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[ applause ] >> and, folks, one thing is clear. our unity is our greatest strepgt as a party and greatest strepgt as a nation. in order to govern -- if you want to govern we must first win. i just saw my favorite campaign button last week when i was in chicago. here is what it said. pretty simple. democrat for president! [ applause ] >> i couldn't agree more. folks, i'm proud to be a democrat, my friends. i was proud to stand with congressman kildee talking about the trail of broken promises. it's time for democratic leadership because democrats i learned are the party of dreamers and doers. w...

Few days was this morning, when i tacked this black ribbon onto my campaign button, because now i'm lost. i'm desperate. and i don't know where we're going from here. >> when senator kennedy went down, he was trying to speak for those americans, including the young, who feel a need to change many aspects of american life. well, that cause has not been stilled forever because even without him, the changes will be made because they have to be. but nobody knows when nor how, nor whether the changes will be made peacefully or violently. >> in the meantime, this country has lost another leader. as ...

The paid for by on a campaign button. but the difference in what facebook wanted to do was that facebook didn't necessarily say those links would go back to a campaign page. somebody could buy an ad criticizing a candidate and link to a fake news site -- of course they didn't know the fake news sites would be so important back in 2011. but it could go somewhere other than the place telling you who was paying for the ad. >> you wonder why regulation matters. in cases just like this. you can read the entire piece on news stands now. it's a stunning one. we're going to take a break. republicans...

As is your jurisdiction at wired. this is their turf. this is an incredibly difficult arena. trying to regulate in some sense advertising online is a very different proposition than on television. >> it is. it's a much easier thing actually for people who might like to slip disinformation or false information online. what you find is digital ads are actually regulated more like campaign buttons or bumper stickers, which when you think about it is absolutely absurd because the reach of a campaign button or bumper sticker has nothing on the reach of a facebook post or a facebook ad. so the other...

Advertising online is a very different proposition than on television. >> it is. it's a much easier thing actually for people who might like to slip disinformation or false information online. what you find is digital ads are actually regulated more like campaign buttons or bumper stickers, which when you think about it is absolutely absurd because the reach of a campaign button or bumper sticker has nothing on the reach of a facebook post or a facebook ad. so the other big issue is that the campaigns are the ones that are really responsible if they violate campaign law. the onus does not fall...