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One of the facebook hearings, some of the democrats and what they were asking mark zuckerberg. watch this. >> facebook offered a blanket opt in to share their privacy data with any third party users. >> congresswoman, yes, that's how our platform works. you have to opt in to sign in to any app before you use it. >> from c net sort of poking fun. it goes on and on. now, governor, i want to be careful how i phrase this. you're a little up there and yet you're pretty savvy on the twitters. what's your thought on their need for tech help. >> well, ed, let me e plain it to you. when these democrats...

Next week. i imagine he's going to be your success or, ambassador to the u.n. somebody who has not been shy about the criticism of this body. explain how that platform works. what's the importance of chairing a meeting like that one? >> it's very important because the security council presidency rotates every month. and this time it's the united states. when i first got to the u.n. in '97, i first chaired the u.n. security council as a representative of the u.s. so you set the agenda. you have the biggest platform. of course president trump, he's going to talk about two issues. he's going to s...

That's troubling enough. even after facebook learned of that possibility, facebook gave mail.ru a two-week extension to wind down two of these apps. this all comes out now as facebook continues to investigate just how and who misused facebook user data. >> yeah, there was abuse. that's why in 2014 we took the step of fundamentally changing how the platform works. >> reporter: when mark zuckerberg told a congressional committee his social network shut down apps that gathered users' personal information, he didn't mention this -- a list of 61 app developers fo erers face says were given an exten...

A two week extension to wind down two apps. this is coming out as facebook continues to investigate how and who misused facebook user data. >> yeah, there was abuse. that's why in 2014 we took the step of fundamentally changing how the platform works. >> when mark zuckerberg said the social network said they shut down apps that used information, he didn't say this. six developers were given an extension, ability to keep gathering data from facebook users up to an additional six months. among them, the russian internet giant mail.ru which ran hundreds of apps on facebook. what does that mean to...

Step of fundamentally changing how the platform works. >> when mark zuckerberg told the congressional committee that facebook shut down apps that gathered user's personal information. did he not mention had this. 61 app developers that facebook now says were given an extension. the ability to keep gathering data from facebook users for up to an additional six months. among them, the russian internet giant, mail.ru, which ran hundreds of apps on facebook. what does that mean to you? michael carpenter is the former deputy assistant secretary of defense covering russia. what it means that all dat...