It looked like a once in a century flood, just because there was so much water. It was a shock for me because i didnt believe it would come towards me, and as i saw it, ijust ran away because the water was rising so quickly near the house. The police in the Czech Republic have confirmed more people have died as a result of the flood. Our eastern Europe Correspondent Sarah Rainsford sent this update from the South West of poland. This is the river behind me here in fact, until a couple days ago, this was the main bridge across that river. As you can see, it gives you a really good impression it is in complete ruin. The water grows extremely high and the Bridgejust Water grows extremely high and the bridge just couldnt stand it. The waters have receded a little bit but the water is very fast flowing still. It is left a terrible mess in this Town And Weve been speaking to some of the people just trying to clean up. You can see there is still a lot of water around, a huge amount of mud and
Talks about social Media Companies approach to misinformation on their platforms. At 945 a. M. , virginia senator tim kaine host this is the washington journal for october the 20th. Pennsylvania,p in Vice President pence planned a stop in cincinnati, ohio. Two recent polls suggest when asked about the impact of social media and political discourse, most people responded it had a negative effect. What about you . What do you think of social medias impact on the way we get information about politics and how we talk about politics . You can let us know on the lines this morning. 2027488000 hooves 2027488001 who support President Trump and mike pence, 2027488000 for joe biden and Kamala Harris. 2027488002 if you are undecided or support another candidate. If you text us, you can do so at 2027488003. Our Facebook Pages facebook. Com cspan. Those polls, one of them comes talks about social medias impact. Heres a result of the survey saying by Political Party, there slight while 83 to republi
Tech reporter for axios. Thanks for joining us. We appreciate your time. Guest thank you. Host one of the interesting aspect is the last couple of stories concerning the New York Post, and the responses from certain platforms. Remind viewers what happened with the story end with the platforms. Post the new york put a story with allegations about joe bidens son hunter and supposedly was that joe biden did for hunter in ukraine. The story was obtained because of a laptop that they obtained emails in, provided by rudy giuliani, the president s personal lawyer. Twitter and facebook worked to limit the distribution of this article on their platforms because the materials they have, which had to do with hacked materials, obtained by hacking. It was a swift backlash from many conservatives on the hill and in the administration. Twitter ended up backtracking and allowing the post to be shared after all after some really strong backlash. It was a prime example of how these companies attempt to
Pieces, competition antitrust law and Consumer Protection which covers a wide swath of territory but includes everything from gardenvariety scams to fight the enforcement in both of those areas squarely in the middle of a lot of really interesting changes that our society is going through and technology which all of us are dealing and not many of us are using. Host technology and telecommute occasions have become a bigger part of your portfolio over the last couple of years, havent they . To some extent yes. I say to some extent because telecommute occasions are much more the purview of the Commerce Department then the ftc but for example with respect to privacy we do work there with respect to advertising claims we do work there and certainly technology is a big part of what we do. Host antitrust when it comes to technology, correct . Guest yes, very much so. Host there was a recent article in the wall street journal talking about the potential lawsuit against facebook. Could you tell
Of government. Created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Us this week on the communicators as federal trade Commission Commissioner Noah Phillips, one of three republicans sitting on that commission. This has been a couple of years you have been on the commission. What kind of work do you do . Commissioner phillips we do a lot of really exciting work. Twomission is divided into pieces. Competition, antitrust law, and consumer protection, which covers a wide swath of territory. Both of those areas put us squarely in the middle of a lot of interesting changes our society is going through and technologies, which all of us are dealing with and many of us are using. And teliknology medications have become a bigger part of your portfolio, havent they . Commissioner phillips to some extent, yes because to some extent telecommunications are much more the purview of the fcc, but with respect to privacy, we do work wi