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Allison, one of the striking points about the whole approach is the extent thatjournalists are relying on tech platforms. this is a whole new level of antagonism. if you are an open—source investigator you could find all your source material just taken away, facebook or twitter or whoever desires to moderate the evidence or hit with a court order to delete material by an overseas government. is that a real concern? i think as an open source investigator you absolutely rely on having access to data and large amounts of it. the data that i work with comes from two sources, it's social media or...

Or contextualized with up i think with covid in particular, there was a recognition that it was even harder to get on the ground, not just the security considerations was obscene but certainly our shelter in place order. there is so crazy is going on in some being exacerbated globally. really there was a short up and realising that nice to have for a lot of institutions. allison, one of the striking points about the whole approach is the extent thatjournalists are relying on tech platforms. we talked inspire from millie ties between silicon valley and news publishers in general. this is a whol...

Why is it difficult for the us to enact it in a way that would satisfy the public? enact it in a way that would satisfy the ublic? , �* . . enact it in a way that would satisfy the public?— the public? isn't that a broad cuestion the public? isn't that a broad question on _ the public? isn't that a broad question on a _ the public? isn't that a broad question on a range - the public? isn't that a broad question on a range of - the public? isn't that a broad| question on a range of issues right now? i think this one has some real promise to read because of the points you were making, there'...

All you see. it's just to sow doubt in your head it's to sow doubt in your head about who the good guy is and who the bad guy is >> reporter: tech platforms say they're taking action, tackling a problem that date back to 2016 meta, the company that operates facebook and instagram, says it's removing content that violates our community standards. tiktok says it's using, quote, sources to remove violent content, including harmful misinformation >> what is the most important red flag to watch out for? >> the number one thing i can ask anyone to do is click through the profile and see what's going...

Your view of these big tech platforms, all of them in one or another taking stands against russia, whether that's state funded content, whether that is denouncing russians actions. is this -- are we going to look back at this as a pivot point in history in terms of the big tech platforms taking action amid a war? >> i'm glad actually that you brought up the point about are they taking sides. up until this moment meta and facebook have been clear they want all the benefits of dom thalgt the world communications without any of the responsibility of having to take sides or get caught up in sri ow...