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human behind the humor. thanks for joining us for "the whole story." im anderson cooper. you may have heard the u.s. surgeon general issued a warning that social media carries what he called a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescence. its something all of us who are parents are worried about. because of a law passed in the mid-1990s, social media companies are shielded from almost all responsibility for the content their users post, no mat...

were back live in the cnn newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. us diplomatic personnel and their families are now safely out of sudan as the african nation descends into increasing violence. they were airlifted to neighboring djibouti and a dramatic overnight evacuation about 100. us special operations forces carried out a daring mission today, the u. s embassy in khartoum is closed. and the decision to evacuate personnel comes after a week of heavy fighting between sudans military a...

welcome to "cnn newsroom." >> and im bianna golodryga. nearly 12 million americans have already voted across 43 states in the midterm elections. inflation, crime and abortion were the topics that dominated fiery debates last night. in pennsylvania senates race the most high profile of the midterms another factor came into play and that is the health of one of the candidates. the performance democrat john getter han who survived a stroke has put a new intensity into the matchup. some fe...

as trumps legal pearl grows. >> as i read the affidavit, i see a conspiracy. this is a big case. >> whats the next domino to fall? plus, back on the trail. >> maga republicans are a threat to our very democracy. >> president biden ramps up his rhetoric ahead of the midterms. as campaign woes persist, are democrats gaining momentum, and promise kept. >> the president promised some forgiveness. >> the president follows through on a campaign pledge to erase student loans. but is it a life...

Companies, facebook, snapchat and instagram responsible for selenas wrongful death. i believe that she would still be here had they not pulled her in. >> were going to leave the park this way, wrapping around the baseball fields behind us. >> the social media companies dont comment on ongoing litigation, but snap tells cnn that nothing is more important to us than the well-being of our community. meta, the parent company of facebook and instagram says our thoughts are with the families represent...

Cnn. >> all right, lets do it. >> reporter: a few months ago, she created an account with a teen to report on what tiktok was serving to younger users. >> put your birthday in there. >> we asked her to do it again for us on both tiktok and instagram. >> start watching. >> lets do it. >> ubi. >> after day one, the teen didnt have access to the account. and for five day, claire spent about 20 minutes on each app per day. claire did notice some changes. instagram seemed to be trying to lessen expos...

Give us any results. so thats a good sign. >> but you can get the same thinspo content on instagram by typing in other search words. >> youre seeing these pick of people with really large thigh gaps. >> tiktok gave us warnings when we typed in words associated with eating disorders. >> on tiktok, youre often getting that pop-up, youre more than your weight, and youre still seeing all of the content underneath that. >> in a statement, the company cold cnn the safety of the tiktok community is of ...

An instagram dm. given to cnn by her attorney, she asks one user whether he wants to expose her? do you want to expose my nudes, the 11 year types. answer me. in another instagram dm, she tells the user she wants to kill herself and has a lot of depression. the user replies, you aint killing yourself. and then proceeds to tell her he has her moms insta and says, dont make me leak you. >> your complaint says that selena was bullied. who bullied her and how does that connect to the social media as...

Welcome to "cnn newsroom." >> and im bianna golodryga. nearly 12 million americans have already voted across 43 states in the midterm elections. inflation, crime and abortion were the topics that dominated fiery debates last night. in pennsylvania senates race the most high profile of the midterms another factor came into play and that is the health of one of the candidates. the performance democrat john getter han who survived a stroke has put a new intensity into the matchup. some fetterman vo...

Question on abortion. the fetterman camp is highlighting ozs remarks in this just released campaign ad. >> this is who dr. oz wants in charge of womens health care decisions. >> i want women, doctors, local -- political leaders. local, political leaders. local, political leaders. >> oz would let politicians like doug mastriano ban abortion without exceptions. >> cnns dan merica is here. dan, we have these quotes from fetterman supporters because of your reporting. tell us more about what they sa...