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The Memorial Ceremony for Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is underway in u. S. Statuary hall. Were going to hear shortly from the speaker of the house, and has noted, Justice Ginsburg is making history even in death because she is the first woman to lie in state, a trailblazer in so many ways. And as jan crawford has reported, this is so rare even for a Supreme Court justice to lie in state. She is the second justice ever following only chief Justice William taft who of course was president before h...

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Next, a look at scams, profiteering and conspiracy theories from the coronavirus pandemic. Medical experts, victims of disinformation campaigns and legislatures from both the u. S. And canada discuss the challenges they are facing. Hosted by George Washington Universities Institute for data, democracy and politics on tuesday. This is an hour and ten minutes. Welcome to our continuing conversation about the flaws of big social media platforms in response to the disinformation campaigns around cov...

The institute of data and democracy and politics which is presenting this event together with the International Committee on this information. Ill be your moderator and your timekeeper and i will continue this conversation with her distinguished panel and guest. If you are journalist, please feel free to put your question into the q a field, make sure that is addressed to everybody so we can see that and i will try to incorporate some of the questions to our panel in a bit. Social media platform...

Minutes. Welcome to our continuing conversation about the big social media platform in response to the disinformation campaigns around the covid19 pandemic, very serious situation where lives are literally in the balance. Im the director of the George Washington University School of Public Affairs affiliated with the institute of data and democracy and politics which is presenting this event together with the International Committee on this information. Ill be your moderator and your timekeeper ...

Will try to incorporate any of those questions to our panel in a bit. Social media platforms as we discussed are allowing unscrupulous actors to sell unsafe, illegal, and overpriced medical equipment during this pandemic. That is one of many issues that we see across the social media platforms. This one is not a new problem. Social media platforms continue to allow these dangerous disinformation during covid 19 pandemic, and in so doing, they expose just how dangerous and how irresponsible this ...

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Us covid19 is up to three times more contagious than the flu. That means in a normal cycle of this virus, just one person with coronavirus could kick off a Snowball Effect that leaves up to 59,000 new infection. Think about that. And then, think about the way we normally operate here. Members travel frequently from their home states, some of which are coronavirus hotspots, to convene together in the capitol complex. Then, we travel back home at the end of the week and we repeat this process mont...