Representing different parties and different points of view had many specifics to be worked out. Given the data needs associated with the coronavirus aftermath. The panel will discuss the tradeoff between privacy and the context of the pandemic and get back privacy considerations and what the new privacy wall should look like and include and what it should not include. We are a distinguished panel to discuss these issues. Let me introduce them now. We have professor of law at the university of arizona. Christina montgomery is Vice President and chief officer at ibm, the former acting chair and commissioner now a partner of the law firm, andrew smith is the head of the bureau of Consumer Protection of the ftc and distinguished professor of management. Let me start out with a question for the panel and then also take you in the same order. Has the pandemic changed the tradeoff and beneficial uses of data, and if so, how. In terms of where the policy debate is going, i found its done surp
Over the counting of mailin ballots continues. The Supreme Court is allowing pennsylvania and North Carolina for now to count ballots received after election day, but the high court could still hear the pennsylvania case after the election and it could decide who wins the presidey. Nc we will speak to mother jones ari berman. Then we look at big techs role in the election as Senate Republicans accuse social Media Companies of favoring democrats. But is that true . If anything,e see ma sorts of thnology platforms throughout the past four years supporting the trump agenda and a conservative agenda. Millions plunged into pandemic poverty, the senate has adjourned before passing another stimulus bill. We will look at the spike in hunger across United States. These families are basically living like on a ticking time bomb when this starts up again, how theyre going to pay their rent. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im am
One possible snag. The signature test. Its something all ballots must go through, especially right now as mailin ballots pour in by the millions to election offices. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us. In the 2018 general election nearly 23,000 mailin ballots were rejected across the bay area. The big three mistakes, no signature on the ballot or envelope, signature doesnt match Voter Registration card, or ballot isnt returned in time. As President Trump erroneously claims that mailin ballots are not reliable, we wanted to look at the verification process, especially the signatures. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Friedman is on the story. Reporter youre looking at the largest early voter turnout in marin county history with more than 100,000 ballots cast already. Thats more than half the registered voters. Panner lowe was one of them today but after talking with us she did have some questions. Are you worried . Well, now i am. Reporter and all because of he
There, that meadow. Empire mine road the prettiest 3 miles in antioch closed for 20 years and would be open to for 4000 houses. Said that and is with safe mount diablo trying to get measure t on the ballot since 2016. It would preserve the growth boundary here. The second thing is it says for urban development out here between kaiser and Black Diamond you have to have a vote of antioch residents. Reporter opponent site traffic in the problems that come when the city doubles in size and 30 years. When we moved in 22 years ago that the was it was a good priority to build a third high school. That has never happened. Reporter pushing back against mr. T the developers who on the land in a statement one of the groups tolds the proposed land use of the project are in compliance with existing city of antioch general planned. They also say downsizing what was previously allowed my run afoul of new state laws designed to increase housing supply. The forces behind mr. T would rather see that gro
Said this hearing will her were turned to order and we understand that senator moran is next so sir you are recognized. Chairman wicker thank you very much and thank you for you and senator cantwell hosting this hearing. Let me address initially this topic that seems to be primary today and then that is of data privacy. Let me ask all three witnesses how much money does your company stand annually on content moderation . How many people work in general in the area of content moderation including by private contract . Let me start with those two questions and ultimately want to ask you how much money does your company spend independently on lawsuits for content. See that mr. Zuckerberg do you want to go first . Senator we have more than 35,000 people who work on content and safety review and i believe our budget is multiple billions of dollars a year, upwards of three or maybe even more billion dollars a year which is a greater amount in revenue in the sense that we are spending more on