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Today we welcome representatives from the Worlds Largest social Media Companies and Online Platforms. We hear from ms. Monica bickert, head of the Global Policy management for facebook. And mr. Nick pickles, Public Policy at twitter. Mr. Derrick slater, global director of information policy at google and mr. George saline, Senior Vice President of programs for the antidefamation league. Platforms have dramatically changed the way we skmcommunica and have been used positively for likeminded groups to come together and shed light on despotic regimes throughout the world. No matter how great the benefit to society these platforms provide, it is important to consider how they can be used for evil at home and abroad. On august 3rd, 2019, 20 people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a mass shooting at an el paso shopping center. Police have said that they are reasonably confident that the suspect posted a manifesto to a website called 8chan 27 minutes prior to the shooting. 8 cha
Laws a special edition of early today starts right now. Good morning im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena in el paso, texas. The nation is in mourning today after the deadliest and darkest 13 hours in the country, with back so back Mass Shootings here in el paso, texas, and in dayton, ohio here in el paso, chaos and gunfire erupted at a walmart near the cielo vista mall. The gunman opening fire on dozens of families on a busy saturday morning, killing 20 people and injuring 26 others. Special coverage on early today with phillip in his hometown of el paso. No doubt covering another mass t especially so, phillip, when it happens where you grew up, where your family is, and when are you call home. Reporter itl, frances on saturday i was getting ready to go to work and anchor an hour of msnbc and i got that email alert, and it started to it didnt really hit until i started to flooded with Text Messages from my mom and then from friends. And then i started getting alerts and then my mom t
A shell shocked america. A special edition of early today starts right now. Good monday morning. Im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena in el paso, texas. The country is reeling this morning after two mass shoot ings in el paso and ohio claim the lives of 29 people in just 13 hours two cities, 1600 miles apart, both grieving. Here in el paso, a 21yearold gunman opened fire inside a crowded walmart inside cielo vista mall people went scrambling for cover. 20 people were killed and 26 people were injured. We have coverage with phillip in his hometown of el paso phillip, especially when it happens to be where you grew up and where you call home. Its surreal, frances, its something that i could have never imagined would happen here i got the news on saturday and then it hit me like a ton of bricks, especially when i found out i had family members that were i cousin were inside that cielo vista mall when they got word that shots were ringing out and chaos ensued and they were able to run out