OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR, SOCIAL
MEDIA TAKING THE HILL TODAY.
EXECUTIVES FROM FACEBOOK,
TWITTER, YouTUBE WILL FACE
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE OVER THEIR BUSINESS
PRACTICES INCLUDING SKEANSERSHIP
OF --
OF-S-
OF-SENSOR SHIP OF CERTAIN
VOICES.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM
THESE COMPANIES TODAY?
WE KNOW THAT CONGRESS IS LOOKING
AT THE WAY THEY POSSIBLY CENSOR
CONSERVATIVE IDEAS.
>> I DON'T THINK WE'LL HEAR
ANYTHING PARTICULARLY DEFINITIVE
PROBABLY.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL
STAGES OF THE FACEBOOKS AND
GOOGLES AFFIRMING THEY HAVE A
BALANCE AND SO FORTH.
PARTICIPANTS IT BASICALLY
HONESTLY, I DON'T -- I'M NOT
SURE THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP
WITH A PLAN THAT REALLY
SATISFIES EVERYONE'S UMBRAGE
ABOUT THIS.
BY THE WAY, IT'S WELL-PLACED.
THIS IS REALLY NOT -- THIS IS
NOW A UTILITY IN A SENSE IN OUR
COUNTRY AND I THINK IT'S TIME
FOR THESE COMPANIES TO BEGIN TO
INTEREST.
MARIA: A COUPLE WEEKS AGO YOU
COULD HAVE GOOGLED GOP AGENDA
AND YOU GOT BACK THAT.
NAZIISM.DAGEN: I HAD A CONVERSO
NAZIISM.DAGEN: I HAD A CONVERSN
WITH AN EXECUTIVE, A PRIVATE
CONVERSATION IN SILICON VALLEY
ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND AN
INDIVIDUAL DISMISSED IT.
IT'S THE VIEW FROM THE VALLEY
AND THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY THAT
THIS IS NOT ACTIVE CENSORSHIP.
IT'S JUST AUTOMATED.
IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS IN TERMS
OF THE RUSSIA INTERFERENCE,
-- IN TERMS OF AD PLACEMENT, THE
MARIA: IT'S DONE BY ALGORITHM.
>> SOMEONE'S WRITING THE
ALGORITHM.
SOMEONE IS PUTTING IN KEY WORDS
THAT TRIGGER A RESPONSE FROM THE
ALGORITHM.
THERE ARE HUMANS BEHIND ALL OF
THIS.
THERE'S NO DENYING THAT.
LOOK, ACTUALLY MY ISSUE WITH
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TODAY IS
PROTECTING PEOPLE.
WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT
PRIVACY.
BUT VERY RARELY ARE WE REALLY
THESE ORGANIZATIONS DAILY.
GOOGLE HAS WEBSITES UP THAT THEY
FEATURE THAT ARE FRAUDULENT.
THAT SEEMS TO ME A MUCH
BIGGER ISSUE FOR AMERICANS AND
FOR CONSUMERS THAN WHETHER MY
DATE OF BIRTH GETS BANDIED
ABOUT.
I DON'T CARE.
DAGEN: FROM A LIBERTARIAN OR
CONSERVATIVE PERSPECTIVE, IT
USED TO BE BUYER BEWARE, IT USED
TO BE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY,
THAT IT'S NOT UP TO THE
SOMEONE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOU.
AND THAT SEEMS TO HAVE FALLEN BY
THE WAYSIDE A LITTLE BIT WITH
THE WAY CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT
MORPHED IN RECENT YEARS.
>> HOW MUCH OF THIS IMBALANCE IS
DRIVEN BY AWED?
AUDIENCE?
THE AUDIENCE USING SOCIAL MEDIA
AND THE INTERNET IS MORE URBAN
ORIENTED, LESS RURAL, SUBURBAN
THE URBAN AUDIENCE IS MORE
LIBERAL AND DEMOCRATIC.
IS THAT'S WHAT DRIVING THIS?
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S
TRUE.
YOU DON'T KNOW MY TWITTER
FOLLOWERS.
THEY ARE DEFINITELY OUT THERE
SOMEWHERE AND I LOVE THEM.
BUT LET'S FACE IT.
WHO IS THE BIGGEST TWITTER USER
IN THE COUNTRY?
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW ACTUALLY WHAT HE
DOES ON FACEBOOK.
I DON'T FOLLOW THAT MUCH.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S
THING.
WHEN THEY GO AWRY, WHEN TWITTER
OR FACEBOOK BEGINS TO DO
LIKE THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
REGULATION AS A RESULT OF ALL OF
THIS.
OWE TALKED
HEE TALKED
HE TTALKED
HE TALLKED
HE TALKEED
HE TALKEDD
HE TALKED ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND
FACIAL RECOGNITION.
WE'RE VERY CLEAR THAT WE WILL
NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY PROJECT
THIS CASE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH
I.C.E. IS TO SUPPORT THEM IN THE
CORE INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND
E-MAIL, BUT WE'RE NOT INVOLVED
IN ANY OF THE FACIAL RECOGNITION
TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR USE CASES.
MARIA: WHERE DOES THIS GO, LIZ?
DO YOU THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE
REGULATION OVERSEEING TECH?
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW
THE E.U., PROBABLY.
THEY HAVE BEEN THE FORWARD GUARD
ON TRYING TO REIGN IN THESE
COMPANIES COME UNDER A CLOUD AND
BE KIND OF REINED IN A LITTLE
BIT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO COMPETE
WITH OUR TECH COMPANIES AND THEY
REALLY CAN'T AT THIS POINT.
I THINK WE'LL SEE SOME TALK
ABOUT REGULATION.
THERE WILL PROBABLY BE AROUND
THE EDGES -- BY THE WAY, IF
FACEBOOK CONTINUES TO HAVE
ARE GOING TO GET INTO MORE
SERIOUS CHALLENGE FROM
THERE'S THAT MUCH APPETITE FOR
IT, FRANKLY.
DAGEN: MICROSOFT FRANKLY ALL
BECAUSE MICROSOFT WAS SUED 20
YEARS AGO THIS PAST MAY BY THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND STATE
ATTORNEYS GENERAL OVER THE
OPERATING SYSTEM MONOPOLY AND
THEM TRYING TO GET A MONOPOLY IN
INTERNET EXPLORER.
IT SEEMS FUNNY NOW THAT THAT WAS
AN ANTI-TRUST SUIT.
MARIA: MANY SAY THE BIGGER YOU
GET, THE MORE OF A TARGET YOU