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acknowledging a very different trails. they are the most powerful forces fighting for our attention. the approach of work without political violence it s technology that say is fueling misinformation and polarizing content for clicks and profit. a safer, free speech sprekting more enjoyable social media is possible. this morning, we re going look at how the technology companies built platforms connecting the world that are now challenging the very foundations of democracy. conditioning congress is concerned about what big content we see. you used this power to run amok. you have used it to silence conservatives. we do have national security concerns from the fbi s end about tiktok. democratic senator of minnesota and republican congressman mike gallagher of wisconsin will discuss what congress can do to regulate social media. joining me for insight and analysis are new york times technology reporter cecilia kang, carlos carbello, former homeland ....
Any friends or interests and they followed some center right, center left ush use. all they did is click on content facebook gave it. follow groups facebook suggested. in two weeks, twhent from, you know, center topics like fox news to white genocide just by clicking on the content. the algorithm pushed them in a more extreme direction. our information environment does have consequences. we compartmentalize tv and radio. this is much harder to compartmentalize. it is also a question of when tv is on, if you tell a falsehood, other people can see it and respond. on radio, everyone can hear has the same airwaves. when it comes to social media, can you spread lies very visible and facebook is resistant even minimal efforts at transparency that may allow us to reconverge. so what government regulation look like? i m a big proponent of ....
Estranged husband george zimmerman was threatening her father and her with a gun. she decided not to press charges. she continually has a hand on his gun he keeps saying step closer. he s threatening all of us. step closer or what? and he s going to shoot us. that incident stems from a visit by shelly and her father. twhent to the house. she filed for divorce last week. overnight an escaped prisoner who led police on a nearly 15 hour manhunt was captured. officers arrested abraham pearson after he got a tip he had been spotted walking near a highway in detroit. investigators believe he was trying to hitchhike to florida. the suspect broke free after he was as courted to court to receive a 15 year sentence for car jacking. he stabbed a deputy with a cone he turned into a weapon. this next story has a lot of ....
Hospital. brett esrock of providence hospital in the local area there. thank you for joining us. thank you very much. the explosion packing an extremely powerful force as we have been reporting people as far away as 30 miles away felt and heard the blast. elizabeth has been covering the story all nightlong, and she joins us now with the latest information that she has been able to get. elizabeth? heather, we have been following this all night. west is 80 miles from dallas. the folks i spoke with overnight, some of them about dallas. some of them about 20 miles from west texas still felt the blast. a lot of them hotel managers, people living in their homes. twhent out into the street. other neighbors felt the blast as well. they initially thought it was an earthquake. social media helped them figure out the blast was coming from this explosion in west texas. many folks in that small tight ....