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The lesson is that by manipulating private data, one can impose a form of mind control on any cohort of the population.

Actually happened on facebook during the u.s. presidential election. and that question about whether there was any overlap between the targeting that the trump campaign was doing and the targeting that we know the russian government was doing with its advertisements, thats -- that question has not been answered. and it seems that hasnt even really been asked in america yet. this should be in public sight. this is -- you know, its of paramount public interest that that information is transparent ...

Evidence-based and its led to multiple legal investigations. actually, around the world. one of the individuals who ive been reporting on for a long time, who is a businessman in britain who bank rolled the brexit campaign, whos been close to trump. hes a man called aaron banks. the day after that -- the trailer for "the great hack" was released, he filed formal legal proceedings against me in britain over a line in a ted talk i gave earlier this year. i have very robust defenses. but the idea i...

Of their $537 billion market kap. in fact, the punch of that fine was wiped out by a $6 billion gain in their stock yesterday. central to the most recent criticism of facebook privacy practices is the cambridge analytica scandal and its role in shaping the 2016 election. the company was a central player in the influence campaign targeting persuadable voters to lean toward president trump. the presidents 2016 campaign spent a total of $5.9 million bucks for the companys services. cambridge analyt...

>> lets defeat her in november. >> joining me now, the director of "the great hack" and the films producer karim amir. thank you both for being here. this documentary is chilling. help us understand what this interference and these influence campaigns are like, when there is a clear attack, everyone can see it, right? if i shoot you in broad daylight everyone sees it. but as i watch this documentary, it more feels like were slowly being poisoned to death. >> i have in my career always wanted to ...

Plus a new documentary on how your online habits are mined, sold, exploited to manipulate your actions, choices, even basic beliefs. well speak with the filmmakers behind the film "the great hack." we have the latest on why jeffrey epstein was found injured in his jail cell and why epsteins long-time relationship with billionaire les wexner is now being investigated by wexners own company which is the parent of victorias secret. weve heard from robert mueller and a key takeaway from his hearin...

I think what is going to happen is people -- weve entered a moment where there is a shift of awareness where people start to realize, wait. move fast and break things. combined with growth at all costs leads to a combustible situation which is whats happened. this ethos of believe in innovation and itll protect us is not true. we now have to create an accountability movement. it starts with awareness and all of us starting to hold these technologies more accountable and our user agreements we si...