This morning, the Senate Intel committee heard from top experts on social media manipulation and foreign influence operations like the one we saw during the 2016 election.
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But all the evidence the Senate Intelligence Committee has seen to date suggests that the platform companies – namely, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google, and YouTube – still have a lot of work to do.
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Before I went into public service, I spent more than 20 years in the tech business. I have tremendous respect for these companies and what they represent. When they are at their best, they are a symbol of what this country does best: innovation, job creation, changing the world.
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I’ve been hard on them because I know they can do better to protect our democracy. They have the creativity, expertise, resources, and technological capability to get ahead of these malicious actors.
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That’s why we will be hosting senior executives from Facebook, Twitter, and Google for a hearing on September 5th. To hear the plans they have in place, to press them to do more, and to work together to address this challenge.
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Today we focused on what happened in 2016 and what is happening now, but Russian active measures have revealed a dark underbelly of the social media ecosystem.
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These same tools that spread misinformation can negatively affect other aspects of our lives. I think we need to start pushing ourselves beyond just recognizing the problem and start to push actual policy ideas forward.
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Why is Congress allowing this illegitimate fake president make America insecure and vulnerable. When will our security have its required priority. Trump may be narcissistic and looking out for himself. So who is looking out for us?
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LOL sure they're not
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hmmmm,.. isn't that your COMMITTEE'S job Marky Mark
@SenatorWarner?? I mean if it is,.. you certainly were NOT well positioned when they used these techniques during Hussein Obama's reign, YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR JOB!!!!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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We should probably have someone in charge of cyber security.
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I share that concern
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But we are well positioned to collect on U.S. persons in violation of EO 12333? Why not investigate the Media, FBI, and CIA attempts to influence our elections? Did they not attempt to swing election? Did FBI not collect on Trump and others based on a Clinton funded fake Dossier?
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I. Software tools exist to measure online sentiment & track suspicious behavior, but social media companies are stingy with their data & 3rd party solutions are expensive. II. The US must fund emergency university grants so schools can pay for the above & hire research faculty.
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EXPERTS: Experts COULD be hired, but they probably smock on the job, so they would require legalization of smock.

Get Wiley, get the best people YOU can find, not Kakistocracy style like Drumpfy.
Humpty Drumpfy sat on a WALL
Humpty Drumpfy had a GREAT FALL
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