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Said, asked by her to have empathy and take responsibility, going to have at instagram, at silicon valley. >> the proof is in the pudding, absolutely not. if you look what instagram does and what instagram knows they do, the toxic effect of their program compared to some of the controls that could mitigate these affected doesnt even compare. is worth reminding viewers with internal study facebook found released by the wall street journal facebook files in fall of this year, 6% of users trace the...

We want to make sure these witnesses come in to testify and we are prepared to go forward and urge the justice department to criminally prosecute anyone who does not follow their duty. >> we are following growing bipartisan support through capitol hill to rein in companies like facebook. last weeks whistle-blower testimony called for pushing for new regulations. suzanne malveaux has the report. >> reporter: despite nick cleggs appearances on multiple sunday morning shows saying facebook couldnt ...

Shows defending facebooks practices, include the suggestion that facebook couldnt possibly know whether its algorithm to push popular content helped inspire the riot on july 6, theyre having none of it. the subcommittee on consumer protection heard all they needed to hear from facebooks whistle-blower in her testimony about how its own research showed it allegedly had a toxic effect on teen girls, stoked division, and spread misinformation. senator amy klobuchar, who ive covered over the years, ...

Two young women on opposite sides of the world know that toxic effect all too well. they say content on instagram led them down a path of extreme eating, dieting, depression, and eating disorders when they were teenagers. sara sidner has their stories. >> i cant do it! >> reporter: this is ashley thomas at 14 years old. having a complete meltdown because her parents are demanding she eat. >> just open your mouth and swallow it. >> reporter: thomas was in the grip of anorexia, starving herself. >...

Toxic effect on teenaged girls. two young women on opposite sides of the world know that toxic effect all too well. they say content on instagram led them down a path of extreme eating, dieting, depression, and eating disorders when they were teenagers. sara sidner has their stories. >> i cant do it! >> reporter: this is ashley thomas at 14 years old. having a complete meltdown because her parents are demanding she eat. >> just open your mouth and swallow it. >> reporter: thomas was in the grip ...

Before the break, we shared the stories of two young women who experienced the dark side of instagram. our next guest is an expert in the dangers of social media. he has testified before congress on the issue and was featured in the very disturbing netflix drama, the social dilemma. >> we built these things and we have the responsibility to change it. if technology creates mass chaos, loneliness, more polarization, more election hacking, more inability to focus on the real issues, were toast. th...

Talk about these key pain points, the sort of outreach to children, the toxic effect on civic discourse or political polarization and extremism, how present and aware is that in the minds of the people working inside the company? >> i think its very present. it is one of the things that, frankly, kept me up at night and continues to keep me up at night is the amount of work that we needed to continue to do. there were a lot of many great people that were trying to figure out the right solutions ...

Violence to human trafficking to the toxic effect on the self-esteem of teens and in the wake of that global outage yesterday, haugen made this incredible statement pointing out how crucial facebook has become to all of our lives. take a listen. >> for more than five hours, facebook wasnt used to deepen divides, destabilize democracies and make young girls and women feel bad about their bodies. it also means that millions of small businesses werent able to reach potential customers. and countles...

That is the way that they sort of see the world. i think it makes a difference. for us yes, it was great today was an. its i think a lot of people discovered that actually, that it may be something that they could do without in their lives. and i dont know maybe there will be a long term behavior change because of that, i guess we just have to see. >> katie, how known. i mean we talked about the sort of key pain points, this sort of outreach to children, this toxic effect and civic discourse. or...

>> harry, i want to give you the last word on what the next legal step will be? what are you watching for? >> look, legally, im watching the dominion suit and the denial of the motion to dismiss by the court. i want to second what donna said, the right remedy here is for all of these people to be exiled from the political culture put east of eden. i dont know if that will happen, they wont be criminally charged but the most damaging aspect here is that as fantastical as these claims are, remembe...