Been and theres even more many. Were going until 8 00 tonight. So thank you for being here, i hope youre having a wonderful day. And for those of you following us online and streaming online, im carla hayden, the librarian of congress, and this is one of my favorite [applause] as you can imagine, times. And our next author is not only a local celebrity, he is also an international one. Chef jose andres is as well known for the many extraordinary restaurants he runs as he is for his humanitarian efforts. In fact, he will be leaving directly after this program to go help others. [applause] so hes backstage signing books right now because if he doesnt catch the plane, he wont be able to get there. You probably know that following the 2010 earthquake in haiti chef andres formed the World Kitchen to feed the distressed island nation, and after maria struck puerto rico in 2017, he once again answered the call for relief efforts by providing millions of meals with his team of chefs and volunt
From their platforms. This is a matter of serious importance to the safety and wellbeing of her nations communities. I sincerely hope we can engage in a collaborative discussion about what more can be done within the jurisdiction of this committee to keep our communities safe from those wishing to do us harm. Today we welcome representatives from the Worlds Largest social Media Companies and on line platforms. We hear from ms. Monika bickert, head of the local policy management for facebook. And mr. Nick pickles Public Policy director of twitter. Mr. Derek slater global director of information policy at google and mr. George salim Senior Vice President of programs for the antidefamation league. Over the past two decades the United States has let the world in development of social media and other services that allow people to connect with one another. Open platform like Google Twitter facebook and instagram and youtube have dramatically change the way we communicate and have been used p
Always thought for a move or come up there it will never get across the river now a battle is underway for the survival of the largest forest of its kind in east africa kenyas government has a victim hundreds of thousands of settlers from the mal forest over the past 20 years as nicholas have reports and digitas people in the region say their homes are at risk and so is the areas very rare wildlife. Deep in the mouth forest are people who communicate with honey. Bees can sense our intentions explained secure macho to her nephew collect the honey with a pure heart she says and youll be unharmed hanging from the branches are wooden hives people built to protect the bees its a relationship of cultivated over centuries which is at risk. The bees done tree unsub back but we know what death thinking its obvious by the sound they make they are angry they are upset destruction in these forests. East africas largest indigenous force was cut down to almost half of its original size over the cour
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