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Privacy. that to be able to share fun photos of your kids with old friends, you must also be inundated with anger-driven viralty. they want you to believe that this is just part of the deal. i am here today to tell you thats not true. >> reporter: her big point so far, jose, has been the need for transparency. that inside facebook, the data exists to show us exactly the effect it is having on democracy, on our minds. she says that all of that needs to be put out into the open, in front of resear...

Most engaging and most viral. but that they turn their algorithms to their benefit to respond to that very content that is so divisive and dangerous. i think that its likely true that there will be some kind of response because the alarm was so bipartisan today and i think thats a good thing. just very hard to see because there are free speech arguments. because theres a difference of opinions between democrats and republicans on whether you have to go after the noncompetitive monopolies and bre...

They went to the microphones. they said something has to be done. nobody has articulated what should be done. >> well theres a reason for that because the dominant strain of thinking is that facebook ought to act as a senator and on the right is that people can post what they want. i could see some movement on things for children. on raising the age for the use of instagram, but i think its telling that the whistleblower said the best solution she can think of for kids is to stop them from using...

Journey by running three miles around the national mall, celebrating with drummers, dancers, and tribal leaders. for his family, this moment represents a turning point. >> i believe that. i can feel it. i really can. >> reporter: a prayer that missing and murdered indigenous peoples stories no longer go ignored. >> stephanie, duane is not doing this work alone. there are numerous tribal leaders around the country collaborating with him on this mmiw bike and run usa effort. and they believe somet...

Lawmakers to hold the social media company accountable for putting its astronomical profits before people. haugen addressed how the social media company knows its product are for children and it has a negative effect on children and teens mental health. yet, she explained, the company repeatedly ignores these findings from its own researchers. >> the dangers of engagement-based ranking are that facebook knows that content that elicits an extreme reaction from you is more likely to get a click, a...

Talk about the importance of getting younger users like tweens onto instagram because they know that children bring their parents online and things like that. they understand the value of younger users for the long-term success of facebook. >> facebook reported advertising revenue to be $51 per user last quarter in the u.s. and canada. when i asked ms. davis how much of that came from instagram users under 18, she wouldnt say. do you think teens are profitable for their company? >> i would assum...

Everyones life. when you look at the trust argument and lawmakers trying to describe the role that facebook plays and all of that was suddenly thrown into sharp leap by five hours with outage. you had every one of its platforms, instagram and facebook and whatsapp down. the extraordinary roles it plays in our lives and the way small businesses are will to do business in the way that people could not communicate with their friends and relatives. the extraordinary power and influence. >> dylan, is...

It is documented proof that facebook knows its products can be addictive and toxic to children, and its not just that they made money. again, its that they valued their profit more than the pain that they caused to children and their families. the damage to self-interest and self-worth inflicted by facebook today will haunt a generation. feelings of inadequacy and insecurity, rejection, and self-hatred will impact this generation for years to come. >> clicking on like on facebooks harmful practi...

Its executives and accountability and as theyve been increasingly scrutinized, theyve gone from the, you know, sort of, i dont want to -- ill apologize for this to being defensive about their platform instead of creating ways in which to have a conversation about how the act to be cleaned up. >> clint, yesterday, i dont know if you recognized this, i did, there was five hours of relative peace. facebook and instagram were down. people were talking to each other. kids were dancing in the streets ...

Jakes point, how much it embedded infrastructure and around so many people around the globe. theyre going to take every step to make sure something like this does not happen again. i dont think they saw it anything other than a technical issue that provided a massive headache for them and tens of millions of dollars lost in reserve new. >> i want to get from the testimony, i want to hear from the whistleblower. the biggest problem regulating facebook, they cant do it because they dont have any d...