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Co-host of the pivot podcast. scott, facebook has obviously weathered plenty of controversy. you think this time, though, is different? >> yeah, let me be clear, though. you know, ive gotten this wrong a lot. i wonder if theres seven or eight lives into their nine lives. but i think specifically in the 80s and 90s mothers against drunk driving rallied together and enforced legislation that would restrict or withhold federal funds for highways. and we saw real -- we saw all the states raise their...

>> this has always been the argument, though, of facebook and others is like, look, were just the -- were the conduit of information. were not the ones determining. we cant determine, you know, whats correct, whats true or not in, you know, in bangladesh politics every single day. we are a platform just like the telephone company is a platform. were not penalizing people for what theyre saying on the telephone. does that argument still hold up? i mean, given that they are in the news business no...

One-third of election misinformation by cancelling one account. if facebook has the ability to dial up or dial down rage, that just -- that dog wont hunt. this is a company that knows -- that knows -- its dividing us. that knows its depressing our teens. it knows its weaponizing our elections and has the ability to take that rage up or down. so thats absolutely not true. this is not -- the world isnt what it is. the world is what we make of it or, specifically what -- what -- what facebook makes...

Eight lives into their nine lives. but i think they poked the wrong bear here. specifically in the 80s and 90s mothers against drunk driving rallied together and enforced legislation that would restrict or withhold federal funds for highways. and we saw real -- we saw all the states raise their age limits. i wonder if a lot of moms out there have finally said, okay, i am not going to experience the terror of having my child be depressed. and its clear that they dont care about our children, and ...