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Those safeguards right after the election, and you know the insurrection occurred january 6. do you think facebook turned off the safeguards because they were costing the company money, because it was reducing profits? >> facebook changed those safety defaults in the run-up to the election because they knew they were dangerous. and because they want that growth back, they wanted the acceleration of the platform back after the election, they returned to their original defaults. and the fact they had to break the glass on january 6 and turn them back on, i think that's deeply problematic. >> rep...

Latest on the damning testimony from the facebook whistle-blower that ceo mark zuckerberg is disputing tonight. >> the only way we can move forward and heal facebook is we first have to admit the truth. >> reporter: and the truth, according to frances haugen, is that the social media giant is hiding what it really knows about its impact on its users, including the spread of misinformation. >> facebook likes to paint that these issues are really complicated. facebook prioritized that content on the system. >> reporter: haugen testifying to the senate about what the company did ask did not do to...

Children, and it's not just that they make money. again, it's that they valued their profit more than the pain that they cause to children and their families. >> reporter: the word addiction coming up over and over again during the testimony. >> it's just like cigarettes. teenagers don't have good se self-regulation. she say explicitly, i feel bad when i use instagram, and yet i can't stop. we need to protect the kids. >> reporter: in a tweet, facebook responding, saying haugen didn't actually work on these issues directly. she was a product manager tackling misinformation and had no direct re...

Take a listen to this. >> he holds over 55% of all the voting shares for facebook. there are no similarly powerful company that are as unilaterally controlled. and in the end, the buck stops with mark. there is currently no one holding mark accountable but himself. >> straight up, kara, is she right? is mark zuckerberg the sfproble? >> oh, yeah. well, he can't be fired. you and i can be fired, right? it does have an effect on us. if you're unfireable and you're unaccountable and you run the biggest communication platform in the history of the world? that's a lot on your shoulders, even if you'...

Breaking news tonight, facebook's ceo disputing the powerful testimony by whistle-blower frances haugen. she told a senate subcommittee that she believes facebook harms children, stokes division, and weakens our democracy and says congressional action is needed. but mark zuckerberg fighting back, saying a lot of haugen's claims don't make any sense and denying that facebook puts profits over the safety and well-being of its users. also tonight, president joe biden trying to save his domestic agenda, selling his massive infrastructure bill to union workers in michigan while telling house prog...