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They can win that fight or at least protract it. its a far less serious threat than removing or removing section 230. just to be clear, because i think most viewers and legislators dont get this. the key is text 230 is its the catch 22 of the internet. it allows them to say when it suits them, were not publishers. were just technology platforms. its nothing to do with us, what appears in the platform. when it suits them to remove, they say were perfectly within our rights. theres no first amendm...

Fray reign for tech is over. you wrote a terrific book, the square in the tower. what -- do you think were in a new age of regulating big tech in. >> well, the question is how. i agree with ronna that section 230 of the communications decency is the akillys heel of the tech companies. thats why they would rather washington went down the road of anti-trust. they can win that fight or at least protract it. its a far less serious threat than removing or removing section 230. just to be clear, becau...

>> dana: back now to my interview with mark zuckerberg. i asked him about privacy and whether people can feel safe with their information online. i asked him what is the biggest problem hes trying to sow right now. heres what he said. >> right now, the balance that im trying to get right is while were working through some of these big social issues, around speech and content and privacy and data portability, i want to make sure that we continue to defend peoples ability to have a voice and stand...

Face-to-face with some of his toughest critics. >> over three days he met with members of congress and president trump. the trip is coming at a crucial time for facebook. lawmakers have called for a probe of tech giants like facebook and have questioned the companys use of personal data. so with us now is one of facebooks earliest investors and a mentor to mark zuckerberg, roger mcnamee. roger, thanks for being with us this morning. >> pleasure to be here. >> author of "zucked, waking up to a fa...

The national security team with the director of national intelligence. he is operating with a very big team right now and develop a strategy to work with our allie allies. >> iran has been doing that 40 years. >> no question. >> you are also involved this week it was announced that big tack breach security in a significant way including apple and facebook and amazon so what did they do wrong quick. >> we launched an investigation it is bipartisan with the judiciary committee led by antitrust sub...

The president needs to step up the national security team with the director of national intelligence. he is operating with a very big team right now and develop a strategy to work with our allie allies. >> iran has been doing that 40 years. >> no question. >> you are also involved this week it was announced that big tack breach security in a significant way including apple and facebook and amazon so what did they do wrong quick. >> we launched an investigation it is bipartisan with the judiciary...

Tack breach security in a significant way including apple and facebook and amazon so what did they do wrong quick. >> we launched an investigation it is bipartisan with the judiciary committee led by antitrust subcommittee looking at broadband very large technology platforms with market power engaged in anti- competitive behavior favoring their own products and services excluding rivals. we want to make sure there is no competition so the next facebook or amazon can be born. competition matters ...

Great, direct relationships with their bank or with the technology platforms they use in their phone every day but they dont have great direct relationships with eli lilly or purdue pharma or johnson & johnson and politicians know that. thats why when theyre going after the big drug companies theyre not going after specific targets. theyre kind of just saying those that are responsible for the opioid crisis or whatever epidemic it is. and thats kind of giving these drug companies a little bit of...

>> bret, i think thats the wrong question. the speaker has said and i agree with her completely, we should never proceed with impeachment for political reasons, we should never refuse impeachment for political reasons this is about rule of law. the american people expect us to hold this president accountable, to follow the facts wherever they lead us and the impeachment question decided by the facts and what those facts require, it cannot be and be political consideration. >> you are going forwa...

Them on the record. >> bret, i think thats the wrong question. the speaker has said and i agree with her completely, we should never proceed with impeachment for political reasons, we should never refuse impeachment for political reasons this is about rule of law. the american people expect us to hold this president accountable, to follow the facts wherever they lead us and the impeachment question decided by the facts and what those facts require, it cannot be and be political consideration. >>...