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The hardware devices. they can make them work in any number of ways. instead of having the defaults right now built to enable app developers to maximally addict you, they could actually change the design to be about maximally empowering people and protecting people, a more humane approach, and i think parents and kids will want this. >> concern is growing. especially when it comes to kids. and now even parents in silicon valley are spooked. >> okay. jesus, what do we go after 5? >> eight. >> eig...

Administration. he has not responded to cnns request for comment. siri, are you spying on me? in a letter to lawmakers, apple says the phones do not listen to what you are saying. third party app developers do not have access. it is responding to a committee request. it is about the smartphone data collection practices. google received a similar letter. just anecdotally, no one believes apple on this. everyone think s iphone. >> it knows too much. everybody still buys the phone and siri. >> fo...

Step of fundamentally changing how the platform works. >> when mark zuckerberg told the congressional committee that facebook shut down apps that gathered users personal information. did he not mention had this. 61 app developers that facebook now says were given an extension. the ability to keep gathering data from facebook users for up to an additional six months. among them, the russian internet giant, mail.ru, which ran hundreds of apps on facebook. what does that mean to you? michael carpen...

Facebook did respond to "the new york times" story on sunday in a facebook blog post saying these kinds of partnerships exist so these hardware manufacturers can create better experiences for users. but the issue is whether or not that user data is secure. thats something facebook is dealing with a lot. i would also point out it comes at a semiironic time because today is the apple worldwide developers conference out in san jose, california. this is when all these software developers, all of the...

And the pages they follow. when we first contacted cambridge analytica, they told us that they deleted the data. about a month ago, we heard new reports that suggested that wasnt true. and now were working with governments in the u.s., the u.k. and around the world to do a full audit of what theyve done and to make sure they get rid of any data they may still have. second, to make sure no other app developers throughout are misusing data, were now investigating every single app that had access t...

Why? >> because they were very talented app developers making good use of our app -- >> my point is one way to regulate is company is through competition, through government regulation. heres the question that all of us have to answer. what do we tell our constituents given whats happened here why we should let you self regulate? what would you tell people in south carolina that given all the things weve just discovered here its a good idea for us to rely upon you to regulate your own business p...

Answering you yes. so i think finally facebook is moving in that direction. but i also think theres still a distinction. i think theyre just telling us more about how theyre using our data. theyre not necessarily changing too much. theyre just being more open about their process. its a step in the right direction. >> ed: something el that struck me, sheryl sandberg saying they dont sell data. what do they do? >> that might be misleading. what facebook makes money on is they can go to advertisers...

Apple has a lot more control over what can be done on its platform than google does with android. the argument hes making is our walled garden model where we exercise more supervision over the app developers, we tell them more about had a they can do that thats advantageous because it prevents people from taking advantage of you. apple products are expensive in terms of their competitors. you are not our product. thats because apples earning a larger profit on each device its selling so theyre a...

>> was it putting too much trust in -- >> i think it did. thats why we need to make sure we dont make that mistake ever again, which is why one of the things that i announced today is that were going to do a full investigation into every app that had access to a large amount of data from around this time, before we locked down the platform. and were now not just going to take peoples word for it when they give us a legal certification, but if we see anything suspicious, which i think there proba...

Facebook really needs to kind of grapple with, that, you know, youve got a company here that does not like to publicly acknowledge that there are problems here. if youre not willing to publicly acknowledge that maybe this wasnt a good way to handle things, if youre looking like these app developers lied to us, it does raise questions about what your future conduct is going to be. >> matthew raises a great point, that they knew about this a long time ago and basically they were taking measures bu...