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As House Democrats move to impeach a president who leaves office in eight days, the repercussions of the Capitol riot are fueling a debate over free speech, social media, and cancel culture. 

These silicon valley folks are. >> tucker: philip morris neighbor gave marlboros to his own kids. none of the people selling this garbage, through their schools, where they have to obey, why is that? >> it is unbelievable. it must have something to do was behind the scenes lobbying, special interest. these tech execs, there is a large amount of students that go to the waldorf school. and those schools do not allow any form of electronics. it is all paper and pen learning. 70% of the students in ...

Parents that are not as aware. >> tucker: phil executives never gave cigarettes to their own kids. none of these people are held accountable for what they have done. why? >> it must have something to do with behind-the-scenes lobbying. these tech execs, there is a large amount of students that go to the schools in silicone valleys. and they dont allow any form of electronic devices. its all paper and pen. 70% are the sons and daughters of tech execs. they know things that the average parent does...

Facebook, twitter, and all these social media platforms to win, taking him all the way to the white house. >> hes not the president without them. those tech execs are on capitol hill next week? >> thats right, big names, people like jack dorsey. i think this is very important. at first a lot of the people who showed up there werent the top brass. now that mark zuckerberg has been there, theys. the role theyre playing is so fundamental in our democracies, not just in the united states, around the...

>> you have to fix the problems. and not 2017, it was 2012, the last time they had a sell-off like this, a long time ago. it feels like yesterday. i will say sheryl sandberg and some other tech execs will be on the hill in september answering some of these questions. >> the other thing is get out in front of the regulators. if youre facebook, you want to show youre spending money and getting out in front of the regulators who could potentially slow your profit more if they put in more onerous pr...

It was briefly taken down by one twitter employee on their last day at work. trump responded, tweeting. my twitter account was taken down for 11 minutes by a rogue employee. i guess the word must finally be getting out and having an impact. end quote. joining me now, cnns senior technology correspondent. this is a much bigger issue about the power that these companies have, and that individuals may have in tampering with the potus? >> absolutely. i think this is a very important moment in time w...

More than $3 trillion. look at this. shares of facebook, amazon, alphab alphabet, amazon. the stocks are surging even as the tech execs face tough questions about russian meddling on capitol hill. but wall street has largely brushed aside those concerns, focusing instead on these companies huge profits and growth potential. it is remarkable when you see some of those advances in those stocks. >> people making a lot of money. >> absolutely. >> "early start" continues right now. important, addit...

Po pokemon go. >> listen to this. >> the challenge of fake news and authenticity. we see tech execs dealing with it right now, and outlets being used by russian troll farms to influence politics. what do you see happening? >> its a dangerous moment. its a moment when we are realizing we cant just leave it all to al kagorithms. what is good for this countrys bottom line is not good for democracy. the algorithms will feed you content that confirms your biases. what they are designed to achieve, th...

Developing news on russia and social media. 200 accounts were shut down. congressional investigators calling on tech execs to testify. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg continues to backtrack on his past denials that facebook spread fake news which he once called crazy. this is a story about how the internet works and how corporations want it to work. this is why weve asked chris hayes to join the beat for a deeper look. every time theyre busted, they deny wrongdoing, they slowly take down the ads lo...

In many countries has tipped too far in favor of the state and away from the rights of the individual, rights that are enshrined in our constitution. this undermines the freedoms we all cherish. its time for a change. these top tech execs were saying these surveillance programs go just too far. theyll be talking about that with with the president. as you mentioned, carol, yes, theyll be talking about the implementation of healthcare.gov, the messy rollout of the website. some other tech firms he...