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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...

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...

want the election scrapped — calling it a sham. welcome to the programme. we start with the international row over tiktok. china has accused the us of overreacting after federal employees were ordered to remove the app from government—issued phones. tiktok is owned by the chinese firm bytedance. and on monday, the white house gave government agencies 30 days to remove tiktok from their phones. the us calls the guidance a critical step forward in addressing the risks presented by th...

already closed last month. critics say that is by design, a slow motion strategy playing out little by little until its too far and too late to stop it. >> sandra: shannon bream will be here whats at stake and cases at the supreme court, including the abortion pill. but first this. suspect accused of leaking our nations secrets in court for the first time. 21-year-old national guardsman jack teixeira seen wearing hands cuffs and a khaki prison jump suit as he stood before a federal jud...

Jesse things are so bad for biden that he is in a brawl with the New York Times. Behind the scenes the paper of records relation with the president is reportedly tense. Beset by grudges and a general lack of trust after publishing a slew of pieces on joe bidens age and his son, hunter. They are calling to reporters at the times arrogant and stubborn for trying too hard to be impartial. And other words, suck up to me more. Some reporters say they have been cut off by their white house sources com...

Things are so bad forfoe is biden that hes in a brawl with the New York Times i behind the scenes, the paper of records relation with the Presiden Scet is reportedly tense, beset by grudges, and a general lack of trust. Trus after Publishing A Slewblishi Of Piecengs on joe bidens age and his son hunter biden, world is calling the reporterse at the times arrogant and stubborn for trying too for. O be impartialti stubbor in other words, up to me more. Some reporters say theyve been cut off by thei...

Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. They will appear before lawmakers just, at that point, less than two months before the election again, i understand theyre going to ask some more questions, some more hearings. What is congress prepared to do to stop this, to say were do everything you possibly can to make sure there is not outside influence in our elections . Well, Lindsey Graham told me this shows we need an olive government approach. Introducing this leg...

Of in their effects and you can stop it. >> reporter: blumenthal recently reintroduced the bipartisan legislation with republican marsha blackburn of tennessee after congress failed to act on it last session. >> there are a couple of very important elements. first of all, give kids more options to disconnect from the algorithm. make the algorithm more transparent. give parents more control and a reporting mechanism when they see harms. >> reporter: the bill is one of several floating around capi...

Age verification. but there is no industry standard technology for how to do it. and there are also major concerns about the privacy problems that could result from either of these bills. >> are you feeling like anything will actually pass? >> no. >> okay, i didnt even get the question out. definitely not. why? >> because theyre incompetent to the task. this is 25 years in. there is no legislation. and the one thats there helps them avoid liability in every sense. >> reporter: until congress can...

Are you saying that with all the new employees they are coming for mom and pop, grover? >> yes, actually. because while biden and the democrats who voted for this money give speeches about going after billionaires, when you look at what the irs is doing, and they are going after money that goes in and out of venmo and paypal, and ebay. this is not what makes billionaires. this is people getting together and selling stuff from their home and if you dont have the receipts for what you bought a mot...