...

>> julie: you cant necessarily blame her for not understanding how -- because the president made hillary clintons emails on a private server such a big deal on the campaign, she shouldve known better. >> its a rookie mistake, where we are at year. i think there is a distinction between an actual email server and a gmail or hotmail account. again, i said this before, the content of there could be subject to a public records request, the freedom of information act request but shes preserved these ...