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From the sec and civil lawsuits and perhaps for congress to get involved in some way as well. >> a.b., one of the most alarming moments in the testimony was this when frances talked about the correlation between disinformation and acts of violence like we saw on january 6th. listen to this. >> facebook has been emphasizing a false choice. they said the safeguards that were in place before the election implicated free speech. the choices that were happening on the platform were really about how reactive and twitchy was the platform. like how viral was the platform. and facebook changed those sa...

Platform. how viral. facebook changed those safety defaults in the run up to the election because they knew they were dangerous and because they wanted that growth back, they wanted the acceleration of the platform back after the election, they returned to their original defaults. and the fact that they had to break the glass on january 6th and turn them back on, i think that's deeply problematic. >> agree. thank you very much for your bravery and coming forward. >> senator thune. >> thank you, mr. chair, and ranking member blackburn. i've been arguing for some time that it is time for congres...

Times" and i want to play one more example of i think that's being laid out here that facebook has a lot of power that government needs to take a look at and that is, this exchange on january 6th between senator klobuchar and miss haugen. take a listen. >> and you know that the insurrection occurred january 6th. do you think that facebook turned off the safeguards because they were costing the company money? because it was reducing profits? >> facebook has been emphasizing a false choice. they've said the safeguards in place before the election implicated free speech. the choices happening on ...

Reactive and viral was the platform. facebook changed those safety defaults in the runup to the election because they knew they were dangerous. because they wanted that growth back after the election, they returned to their original defaults. the fact that they had to break the glass on january 6th and turn them back on, i think that's deeply problematic. >> agree. thank you very much for your bravery in coming forward. >> thank you. i've been arguing for some time that it is time for congress to act. i think the question is always what is the correct way to do it consistent with our first ame...

Facebook to target their voters so this is going to be an enduring problem and why i've testified, i think, four times regarding social media and different facets and not one rule has ever come from any of those things. >> i'm glad that you said that, clint, because again, i think the election impact is the biggest thing. facebook in and of itself can't do anything. but facebook can facilitate people who want to do harm getting together. i'm going to play this sound from miss haugen and i'm going to get kara's thought on what the impacts are and what facebook has been doing when it comes to am...