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>> join me by calling your congress person. >> reporter: upping their aptitude for political communication. >> tools are more limited now. the more attention they can draw to something the more likely it is they are able to get some sort of vikt have i out of it. >> reporter: adam connor helped open facebook's first washington office. he's been helping members of congress learn to use social media. >> donald trump has learned social media say tool that can have power and authenticity and is something they can no longer ignore. >> reporter: minority leader chuck schumer is overhauling the democ...

Accountability. >> do you not want to answer my question? >> reporter: this clip of then education nominee betsy devos received more than 25 million views on senator schumer's facebook page. in response to epa nominee scott pruitt, he posted the floor speech. and hawaii senator brian shots post this had series of hashtag meems touting the epa's importance. >> she was warned. >> reporter: earlier this month republicans stopped democratic senator elizabeth warren from presenting an opposing view of then attorney general nominee jeff sessions from coretta scott king. >> i am surprised that the wo...

Moment bottom of the hour. you are watching cnn. and you thought those ever-changing news feed layouts and the questionable privacy settings were the worst of facebook's crimes. uh-uh. now we're learning about a pretty creepy experiment. let me say, let's say you're in a good mood, pop open facebook, cruise your news feed and your mood darkens. you could have been one of facebook's guinea pigs. as it turns out, facebook has been allowing researchers, the company, to manipulate users' news feeds to hide either the good news, like newborn baby pictures or bad news like animal cruelty videos, jus...

What to we know about the experiment itself? >> well, first of all, brooke, the premise was pretty interesting. the idea that there's this whole theory that you look on facebook and see everyone putting their best foot forward, living these amazing lives and you get depressed. so facebook data scientists said let's do an experiment and see if this is actually the case. well, they found that if you surface negative content in users' news feed they would post negatively. which is interesting. and you take this step back and say, wait a second, we know they collect data an us, but they manipulate...

Second degree under georgia law, and that's felony murder. >> life and perhaps worse than that in the state of georgia. joey jackson, nick valencia, thank you so much. >> pleasure, brooke. >> bizarre and tragic all the way around. just ahead, outrage erupts after facebook conducts a secret experiment that played on our emotions. have you heard about this? what is facebook doing and saying about this without your knowledge? we'll discuss, coming up next. you're watching cnn. stay here.