Today’s hearing is not about “gotcha” questions or scoring political points. Our goal is to begin to tackle the challenges posed by foreign adversaries and other bad actors who are abusing these platforms to undermine our democracy and harm American consumers.
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I’ve put out a series of ideas to start this long-overdue national conversation about privacy, data and social media, and I’m hoping to hear some constructive thoughts from these tech leaders this morning. For example:
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Don’t your users have a right to know when they are interacting with bots on your platform?
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Isn’t there a public interest in ensuring more anonymized data is available to researchers and academics to help identify potential problems and misuse?
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Why are your terms of service so difficult to find and nearly impossible to read, much less understand?
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Why shouldn’t we adopt ideas like data portability, data minimization, or first party consent?
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After witnessing numerous episodes of misuse, what further accountability should there be with respect to the flawed advertising model that you utilize?
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I’ve put these and other ideas into a white paper that I’ve circulated to get this discussion going. You can read the whole thing here:https://www.axios.com/mark-warner-google-facebook-regulation-policy-paper-023d4a52-2b25-4e44-a87c-945e73c637fa.html …
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And you can tune in to today’s hearing starting at 9:30 AM: https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/
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Please sir, ask about what % of investors are foreign , particularly Russian oligarchs.
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They should be doing a lot (more). They've been on the ground floor of Social Media Analysis and have the full view of the data. If they aren't responding it's not because they can't; it's because they're choosing not to. Everyone in CommStudies Research knows this
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Look at the controls for on line casinos or even online bingo. you have an ID check, AI/ human checks monitor for inappropriate behaviour eg patterns which look like money laundering or gambling problems. You could call for IP address registration (like a car reg)
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That would stop bots or foreign trolls. It's not rocket science. With on line gambling you tell them how they are policed. Why are you just asking these guys what they will do?
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IP banning known bot offenders is not impossible. Twitter should not allow repeat abusers be able to make new accounts. Are they trying to impress people with "new registration" numbers or something? Get rid of the bots.
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Would you please ask
@jack to add an option for reporting Russian trolls/bots? He seems not to notice his users asking for same... maybe he'll listen to you.

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