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Two years ago when Elon Bus mosque. Twitter, he vowed to keep it nonbiased. He posted at the time it may be politically neutral which means upsetting the far right in the far left equally. It was a message he repeated frequently in interviews after purchasing the platform. The goal is to be as fair and evenhanded as possible. Not favoring any political ideology. That quickly turned out to be hollow. Instead he used his influence on his own Plaut Form to tell followers to vote republican. He voic...

Mag a cheerleader. Plus trump is going all in on his lies and aggressive attacks. On the eve of October 7 attacks on israel, more of my conversation about his vision of a land for all. Lets do it. Two years ago one Elon Musk bought what was once called twitter he vowed to keep it a nonbiased platform. That was his mission statement. He posted at the time it must be politically neutral which effectively means upsetting the far right and far left equally. A message he repeated frequently in interv...

Flags were on the Capitol Building and at the white house are being flown at half staff in members of pearl harbor. Now live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Great redeemer, guide our lawmakers along the best path to fulfill your purposes on earth. May they submit to your wisdom and providential leading, believing that you will supply all of their needs. Remind them that ...

Stocks stumbled out of gate. This is blowoff of november to remember. Reversal that may have been sparked by record homebuilder sent meant. Some think the market is too optimistic and toppy. They say it has gone full bull. Is it time to buy or sell. Of course those ceos of facebook and twitter, they are more contrite this time around in latest capitol hill hearing. Republicans and Democratic Senators are both admonishing them for abuse of power. Well continue with a life report, get reaction fro...

Think otherwise and thats often puts journalists and Public Health at risk. Behind the mask of coronavirus censorship spreads journalists around the world have come under attack for reporting on the pandemic it started in china where citizen journalists dared to deviate from the official narrative. Images of overstretched hospitals in which the virus is right in front of me chinas criminal prosecutors are behind me im not afraid of death do you think im afraid if you come in this party of china ...

Travel restrictions feeling a little blow to the tourism industry. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us exactly one week before possibly the most consequential u. S. Election secretary of state mike pompei own defense secretary mark esper has flown to india to meet with their counterparts its almost as if theyre running against the clock rolling out as much of their age policy in case their boss President Donald Trump loses the election india has signed a military agreem...

To agree on new restrictions under whats been dubbed a lock down lights and that strategy would basically work with 2 tools one would be to continue to have strict lock downs in districts where of the infection rates are skyrocketing currently in germany we have 2 districts in the various that are experiencing that life standing still that because of high infection rates and to nationwide some new restrictions would be implemented in concrete terms pubs and restaurants will close again much like...

20000 by weeks end. Im brink off its good to have you with us its the Coronavirus Crisis is getting worse and the reactions to it are increasing french president emanuel make wrong is facing a growing backlash in the muslim world over controversial comments that he made about islam mccrone stops angered by defending cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad after the brutal murder of a french teacher since then a growing number of muslim countries have criticized macron and have joined a drive to boycott...

This hearing will come to order, senator cantwell is going to join us in person but she joins us remotely at the beginning of the hearing, we have convened this morning to continue work of this committee to ensure the internet remains a free and open space and they are sufficiently uptodate, it is a Great American success story, thanks in large part to the regulatory and legal structure our government put in place, we cannot take that success for granted, the openness and freedom of the internet...

Eastern on cspans q a. Ceos of facebook, twitter and google appeared virtually at a Senate Commerce hitting Senate Commerce hearing. Republicans question whether the companies were censoring conservative viewpoints while democrats raised concerns about the spread of misinformation. Throughout the hearing, there were several references to section 230 of the committee occasions decency act, which shields social Media Companies from liability for content posted on their sites. This is three and a h...