that are now coming out that we saw in the run up to the 2016 election are still continuing today. which we see the same kinds of parntsz, the same kinds attempts to use wedge issues to sow and exploit divisions to turn americans against one another as a tool of weakening us. continuing in their networks that we monitor on twitter. but i also think it's really important to bear in mind that this is not a tactic that the russians are using uniquely in america. they've been using this tactic across europe, in ukraine. they've used it in many of the states that border them, the baltic countries, and in fact it's right out of the soviet playbook. they've just adopted it to new technologies that allow it to be an even more powerful tool. >> kara, you have been critical of facebook and said that they were slow to react to their russian problem. what should both facebook and twitter be doing now? what should they be doing? >> well, twitter didn't do very well today in their hearings, at the intel hearings. you know, i think they need to move faster. i mean, what's really interesting is how optimistic they were that this social media