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When you pull ed back that curtain, you were there during the height of the most recent scandal. what was that like? >> i remember walking in during the cam bridge scandal. he doesnt like doing on camera interviews. and i just remember it was this moment that so many people wanted to hear from mark zuckerberg. and for me having covered tech for years, it was this moment that tech had become mainstream because mpb wanted to know. everyone was jup set about facebook and the data scandal. and so yo...

Now, you have to go back to that beginning. and i hope people look at the complications that the privacy scandals. they will get a better idea of mark zuckerberg. i dont think a lot of people know who mark zuckerberg is and. people want to know. and this it next phase of technology, which is very complicated, deserves our participation. deserves us being able to weigh in and understand the nuance and the debate around issues like free speech and data and privacy. educating ourselves and how we g...

Independence and hes a keen driver. often seen behind the wheel over the years. he will have to put up with being driven from now on and await the decision as to whether he will be summoned to court. >> thank you. i got my annas mixed up. coming up, a look inside facebook. how the companys growth has also brought tremendous problems. ive got to tell you something. with the capital one venture card you earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, every day. not just airline purchases? everyth...

And what you need to know about an interview with mark zuckerberg. >> first, he likes a room cold. very cold. during the turn the cameras around and youll see his people on the other side taking notes, skrushling, keeping time. they know the stakes are high these days. the whole world seems to be watching. and thats facebook in its current moment. >> thank you. >> massively influential. >> mark zuckerberg under fire. >> in flocks the biggest security breach in the history of facebook. >> and con...

Massive data breaches to concerns about user privacy, it hasnt been smooth sailing. we have a rare inside look at the tech giant. heres a et preview. >> its october 19th, 2018. we are head iing to facebook. this is a really big deal. were going to sit down with mark zuckerberg, who rarely sits down for interviews. >> facebook years are like dog years. a lot happens in a little time. in the months since i first walked through these doors. >> 50 million facebook users have been targeted by. hacker...

Whether or not it hurts him or not, well have to wait and find out on election day. >> all right. mike dennison, thank you so much for sharing your reporting from the ground and your perspective. i appreciate it. >> my pleasure. coming up, a look inside facebooks first-ever war room. how they say theyre gearing up to fight against election interference with the midterms just 19 days away. will it be enough? thats next. will it be enough? thats next. duncan just protected his family

Launching a new war room, so it can strike back. >> roughly -- >> reporter: we went behind downloads doors to see how it will work. the goal, prevent another 2016, when russia-linked accounts spread misinformation to millions of facebook users. inside the war room, two dozen teams from security from instagram, representing 20,000 facebook employees, soon to be working 24/7 to track suspicious behavior. >> how much pressure do you feel right now? >> what we feel is a profound sense of responsibil...

Headlines. 87 million users data improperly shared with political consulting firm cambridge analytica back in march, putting ceo mark zuckerberg in the hot seat on capitol hill. this summer, facebook disclosed it blocked 1.3 billion fake accounts. and last month, 30 million accounts hacked, allowing cyber criminals to read your private messages and impersonate you. how confident are you that a facebook user, an american voter, will be safe from disinformation on election day? >> i mean, our goal...

>> 2018 is an incredibly important year for elections. not just with the u.s. midterms, but around the world, there are important elections in india, in brazil and mexico and pakistan and in hungary that we want to make sure that we do everything we can to protect the integrity of those elections. now, i have more confidence that were going to get this right. >> so just how confident is facebook less than one month until the midterms here in the u.s.? nbcs joelilee ling kent joins . whatd you fi...