CHARLES: QUICK CHECK OF THE BIG
BOARD.
GETTING A LITTLE TRACTION.
COLUMN.
BIG TECH NAMES UNDER PRESSURE
PRESSURE.
AMAZON MOST NOTICEABLE DOWN 57
POINTS.
THERE IS TWITTER.
JACK DORSEY SAY WHY CONSERVATIVE
STAFFERS STAY QUIET ABOUT THEIR
VIEWS.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID.
HE SAID TWITTER IS SO LIBERAL IN
FACT THAT CONSERVATIVE EMPLOYEES
JOINING US NOW, JIM ANDERSON,
SOCIAL FLOW CEO.
THIS IS I THINK IS A HECK OF AN
GOT A LOT OF COVER FROM THE
LIBERAL MEDIA AND OTHERS WHO SAY
THE IDEA IS PREPOSTEROUS.
THAT CONSERVATIVES HAVE BEEN
>> THIS IS REMARKABLE AND
COMMENDABLE.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE
IS LIBERAL BIAS TO SOME DEGREE
IN EMPLOYEE BASE.
HE KNOWS HIS EMPLOYEES FAR
BETTER THAN I WITH.
HE SAYS, HE WANTS CONSERVATIVES
WHICH ARE IN THE MINORITY TO NOT
CHARLES: I THINK IT IS.
IT ADDS INSULT TO INJURY YOU
TELL ALL THESE PEOPLE, JUST YOUR
IMAGINATION YOU ARE NOT BEING
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
THE QUESTION, HOW DO THEY SOLVE
SOME OF THESE ISSUES?
>> WE HAVE TOWN PACK THIS THE
CONVERSATION BEING HAD IN MOST
CASES I THINK IS THE WRONG
CONVERSATION.
PEOPLE SAY MY VOICE IS NOT BEING
HEARD.
THAT IS A FAIR COMPLAINT BUT IF
I FOUND A LOCAL CABLE ACCESS TV
SHOW AND I COMPLAIN MY RATINGS
ARE NOT AS GOOD AS YOURS, THAT
IS THE WAY IT WORKS.
JUST BECAUSE YOUR VOICE ISN'T
HEARD DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE BEING
CENSORED.
YOU HAVE TO COMPETE.
CHARLES: IF YOU GO TO SLEEP, 500
FOLLOWERS, AUNT BETSY AND YOU
HAVE 300 HAD FOLLOWERS AND AUNT
BETSY AND UNCLE GEORGE ARE GONE
CHARLES: I HAVE SPOKEN TO JACK
DORSEY AT LUNCH.
WHEN YOU SAY IT IS ROBOT, NOT
THE AUNT, THEY WILL SAY YOU'RE
NOT CREDIBLE.
THAT YOU ARE DISSING THEM.
YOU'RE BRUSHING ASIDE TEAR
CONCERNS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
>> FAIR POINT.
I CAN'T PROVE A NEGATIVE, RIGHT?
I CAN'T PROVE THAT IS NEGATIVE.
CHARLES: YOU'RE CALLING PEOPLE
LIARS.
>> I'M NOT CALLING PEOPLE LIARS.
I'M SAYING WE'RE HAVING WRONG
CONVERSATION.
YOU'RE COMPLAINING WITH PEOPLE
NOT GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION.
CHARLES: NO.
WHAT WE'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT,
PEOPLE ARE SAYING IS THERE A
SETTLE OF RULES FOR THESE SOCIAL
SEARCH ENGINES?
IF IT IS CAN WE KNOW WHAT IT IS?
THIS WAY PERHAPS, PERHAPS, WHEN
THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN
SOMEONE PUTS OUT A TWEET AND
THERE IS NO RETWEETS DESPITE
MAYBE HAVING 200,000 FOLLOWERS,
BECAUSE HAS WRONG WORDS IN IT,
MAYBE WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT.
IF SILICON VALLEY, IF THE SOCIAL
MEDIA COMPANIES JUST CONTINUE TO
>> ALGORITHM DISCLOSURE WE
TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
WE NEED TO SEE INSIDE THE
BLACK BOXES.
THAT IS A VERY FAIR CONCERN AND
VERY FAIR FOCUS FOR CONGRESS AND
REGULATORS GLOBALLY.
CHARLES: WE KNOW THESE ARE
PRIVATE COMPANIES.
WE RESPECT THEY CAN DO WHATEVER
THEY WANT.
THEY CAN TAKE THEIR BALL WITH
IT, GO WITH IT, RIGHT?
BE IGNORED.
THEY HAVE MORE INFLUENCE THAN
THE TRADITIONAL MEDIA, UNDER A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SCRUTINY
AND REGULATORY CONTROL.
ANY POINT THE REGULATORY
SCRUTINY AND CONTROL SHOULD BE
APPLIED TO SOCIAL MEDIA?
>> THERE IS.
YOU'RE RAISING ANTITRUST ISSUES.
GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, APPLE IS A
DIFFERENT KIND OF COMPANY,
NETFLIX.
YOU'RE STARTING TO GET LARGE
COMPANIES WITH TREMENDOUS
INFLUENCE.
ALL HAVE INDIVIDUAL DEPENDENCIES
ON AL GORISMS AND TECHNOLOGIES.
THERE IS VERY LEGITIMATE
CONVERSATION.
HOW MUCH DISCLOSURE SHOULD WE