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Reason donald trump won. i think sort of separating that from this conversation would be really valuable and helpful. >> let me ask you here about this breaking news. i should preface this with, i dont have all the information but going on what jo kent said there, i know how you feel about the first amendment of this idea that a social network would now start labeling precisely where this information comes from, whether its a political ad. how does is that sprtrike you -- >> if they to want do i...

Sputnik. >> its the latest efforts by social media companies to distance themselves from russia ahead of three congressional hearings next week. those are on russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 election. executives from facebook, twitter, and google are all expected to attend. joining us now kara swishier, cofounder and also an msnbc contributor. what do you think of this? will twitters move banning ads make any difference here? >> no. >> really? >> because they cant also ban the content. if t...

Said, its going to be highly debatable. people may see that as an unsophisticated take. were talking about companies like rt and sputnik. those are the overt labeled companies. but it was the covert stuff that got in peoples heads, its argued, that might have swayed some opinions. >> well, brian, there were multiple methods that the russians used to sway voters in 2016. the statement he made, its a social science question to look at causality. to say offhand voters are sophisticated, they dont e...

So all voices matter? >> some bots are good. some are fine. what happens is they create a swirl and noise so nothing else is heard. its hard to distinguish. there was a prominent reporter who was arguing the other day. i said stop, its a bot. youre arguing with a bot. >> ali and i argue this all the time. >> fighting with someone on twitter is like you -- its like wrestling with a pig. think its happy and you end up dirty. i think the question is what kind of control do these platforms have over...

Crew of the international space station in a twenty minute chat from the vatican via satellite the crew replied that seeing the planet from space make them just realize how fragile human life is while responding to a question about inspiration a russian crew member said he had become an astronaut to continue the work of his grandfather who held build the sputnik. there you have it all right and just to remind you of our main headlines right now. polls have closed in kenya after violence mars a r...

Only happening now. is it too late? why now? i know youve looked closely into all of this. >> because we know that sputnik and rt are working hand in hand with russian intelligence services. they were used by the russians in the 2016 campaign to run fake news and to help donald trump. we have to be careful not to infringe upon free speech but russian intelligence services dont enjoy free speech in our country. were going to have an open hearing, wolf. we just announced it today. were bringing in...

Twitter taking an aggressive step in stopping russian interference on its site today, less than a week before it will join facebook and google on capitol hill to testify before house and senate intelligence committees in an open hearing. they often prefer to testify in closed sessions. ceo jack dorsey tweeting today, offboarding advertising from all accounts owned by russia today. rt and sputnik. were donating all projected earnings, $1.9 million to support external research into the use of twit...

Week? >> well, i think one of the things to keep in mind is scale. and, obviously, were all aware of the scale of facebook and it makes it much, much harder to do. nbc has 24 hours a day they can review the hours. twitter and facebook need to make a lot of money. >> i dont need to make a lot of money. they want to make a lot of money. >> they need to make some money. twitter needs to make money. i think though, and now i feel as though im going to be doing the nuanced, i work for a tech company ...

And one was from sputnik which is owned by the russian government. they need to hire editors, do screening, try to keep out garbage because they maintain this fiction we are just a neutral platform. mollie: also a big problem is there hasnt been that much verifiable news about this situation and people have this extreme hunger. people can launch disinformation campaigns. but particularly on a story with this level of news significance, the hunger for anything is strong. so these media companies ...

Carries conspiracy theories. and one was from sputnik which is owned by the russian government. they need to hire editors, do screening, try to keep out garbage because they maintain this fiction we are just a neutral platform. mollie: also a big problem is there hasnt been that much verifiable news about this situation and people have this extreme hunger. people can launch disinformation campaigns. but particularly on a story with this level of news significance, the hunger for anything is stro...