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going to do about your algorithm because that's ultimately what feeds people the garbage whether it's about the election or eating disorders or other conspiracy theories. >> donie, thank you. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. the most critical zoom call of the pandemic era so far. "the lead" starts right now. president biden today virtually staring down vladimir putin as russia licks its chops, gazing at ukraine across the border. can president biden help find an off ramp for russia invasion? is omicron as dangerous as delta? there's some promising news in early data on the variant. plus, clamming up to cover up. trump's former chief of staff mark meadows now says he will not cooperate with the committee investigating january 6th.
monitor everybody. that's one side of the debate. the other side is they're selling ads. they are taking money. and the reason why they are so profitable is because they don't have people going through, taking the time to consider what is in these ads. that is why they are so profitable. . >> they say they can't monitor everything, donie. how hard was it for you to find this stuff? . >> i would love to say i did amazing journalistic work. you type it in and you start finding this stuff. the fact that they have to rely on news organizations and academics and researchers and even groups like the adl to bring to their attention, it is infuriating. . >> any legal repercussion? >> they have basically found a way to get away with this through immunity. can you put up things you know are false? can they knowingly put up ads that are defamatory and get sued for it? no. thus far, they seem to have been able to create a legal zone,
outside the capitol, people calling hang mike pence. again, this is not about free speech. it's not about charged political rhetoric. that's an ad that facebook is taking money to run and to put into americans' facebook feeds, and even after we asked them about it, they said that it didn't seem to break any of their rules. >> donie, all righty. well, there you go. thank you, donie. appreciate it. i want to bring in now cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein. i mean -- >> yeah. >> ron, come on. >> yes. >> come on, ron. >> well, first, as is often the case, donie's reporting kind of leaves you breathless. facebook is an incredible contributor to the strains that we are seeing in our society. it's hard to think of a company since the heyday of the tobacco cover-ups of the '40s, '50s, and '60s that has behaved more
please come back. it's good to see you. thank you very much. i want to turn to cnn's donie o'sullivan who has some disturbing reporting about facebook and anti-vaccine messaging. here we go, donie. good to see you. you found out that facebook was selling ads comparing vaccines to the holocaust? i mean this is despicable. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, don. i mean it's really messed up what they're allowing on their platform. take a look at these ads that facebook accepted money for and allowed run. one there showing a picture of a vaccine, saying "slowly and quietly but it's a holocaust," again playing into this insane idea that the vaccine is a tool of killing people. another that ran, i'm originally from america, but i currently reside in 1941 germany. a few nights ago when a fox news personality compared dr. anthony fauci to a nazi doctor, the angel of death, it caused outrage, right? but this stuff is not happening in a vacuum.
group or government. they said they have not been able to determine that yet. but what we see here, of course, is how both sides are being played on these platforms and how easy it is to covertly run these campaigns online. do donie o'sullivan, cnn, new york. >> thank you, donie. the president said supply chain issues are beginning to ease. it could threaten the progress. how markets are responding. that's ahead. a triple-lift serum with pure collagen. 92% saw w visibly firmer skin in just 4 weeks. neutrogena® for people with skin.
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john. amid all the political stuff. so many folks that we speak to who go down these rabbit holes of conspiracy theories, especially online, are looking for community. they are looking for people to interact with and that is what a lot of these conspiracies give folks that sort of outlet. that all being said, it is a shame you're in washington, john. i am going for a late breakfast this morning with elvis and tupac. you could have came along, but hopefully see you next time. >> look, one person there would have been too many, donie. the fact it was hundreds, hundreds, really is scary. donie o'sullivan, thank you very much. here's what else to watch today.
>> donie had some funny tweets. >> there is no joke that that can be made that wasn't made better on twitter. >> do you draw a laser on the criticism? >> if the goal and distraction was ridicule. if he would prefer ridicule on the focus of other things, maybe it worked. i'm not sure. >> i think it compounds the problem. . >> in general, a lot of people who cover the companies found it tone deaf. when you are on two continents, potential real regulation to your business, it seems sort of out of the virtual blue. >> how about you deal with your problem by addressing your problem. just a thought. i don't know. >> throwing that out there. >> i'm just throwing it out there. christine romans, thanks so much. "new day" continues right now. ♪
such as eating disorders. it has no place on our platform. >> reporter: facebook officials regularly bemoan the fact that companies like tiktok and snapchat rarely get as much attention and scrutiny as facebook does. but unfortunately for facebook and its c.e.o. mark zuckerberg, the spotlight is going to stay on them for another while yet because facebook whistleblower frances haugen documents continue to be released in newsrooms around the world. we will keep you updated as that continues to happen. donie o'sullivan, cnn new york. >> thank you very much, donie. there is one day left for democrats on capitol hill to iron out differences on president biden's social spending and bill before he leaves on his european trip. major sticking points remain including cost and how it will be paid for. they are looking to replace a key climate change provision that was rejected by senator joe manchin. it would include renewable
of false or potentially misleading information while also promoting reliable information and giving people control over the comments in their posts. they were giving free ads to the world health organization and other health organizations to put out covid information. good information about the virus. one of these internal memos said that at one point the world health organization and unicef stopped running ads because the comments under the posts were so full of anti-vaccine misinformation. who or unicef coming back to us on that facebook saying the ads are back running now. >> wow. donie, appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. here to dig deeper, a media studies professor at the university of virginia. also the author of "anti-social media: how facebook disconnects us and undermines democracy". it is so good to have you with us this morning. you've been raising alarm for years at this point. i want to pick up where donie