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Facebook is facing sharp criticism following the revelation that the data of at least 87 million users was compromised by consulting firm cambridge analytica. the company's ceo, mark zuckerberg, is slated to testify before two committees in congress this week to explain among other things why it took the social media giant so long to notify its users that their data had been stolen. here's senate judiciary committee member john kennedy putting it as only he can. >> mr. zuckerberg has not exhausted himself, being forthcoming. we had one hearing. mr. zuckerberg sent his lawyer, very bright, very...

The social media giant so long to notify its users that their data had been stolen. here's senate judiciary committee member john kennedy putting it as only he can. >> mr. zuckerberg has not exhausted himself, being forthcoming. we had one hearing. mr. zuckerberg sent his lawyer, very bright, very articulate, could talk a dog off a meat wagon, but he didn't say anything. but my biggest worry with all this is that the privacy issue and what i call the propaganda issue is too big for facebook to fix and that's the frightening part. >> senator john kennedy, ladies and gentlemen. for more i want t...

On paper a best practices as an advisory on how to secure election apparatuses at the state and local level. >> very good. do you think we're doing a good enough job now back to the propaganda issue in educating our citizens about this? >> no, we're not, and the other thing whether he don't do well enough is the counter messaging. >> and how would you suggest we could improve that? >> i would be -- i've been an advocate for a usia on steroids. i felt that way in terms of countering the message from isis who is very sophisticated and messages and proselytizing and recruiting people our counterm...

On best practices as an advisory on how to secure election apparatus at the state and local level. >> very good. do you think we are doing a good enough job now, back to the propaganda issue, educating our citizens about this? >> no, we are not. the other thing we don't do is the counter messaging. >> how would you suggest we improve it? ago i would be, i have been an advocate for a usia on steroids. i felt that way in terms of countering the message from isis, who are very sophisticated at conveying messages and proselytizing and recruiting people. our counter message is too fragmented, and m...

And it's interesting, the extent to which a success like this, and it's hideous to use language like success. i find these videos disgusting. what they're doing is extraordinarily effective. and they're mobilizing people, young people, people who have grown up in the west to their cause precisely with this advertisement of their blood thirsty nature. it's a lot about like the beginning of the russian revolution. in 1917, most people in the united states assumed this was some lunatic fringe that attempted a coup in russia. everybody failed to see that they would ultimately take over the russian...