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Yvette Clarke: “Time is not your friend here. What we are trying to find is something universal that creates transparency, respects the…”

On the recordJune 25, 2019
Time is not your friend here. What we are trying to find is something universal that creates transparency, respects the First Amendment, but also makes sure that, you know, it is something that, you know, as Americans whose eyes are constantly on video, something you can identify right away.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Clarke emphasizes the need for a universal method to identify altered videos.

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