Weve heard in the previous sessions today about Fact Checking political news, a Law Enforcement is preparing for potential post election violence. Weve also discussed the impact of disinformation about covid19 and communities of color. Our next panel will focus on covid19 political mobilization and digital platforms. Weve seen the power of information and disinformation in the era of coronavirus but how can people cut through the sea of claims and counter claims on the internet and social media and make sense of the sheer volume of information out there . And what is the responsibility of those who oversee social media platforms to make sure that information out there is actually correct and accurate . So today we have a distinguished group joining us. Im going to start with you, first, david. Dr. David is an associate professor in the school of engineering and applied sciences at the George Washington university. Hes the associate director of institute for data, democracy, and politic
Joining me youre making a point of whether or not we need to see a reconstitution in what we have called f. A. A. N. G. We have had a reemerging. Time to look at some of the lesser known tech names and the smaller teches that are just getting started. We have two of those on the show today. A cloud air company is up big after reporting the latest quarter, and big commerce is finding its footing after its first earnings report. If youre an investor out there and you have gotten motion sickness from teslas stock lain changes. Coming up in just a couple minutes, right thats a great point, jon this year were hearing more about some of the other names you brought up but in one way i would say these are not necessarily smaller tech investors are getting nervous even though we have seen very, very good quarters from the like of docusign and c scale. Were seeing that perhaps that dont fill these excised expectations people are starting to wonder have they run up too that is a good place to beg
San francisco, san mateo, alameda and contra costa counties will all begin enforcing a mask requirement tomorrow on Public Transit and part is on board. We have a live message. Writers who choose not to wear a mask will be told to leave. Reporter yes, bart police will be proactively telling people to cover up their faces. Bart may not let those riders who refuse to wear masks ride the train picked they may be escorted out or ridden a citation. Starting wednesday Face Coverings arent recommended, but required. To make you can be creative with your Face Covering. As long as your mouth and nose are covered and they remain covered, youre allowed to right bart. Reporter required in the parking lot, inside the station and on board a train, the order follows guidelines set forth in several counties bart operates in. The county Health Orders that were issued specifically mentioned not just bart, but all transit and ridesharing attacks eggs taxis. You must now where a Face Covering. Reporter Fa
Jose serrano id like to welcome nasa administrator, jim bryden stein, and acting associate administrator for nasa human exploration and operations ken bowersox to the subcommittee this morning. Earlier this year, nasa commemorated the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon, which remains the single most successful and Famous Mission and nasas history. Just a week before the cjs bill was marked up in subcommittee, nasa submitted a 1. 6 million 1. 6 billion Budget Amendment that intended to advance our humans to the moon by four years. This prevented us from adequately considering the proposal this hearing will give us an opportunity to obtain more information from nasa regarding the revised plans for returning to the moon. This subcommittee would like to send the first woman astronaut into deep space, including to the surface of the moon. We want to do it in a theonsible way from perspective of safety, cost, and likelihood of mission success. As most of you know, i have been a stro
Id like to welcome nasa administrator, Jim Bridenstine and ken bowersox to the subcommittee this morning. Earlier this year, nasa commemorated the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon, which remains the single most successful and Famous Mission and nasas history. Just a week before our bill was marked up in subcommittee, nasa submitted a 1. 6 Million Dollar Budget Amendment that intended to advance our humans to the years. This blowup obtained more information from nasa, regarding its plans to return to the moon. Of all of us on the subcommittee, we would like to send the first woman astronaut into the deep space, including to the surface of the moon and we want to do it in a responsible way, from the perspective of safety, cost and likelihood of success. As most of you know, i have been a strong supporter of nasa and we provide nasa more than 22. 3 billion in our house bill. However, i remain extremely concerned about the additional cause to accelerate the mission by four years