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Coons asks for a commitment from YouTube for information about how many times violative videos are recommended to users by YouTube's algorithm. YouTube says it's an "interesting idea" but won't commit at this time. — PolitiTweet.org
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But again, as before, no follow-up Qs on that. — PolitiTweet.org
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Bickert again addressing the temporary emergency measures: "Those measures aren't perfect and so there will be content that doesn't violate our policies that was flagged by our technology that really shouldn't be reduced. When we take those measures, we're mindful of the costs." — PolitiTweet.org
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Blackburn now going after YouTube and its approach to kids' content. — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Blackburn complains about @jack tweeting during his last congressional testimony and his style of dress. — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Ossoff asking whether Facebook plans more acquisitions given its antitrust scrutiny and Bickert says mergers aren't her area. — PolitiTweet.org
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On whether they'd support efforts to implement Europe's GDPR in the US, Facebook and YouTube demur while Twitter tells Sen. Kennedy there would be "some tensions with the First Amendment" but "generally, yes." — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Kennedy having a bizarre exchange with Donovan and Harris over whether they'd support a bill they haven't seen. — PolitiTweet.org
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@issielapowsky Especially with those literary and philosophical references! — PolitiTweet.org
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DC police have disclosed a cybersecurity incident. The Babuk ransomware group claiming credit says it stole info on police informants and may weaponize it if MPD doesn't respond in 3 days. Here's everything you need to know. From @ZcohenCNN and me: https://t.co/V6ukYY8RM7 — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Grassley says: "I use Twitter regularly." Indeed, to great effect. — PolitiTweet.org
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Will restrictions on ad microtargeting help? Hirono asks. Harris says it'll have a marginal effect but it only addresses a piece of the problem and doesn't address organic misinfo/disinfo. — PolitiTweet.org
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Under questioning by Sen. Hirono, Facebook's Bickert says the company works to ensure ads don't discriminate against protected categories of people but admits that she isn't familiar with this report: https://t.co/9DqaoLpBvx — PolitiTweet.org
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Just to take stock of where we are in this hearing: A lot of focus on social media's underlying business model and, now, an increasing focus on Section 230. — PolitiTweet.org
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Hawley now going after Section 230. Harris responds: "The more [the companies] take their hands off the steering wheel..." the more that bad actors will exploit the system and the more bad stuff you'll get on these platforms. — PolitiTweet.org
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Twitter's Culbertson responds "you have to look at the bigger picture there," that "connection and connectivity are key to solving problems" and that that's what Twitter does. *(corrects Culbertson's name) — PolitiTweet.org
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Twitter's Veitch responds "you have to look at the bigger picture there," that "connection and connectivity are key to solving problems" and that that's what Twitter does. — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Sasse highlights the issue where corrections to "outrageous" but misinformed tweets get a fraction of the amplification of the "original, false thing." "People are really good at short-term rage and the product capitalizes on that, doesn't it?" he asks Twitter. — PolitiTweet.org
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(Kinda wish Coons had pushed further with this line of questioning. What would it cost to address the false positives? Why are those costs unacceptable for Facebook to bear? Etc.) — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Coons asks why Facebook doesn't just make its temporary measures surrounding sensitive events (like the Chauvin verdict) a permanent fixture. Bickert implies that simply ratcheting up the algorithmic moderation tends to result in false positives. — PolitiTweet.org
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Donovan singles out YouTube subcultures: "If you've recently searched for contentious content like Rittenhouse, Qanon, Proud Boys or Antifa, you're likely to enter a rabbit hole where extracting yourself from reinforcement algorithms ranges from the difficult to the impossible." — PolitiTweet.org
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Harvard's Joan Donovan reminds Congress of the stakes: "Whatever policy comes from the US [on social media algorithms] will inevitably become the default settings for the rest of the world." — PolitiTweet.org
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Tech critic and ex-Googler Tristan Harris now blasting the business model behind Big Tech: "We are now sitting through the results of 10 years of this psychological deranging process that has warped our national communications and fragmented the Overton window." — PolitiTweet.org
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And arguing that tech should be allowed to help solve the problems that tech creates. — PolitiTweet.org
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Twitter now talking up its efforts on "algorithmic choice," saying how great it was when it released the option in 2018 for people to opt out of the algorithmically determined Twitter timeline. — PolitiTweet.org
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Facebook's Monika Bickert argues it's "not in our interests financially or reputationally" to push people toward extreme content, saying that would be "self-defeating" in the long run. — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Coons making clear there's no looming legislation or regulation on this but that this hearing is mainly a listening/learning session to inform future potential congressional action. — PolitiTweet.org
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Another busy day on Capitol Hill as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are testifying now on social media algorithms before the Senate. The hearing is now getting underway: https://t.co/PgEAEpCiBf — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @CISAgov: We recently responded to an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor’s long-term compromise of an entity’s enterprise network an… — PolitiTweet.org
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So much happened in yesterday's hearing that it was impossible to write it all up. But here are some of the key themes and highlights that emerged: https://t.co/36NqoH8eqY — PolitiTweet.org
