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Draw attention to made-up events on both sides of the political spectrum, aimed at highlighting divisions in american society. according to testimony from the internet giants, up to 126 million facebook users saw content produced by russian-linked accounts. 1.4 million tweets were sent out by tens of thousands of russian bots. and google says more than 1,000 videos related to russian efforts were discovered on youtube. joining me now, recode executive editor and the woman who knows this space be...

Era rules. a lot of debate whether or not this is a good thing, but no one disputes todays vote impacts how everyone in the u.s. uses and pays for the internet. we note comcast parent company of nbc and msnbc is one mpt lead be service providers. they have a strong opinion on this. so what is net neutrality and what does todays vote mean for consumers? tony rahm is a senior editor of politics and policy at recode and hes here to help us break it down and put it in english. thats your charge, ton...

Companies the clear winners in this. able to off their own services and sites that load quickly. charging others higher price to access speeds. who are the losers? america. you would be no longer able to choose the content. and if you want to start your own online business or blog, good luck. the internet is the only effective way for everyone to have a voice. and without ruling keeping it open, big businesses get to decide which voices are heard. they are put the barriers back up. we talk about...

What are you going to do about it? >> mr. senator, theres no doubt that securing data is the core a value of our company. and i would also apologize deeply to the american public for the breach that we had. we let the public down. >> did he say he was going to donate his giant exit package? i didnt hear that when he said his apology. >> other people got exit packages from equifax as well. joining us now is senior editor for policy and politics at recode. tony, we didnt see marissa mayma maier th...

Should be informed. >> these hearings are massively important. the problem when you hear any of them, its just lawmaker after lawmaker getting on their pedestal speaking, shouting, then you dont see a change. after this we need to see a change. >> tony, thank you for being with us. tony romm from recode. nice to have you in studio with us. stick around, everyone. right now republicans in the house and senate are working on their own tax plans and we are hearing about the big differences betwee...

For it. >> reporter: the new revelations after congress grilled tech executives in the attempt for russians to meddle in the election. >> do you believe any of your companies have identified the full scope of russian active ace measures on your platform. >> our investigation continues. so i would have to say no. >> congress is now considering legislation that would require social media companies to disclose who is buying political ads, similar to tv and radio and newspapers. jolene kent. and n...

Ensure the content -- >> bottom line, those ads are cheap even though they cant keep the bill boards on the stands there in capitol hill. kara swisher joins you now, technology and business website, recode. thank you for joining us. >> no problem. >> these are -- they are not necessarily going after a certain political candidate but they are trying to do something pretty insidious. >> yeah, absolutely. you saw the range of things, one was looks like a black lives matter kind of thing and other i...

>> recode executive editor, kara swisher. >> next, the russia blame game. wait until you hear who the president is reportedly pointing the finger at for the long list of dramas dogging his white house. stay with us and were monitoring this hearing as well. well be right back. by listening to an thiaudiobook on audible.ame and this guy is just trying to get through the day. this guy feels like he can take on anything. this guy isnt sure he can take it anymore. unwavering self-confidence. stuck in...

Joining us now is tony rahm. senior editor for policy and politics at recode. tony, we got to start with what matters to these social media sites like twitter and facebook. these are public companies. every time they report earnings, it is all about user growth. user growth is how they show wall street analysts, look how many eyeballs are on us. its how they go to advertisers and try to pull advertising dollars saying look at our impact. now we see bot after bot and russian influence. could face...

Administration? saying lets all have megamergers. >> this is a country attacking another country. >> right. >> it is. so lets just keep that in mind. thats really the point. what theyd like to do is take it away from the real point which is russia or whoever targets our country using our -- the inventions we created. its -- it should be -- people should be worried about that. >> all right. well continue this again. kara, thanks for being here. she is the cofounder and editor of recode and shes o...