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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 matter how untrue or harmful it may be. but now with billions of people on...

and this side of the room what they see. and they will be looking at the same exact coin, but describing two very different realities. - calling it insurrection-- it wasnt. it was peaceful protest. - its anarchists. breaking the glass of the united states capitol. - facts are indisputable. - ♪ ive got secrets - i think thats the problem that we have. more people need to be able to stand up and say, "thats crazy. "its a quarter, and we can talk about whats on each side of the quarter,...

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...

[dramatic music] - i can hold a quarter right here, in this room, and ask this side of the room to tell me what they see and this side of the room what they see. and they will be looking at the same exact coin, but describing two very different realities. - calling it insurrection-- it wasnt. it was peaceful protest. - its anarchists. breaking the glass of the united states capitol. - facts are indisputable. - ♪ ive got secrets - i think thats the problem that we have. more people ne...

I can hold a quarter right here, in this room, and ask this side of the room to tell me what they see and this side of the room what they see. And they will be looking at the same exact coin, but describing two very different realities. Calling It Insurrection it wasnt. It was peaceful protest. Its anarchists. Breaking the glass of the United States capitol. Facts are indisputable. Ive got secrets i think thats the problem that we have. More people need to be able to stand up and say, thats craz...

[light music] ♪ [dramatic music] - i can hold a quarter right here, in this room, and ask this side of the room to tell me what they see and this side of the room what they see. and they will be looking at the same exact coin, but describing two very different realities. - calling it insurrection-- it wasnt. it was peaceful protest. - its anarchists. breaking the glass of the united states capitol. - facts are indisputable. - ♪ ive got secrets - i think thats the problem that we ha...

- i can hold a quarter right here, in this room, and ask this side of the room to tell me what they see and this side of the room what they see. and they will be looking at the same exact coin, but describing two very different realities. - calling it insurrection-- it wasnt. it was peaceful protest. - its anarchists. breaking the glass of the united states capitol. - facts are indisputable. - ♪ ive got secrets - i think thats the problem that we have. more people need to be able to ...

and ask this side of the room to tell me what they see and this side of the room what they see. and they will be looking at the same exact coin, but describing two very different realities. - calling it insurrection-- it wasnt. it was peaceful protest. - its anarchists. breaking the glass of the united states capitol. - facts are indisputable. - ♪ ive got secrets - i think thats the problem that we have. more people need to be able to stand up and say, "thats crazy. "its a quarter, a...

Of, theyre necessary to organize and navigate the internet itself. >> there are good algorithms and there are bad algorithms -- >> reporter: i think they argue that theres no such thing. that the algorithm does its work which is organize information and return information that youve requested. >> you can organize information algorithmically and not subject children to materials they dont want to hear. they hide behind section 230 to not make the kind of decisions that every other well-run mature...

Accountable for. >> so meta, which is the parent company of facebook and instagram, they filed a brief in support of google, and the lawyers argue that so-called targeted recommendations reflect nothing more than how online services organize and display content. theyre arguing that these algorithms, that you say cause harm, that they should get rid of, theyre necessary to organize and navigate the internet itself. >> there are good algorithms and there are bad algorithms -- there are safe algori...