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Because they were costing the company money, because it was reducing profits? >> facebook changed those safety defaults in the run-up to the election because they knew they were dangerous and because they wanted that growth back, they wanted the acceleration of the platform back after the election, they returned to their original defaults. the fact that they had to break the glass on january 6th and turn them back on, i think thats deeply problematic. >> reporter: another big focus of the hearin...

Every quarter they make $51 off of every american thats a user. and i just think enough is enough. privacy laws, theyve stopped them as well as these other platforms. we havent updated our competition policy. innovation could help us here. but they are the big bullies on the block, and i think this whistleblower, frances haugen, is finally going to be the tipping point. >> you questioned frances haugen over the spread of misinformation surrounding the 2020 election. i want to play it. >> on "60 ...

Safety defaults in the run-up to the election because they knew they were dangerous and because they wanted the growth back, they wanted the acceleration of the platform back after the election, they returned to their original defaults. and the fact that they had to break the glass on january 6th and turn them back on, i think thats deeply problematic. >> so, for so many years of getting the run around from these tech companies, what should the federal government be doing here to make them do th...

>> now, those safety measures were aimed at limiting the spread of falsehoods, misinformation, and incitement. and as you heard ms. haugen say on the program last night, they did not work very well. and any case, the safeguards were lifted immediately after the election and restrictions on the so-called stop the steal movement werent imposed until after the capitol attack. now today, ms. haugen had this to say about why in her judgment the company did not maintain those safeguards longer. >> the...

About how reactive and twitchy was the platform. like how viral was the platform. and facebook changed those safety defaults in the run up to the election because they knew they were dangerous. and because they wanted that growth back, they wanted the acceleration of the platform back after the election. they return to the original defaults. and the fact that they had to break the glass on january 6th, and turn them back on, i think thats deeply problematic. >> so after so many years of getting ...

From the sec and civil lawsuits and perhaps for congress to get involved in some way as well. >> a.b., one of the most alarming moments in the testimony was this when frances talked about the correlation between disinformation and acts of violence like we saw on january 6th. listen to this. >> facebook has been emphasizing a false choice. they said the safeguards that were in place before the election implicated free speech. the choices that were happening on the platform were really about how r...

Platform. how viral. facebook changed those safety defaults in the run up to the election because they knew they were dangerous and because they wanted that growth back, they wanted the acceleration of the platform back after the election, they returned to their original defaults. and the fact that they had to break the glass on january 6th and turn them back on, i think thats deeply problematic. >> agree. thank you very much for your bravery and coming forward. >> senator thune. >> thank you, m...

Times" and i want to play one more example of i think thats being laid out here that facebook has a lot of power that government needs to take a look at and that is, this exchange on january 6th between senator klobuchar and miss haugen. take a listen. >> and you know that the insurrection occurred january 6th. do you think that facebook turned off the safeguards because they were costing the company money? because it was reducing profits? >> facebook has been emphasizing a false choice. theyve ...

Reactive and viral was the platform. facebook changed those safety defaults in the runup to the election because they knew they were dangerous. because they wanted that growth back after the election, they returned to their original defaults. the fact that they had to break the glass on january 6th and turn them back on, i think thats deeply problematic. >> agree. thank you very much for your bravery in coming forward. >> thank you. ive been arguing for some time that it is time for congress to ...

Facebook to target their voters so this is going to be an enduring problem and why ive testified, i think, four times regarding social media and different facets and not one rule has ever come from any of those things. >> im glad that you said that, clint, because again, i think the election impact is the biggest thing. facebook in and of itself cant do anything. but facebook can facilitate people who want to do harm getting together. im going to play this sound from miss haugen and im going to ...