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LOCATION CHANGE:
Extremist Content and Russian Disinformation Online: Working with Tech to Find Solutions

Crime and Terrorism

Date:	Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Time:	02:30 PM
Location:	Hart Senate Office Building 216
Presiding:	Chairman Graham
Status:	LOCATION CHANGE

A video of the hearing will be available here once the hearing begins.

Agenda

October 27, 2017

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

LOCATION CHANGE

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing entitled: “Extremist Content and Russian Disinformation Online: Working with Tech to Find Solutions” scheduled for Tuesday, October 31 at 2:30 p.m., will now be in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building.

By order of the Chairman.

Witnesses

Panel I

• Mr. Colin Stretch
  General Counsel
  Facebook
  Menlo Park, CA
• Mr. Sean Edgett
  Acting General Counsel
  Twitter
  San Francisco, CA
• Mr. Richard SalgadoDirector, Law Enforcement And Information Security
  Google
  
  Mountain View , CA

Panel II

• Mr. Clint Watts
  Robert A. Fox Fellow
  Foreign Policy Research Institute
  Philadelphia, PA
• Mr. Michael S. Smith II
  
  Terrorism Analyst
  Charleston , SC

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Here are the days and times of the hearings:


Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 2:30 p.m. ET: Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee (Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.) of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Extremist Content and Russian Disinformation Online: Working with Tech to Find Solutions.”

Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 9:30 a.m. ET: Senate Select Intelligence Committee (Chairman Richard M. Burr, R-N.C.) hearing on social-media influence in the 2016 U.S. elections and what steps they are taking to mitigate foreign interference in the 2018 election cycle and beyond.

Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. ET: House Select Intelligence Committee (Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif.) hearing on “Russia Investigative Task Force: Social Media Companies.”

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We’ll be providing live updates on the hearing shortly before it begins at 2:30 pm ET, but for those eager to read more about what to expect beforehand, here are a few stories you should read to prepare.

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• Here’s an interview Recode did with Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, ahead of Wednesday’s hearings.
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