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We start this hour with the tensions in the Middle East following the escalating fighting between israel and lebanons iranian backed hezbollah group. Egypt has warned it risks igniting a regional war and damaging the chance of Ceasefire Deal In Gaza. Arriving back at the white House President biden addressed the tensions. Lets take a listen to what he told reporters. Are you worried about rising tensions in the Middle East . Yes, i am, tensions in the Middle East . Yes, iam, but we tensions in t...

As high pressure intensifies from a lack of rain, we continue to stay hot and dry which feeds back into more intense high pressure.

I ran across a great Twitter thread by John DeFeo. A former executive at LiveScience, a website I visit pretty regularly, as well as Space.com and Toms Guide, he knows the internet publishing game pre...

Amplified by those algorithms as it leads children down rabbit holes in this kind of feedback cycle. be prepared for more disclosures coming this week and in the coming weeks. >> you have been putting pressure on mark zuckerberg to testify before your committee. what day, can you tell us, when hes coming? >> i wish i could. i wish mark zuckerberg would stand up to his responsibility. he controls that company in a way few other single individuals do in corporate america, and he should be held acc...

The result, instagrams algorithm suggested they follow pages that promote eating disorders, with names like i have to be thin, eternally starved, and skin and bone. >> what is super tragic is facebooks own research says as these young women begin to consume this eating disorder content they get more and more deblessed and it makes them use the app more. and so they end up in this feedback cycle where they hate their bodies more and more p facebooks own research says it is not just that instagram...

Consume this eating disorder content they get more and more depressed and it makes them use the app more. and so they end up in this feedback cycle where they hate their bodies more and more. facebooks own research says it is not just that instagram is dangerous for teenagers, it is distinctly worse than other forms of social media. >> reporter: thats whistle-blower frances haugen, who leaked thousands of documents from facebook, including the companys own research, like this. a presentation abo...

Said on 60 minutes. as these young women consume eating disorder content, they get more and more depressed, it actually makes them use the app more so they end up in this feedback cycle where they hate their bodies more. facebooks own research says it is not just that instagram is dangerous for teenagers, it harms teenagers. its distinctly worse than other social media. do you deny that that research exists? >> there are -- theres research we have put out. in fact, we put out more than 400 resea...

Health issues, through social media. listen to what the whistleblower had to say -- >> one study says 13.5% of teen girls say instagram makes thoughts of suicide worse. 17% of teen girls say instagram makes eating disorders worse. >> and whats super tragic is facebooks own research says as these young women begin to consume this eating disorder content, they get more and more depressed, it makes them use the app more. and so they end up in this feedback cycle where they hate their bodies more an...

Really damaging effects. and so there needs -- whats happening now is sort of a level set in the conversation where people arent just taking facebooks word for it. they want to know more about what the company knows and what theyre research shows. >> i want to stay on instagram for a minute and play something that was said on 60 minutes last night about instagram and what facebook knows about the effects. >> and whats super tragic is facebooks own research says as these young women begin to cons...

More and more depressed. they actually use the app out more, so they end up in a feedback cycle where they hate their bodies more and more. >> the former product manager had worked there for almost two years when she left. she was hired to combat election interference, but that the platform thrived off of chaos, catering and allowing cartels and traffickers to openly use the service. >> misinformation. it is enticing to people and keeps them on the platform. >> yes. facebook has realized that if...