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That was being done? >> yeah. i was really surprised to see members of congress appear to understand technology better than they have in past hearings. and i've been following these hearings for a long time from mark zuckerberg's first appearance in april 2018. at that time members of congress were completely blast bid the public for not getting it and understanding the most basics of how these companies function as technologies and as businesses. what i saw in this hearing earlier this week was members of congress talking about things like engagement ranking systems, algorithm amplification b...

Implore congress to change section 230 which provides immunity for tech companies and also allows tech giants to ignore harm to users to a certain extent? what do you think is going to be the reaction from facebook to that? >> i think facebook is going to be very, very resistant to legal changes that only the internet sector has. they will say, and they often say, as anybody who watches tv, reads magazines, newspapers, et cetera and have seen their ad campaigns, they say we embrace regulation, we believe there should be regulation. but the key is what kind of regulation that congress comes up ...

The $1 million question today is, what does this say about the republican party's dedication to donald trump? not only the way in which they voted when it came to reconciliation, right, over last week, but also what we're seeing when it comes to the january 6th committee. and abiding by these subpoenas. >> well, so, look, this is a party that's still bends at the knee of donald trump, and a lot of that is because of the political reality for the political actors that will be on the ballot, you risk your own political future by crossing donald trump. that's why you saw -- you see the activity o...

Sinema and joe manchin, right? so they didn't have to do away with the filibuster. that would be mitch mcconnell's biggest nightmare, if, in fact, that happened, and that's one of the reasons why mcconnell seems actually had to step in the way in which he did. what's interesting to me, though, is that manchin and sinema would consider doing away with the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling but have never considered doing away with the filibuster when it comes to voting rights, which is fundamental to every american citizen. >> yeah, i mean, that's right. and that's what a lot of democrats are...

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