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Interference. they are taking zuckerberg on this tour, as if he's going to be a national candidate, and they still might be. you can't get that deep into politics and then say, we're just the phone company. >> facebook is really facing the unintended consequences of having two billion users, from a business perspective, everyone was in awe with how this company grew. i was surprised, that as soon as people started questioning facebook's role. we had absolutely no involvement in this election at all, all we are is a social networking site. the fact that they're complying right now, it could be ...

Years ago, when really the issue of online bullying and online sexual predators started to get more attention, maybe eight years ago or so. and facebook and the other platforms said, there's nothing we can do. we have to be hands off, all we can do is help train parents. but then that perspective evolved, and they knew they had to -- had a responsibility. i think we're seeing this here too, they're saying they have a responsibility. but -- and i think we'll continue to see that evolution on social media. but from an investigative perspective, the sense that this was ever going to be a narrow f...

Going to want to know if fake accounts by foreigners are driving content and we ought to be able to take a look at that content. >> let's talk this over with our panel. joining should they be giving over -- that's -- there's obviously a desire to protect their advertisers, protect people who do business with facebook. >> we've seen this before, we've seen technology companies be caught in a bind. on the one hand they don't want to be seen as compromising their users. that's been a huge quagmire for facebook in the past. where they've been accused of compromising people's privacy. they're sensi...

Was in awe with how this company grew. i was surprised, that as soon as people started questioning facebook's role, they were quick to be defensive and say, we had absolutely no involvement in this election at all, all we are is a social networking site. the fact that they're complying right now, i think could be so much catch up on zuckerberg's -- >> i recently saw this piece on 60 minutes about brain hacking and how companies target people. the people that said to me, a guy that works in this. we think we're the customers of facebook. he said, we're not the customers of facebook, coca cola, ...

Today. i don't know the answer, but it's interesting to me, are they a telecommunications platform or a news organization. >> what do you think it means for the investigation? if facebook is handing over -- how important do you think it could be or not important? >> i want to make one point of clarification. $100,000 versus the 6.0 billion. that's a little apples to oranges, because i think most people know that buying ads on social media platforms are incredibly cheap, compared to buying television spots. it sounds like it was nothing. but that isn't nothing in a facebook media purchase -- >>...