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Facebook along with the algo rhythms they can apply and the third parties like cambridge analytica can apply suggests they can know you better than at least those people closest to you. >> well this is facebook's entire business model. it is a targeted advertising business so the more it knows about you, the better ads to surface to you and the more relevant it could be and charge for more advertisers. this is -- as people pointed out yesterday, a lot of changes facebook announced were we're going to share less of your data with other people but nothing that facebook said about we're going to ...

A lot of people out there are very concerned about their online privacy. ze zuckerberg is sitting down tonight. what do you think they need to do? >> facebook does take this seriously. even though it is in the data business. bits knowing you so well that it can target ads directly to you. even though that's the business, it knows it has a responsibility to be careful. facebook at this point has a gdp bigger than some countries. it is a global player. it affects wars and campaigns and elections. and sometimes it feels like the company still thinks it is a dorm room business at harvard. so it is...

We put information into the bloodstream of the internet, and then watch it grow. it has to happen without anyone thinking that's propaganda because the moment you think that's propaganda, the next question is put that out. >> we started today with the deluge of reports about the trump campaign's data firm. cambridge analytica that got $6 million from the campaign while donald trump was running for president. in 2014, cambridge analytica used a purported academic research scheme to harvest complicated extensive personal data from tens of millions of americans who didn't know they were handing t...

It has to happen without anyone thinking that's propaganda because the moment you think that's propaganda, the next question is put that out. >> we started today with the reports about the trump campaign's data firm. the campaign while donald trump was running for president. in 2014, cambridge analytica harvested complicated extensive personal data from tens of millions of americans who didn't know they were handing that kind of information over. according ochoto a new whistle blower was basically the core of the data business and democrat amy klobuchar say they want tech ceos on capitol hill ...