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Mononop i'm not averse to looking at the monoolistic nature of facebook. i think there are a couple of things i think we can do. i have a piece of legislation called the filter bubble transparency act. what it would do is give users the options to engage with social media platforms without being manipulated by these secret formulas that dictate the content you see when you open up an app or log onto a website. we also i think need to hold big tech accountable by reforming section 230. one of the best opportunities to do that in a bipartisan way is the platform accountability act, which in addi...

Created a fake account. my office and i did, as a teen interested in extreme dieting and eating disorders. instagram latched on to that teenager's initial insecurities and then pushed more content and recommendations. f glorifying eating disorders. that's how instagram's algorithms can push teens into darker and darker places. facebook's own researchers called it instagram's quote, perfect storm. exacerbating downward spirals. facebook, as you have put it so powerfully, maximizes profits and ignores pain. facebook's failure to acknowledge and to act makes it morally bankrupt. again and again, ...

Europe, they were ultimately responsible for the immorality of the pain it's caused. >> facebook needs to take responsibility for the consequences of its choices. it needs to be willing to accept small tradeoffs on profit and i think just that act of being able to admit that it's a mixed bag is important and i think what bwe saw from antigone, instead of focusing on the good they do, admit they have responsibilities to always remedy the harm. >> but mark zuckerberg's new policy is no apologies, no admissions, no acknowledgment. nothing to see here. we're going to deflect it and go sailing. i t...

It is that facebook can change, but it's clearly not going to do so on its own. my fear is that without action, divisive and extremist behaviors we see today are only the beginning. what we saw in myanmar and are now seeing in ethiopia are only the opening chapters of a story so terrifying no one wants to read the end of it. congress can change the rules that facebook plays by and stop the many harms it is now causing. we now know the truth about facebook's destructive impact. i really appreciate the seriousness which the members of congress and the securities and exchange commission are appro...

Needs to be examined and perhaps addressed. at least under this committee, there are a a couple of things think we can do. i have a piece of legislation and senators blackburn and blumenthal are both co-sponsors. called the filter bubble transparency act. essentially it would give users the options to engage with social media platforms without being manipulated by the secret formulas that essentially dictate the content that you see when you open up an app or logon to a website. we also, i think, need to hold big tech accountable by reforming section 230 and one of the best opportunities i thi...