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
Most republicans say theyre not fair to conservative speech, for that matter, conservative stories. Theyre more inclined to go after more liberal content. It went way beyond that to talk about the Business Model themself. Whether they need the protections of this 230, section 230 here you know a good deal about. This is part of the 1996 Telecommunications Act that would shield them from liability for third party speech, speech that seems to be offensive or just wrong but theyre calling into question whether that protection should be allowed to them or they should be treated like regular publishers of content. Theyre obviously deadset against that. To varying degrees their business depends on it. It is a reminder here that they are being called in. Democrats were questioning the timing of all of this. You know, right now, just days ahead of the election. But the fact of the matter is, theyre not done. Theyre in the lunch break. Gillian turner where this all stands, how long this could g
Milestone in the struggle to recover from a pandemic economy expanded by 3. 2 percent year on year than experts predicted it raises hopes of a rapid recovery elsewhere in the world while factories are ramping up again one sector is still struggling retail sales in china have continued to shrink. Correspondent in taipei so if Government Spending drove the recovery youre right actually the rising. Was helped by very strong and thus trio production and its very much a story of government led to assume a lez recovery so if we look at this Recovery Plan we know a chinese date has increased the amount of money bed local governments can borrow on their Infrastructure Projects so a rise and construction help chinese economy but if we look at other sectors for example in investment and consumption they asked you a week. When European Central Bank Officials meet in frankfurt today president cristina got to face questions on whether she has done enough to return europes economy to health one area
Meeting. Very good, Board Members. Weve been supplied with the minutes and i will ask first, is there anyone from the public who wishes to comment on our april 7th minutes . For members of the public who are watching this meeting via sfg tv from april 7th, please call 888 8086929 and then code 9961164 and then finally 10. Mr. Moderator, yo if you would let us know if there are members of the public who wish to address the board. Operator to summon each question press 1 and then 0. It looks like no members of the public dialing in at thisman. This minute. So we will close Public Comment. Well close Public Comment on item 4 and ill entertain a motion to approve the minutes. So moved. I heard two and would you please call the role. role call . Mr. Chair, you have a unanimous vote. Very good. On communications, well provide overview as to why were doing things this way and ill be more brief than i was last time, but due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommenda
9961164 and then finally 10. Mr. Moderator, yo if you would let us know if there are members of the public who wish to address the board. Operator to summon each question press 1 and then 0. It looks like no members of the public dialing in at thisman. This minute. So we will close Public Comment. Well close Public Comment on item 4 and ill entertain a motion to approve the minutes. So moved. I heard two and would you please call the role. role call . Mr. Chair, you have a unanimous vote. Very good. On communications, well provide overview as to why were doing things this way and ill be more brief than i was last time, but due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendations issued by the department of Public Health and given that the governor has lifted it, this is being held with all members and staff Via Teleconference to ensure the safety of the board of directors, staff and members the public. In our published notice, we ask the public to participate rem