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we begin with developing news from south korea. its reported that at least 59 people have been killed in a stampede and crush in the capital, seoul. it happened as huge crowds gathered for halloween festivities in a busy bar district. up to 100,000 people are said to have been celebrating in a popular night spot. many of those out during the evening were young party—goers. more than 150 people are injured and its feared the number of dead could rise. videos show medical teams giving ...

him even as the police arrived. the new details coming in, including how police knew to respond to the pelosi home. and the suspects twisted stolen election thoughts pushed online. plus, the attack underscores the alarming number of threats to u.s. lawmakers and their families. how much is the current political climate to blame? and 11 days out from election day and the big names hitting the field late in the game that may signal concern about midterm victories. welcome to the le...

Meta’s Oversight Board on Thursday initiated review of two content moderation decisions by the social media giant related to Israel-Hamas war content.

Experience as advocating on important telecommunications policy. >> stone says she regrets her tone but she was silent when we asked her if she takes them back. >> do you still stand by all the things you said on twitter? >> no comment. >> do you stand by those comments? as fcc commissioner stone would be a key factor in making changes to section 230, the rule that shields social media sites from being sued over their content decisions. as social media sites make content calls that continue to c...

Best. >> ptouche. senator blumenthal, thank you so much for being here. this just in, a new memo from nick clegg, top executive at facebook saying, hey, staffers, brace for more bad headlines in the coming days. that is because the facebook papers we were talking about, disclosures coming from frances haugss document dump that reporters are combing through and were going to see more of those stories in the coming days. another perspective, let me bring in suzanne nossel, ceo of the oversight...

Going out and making a point fits into that. i think we did the right thing there. >> but this idea that somebody would say that if we take it down its poking the bear would be controversial, especially when you are trusting facebook to make content decisions, and thats politically motivated? >> i read the report that you are referring to, and its not clear at all that the report is right. a lot of things that were in the report we talked to the reporters ahead of time and told them from everyth...

What political leaders are saying. so in those cases i dont think that a lot of the content violated our policies. we also have a specific point in our policies where newsworthy content we give a special deference to, which certainly somebody who is a prominent politician going out and making a point fits into that. no, i think we did the right thing there. >> but this idea that someone would say if we take it down, its poking the bear would be controversial, especially when you guys -- were tru...