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They haven't reached out to you. um, they say cbs 60 minutes ran a segment that used select company materials to tell a misleading story about the research we do to improve our products. the segment also disregards the significant investments we make to keep people safe on our platform. we continue to make significant improvements to tackle the spread of misinformation and harmful content. to suggest we encourage bad content and do nothing is just not true. so, when you hear that, andrew, are you confident, is your client confident that she knows everything that facebook is doing to keep the p...

To underline what you saw in that report there. the senator's office set up an instagram account designed to look like it was a 13-year-old girl and instagram began pushing pro-eating disorder accounts to this 13-year-old after the account searched and followed a few accounts that were talking about anorexia and were glorifying eating disorders. but instagram was feeding into that. erin. >> donie, thank you very much. it's so disturbing. i want to go now to andrew. he is a lawyer representing facebook whistle-blower frances haugen and he works with legal nonprofit whistle-blower aid. look, i...

Transparency about these algorithms. people need to know why certain things jump on their news feed on facebook. we just -- and -- and i think that regulators can do something about that. there also is the question of whether anti-trust action and -- and breaking up the facebook monopoly might be helpful. if you have more wholesome competitors, together, with transparency who are rewarded by -- by people for -- for doing the right thing, and not advancing hateful speech and conspiracy theories. i think all of these things need to be explored. but, eastrin, there is a tremens cost to us as a so...

>> um, facebook does require all of its employees to sign nondisclosure agreements. and they are very strict. so theoretically, facebook could try to make a case that she'd violated it. um, that said, there is protection for people who report things to the government as whistle-blowers -- um -- which obviously she's pursued those protections. >> all right. well, we will see. i mean, this is pretty stunning and, you know, again, congratulations on all your reporting. it's been fascinating to read it. getting front-page treatment as, of course, it so deserves. thanks so much, jeff. >> thank you....

Know, hate -- hate sells. keeps people online. conspiracy theories sell. keeps people online. appeals to resentment sells. keeps people online. and they've -- and -- and they've -- they've become the vehicle for radicalization. and that is very, very dangerous. how does it happen that an -- that a -- an oddball cult like qanon now has millions and millions and millions of adherents and two members of congress, two followers in congress? how is it that republicans, up to 78% of republicans in one poll, now believe the big lie even though it's been disproved again and again and again? i'm not sa...