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Company and its leadership. take a listen. i want to start with some of the revelations that came from the new york times piece. >> sure. >> reporter: let's look at russia. did you and other leaders try to minimize russia's role in spreading propaganda on the platform? >> no. here's what happened. in 2016 there was no doubt that we missed something really important. right? the russian effort to try to have these coordinated information operations on facebook and also the internet more broadly was not something we were expecting. elections are always high security events. and we were expecting ...

I think a lot of people watching to see what mark zuckerberg, what the leadership will do. i sat down with him today. i asked him about the allegations. he defended the company and the leadership. take a listen. i want to start with some of the revelations that came from the new york times piece. >> sure. >> reporter: let's look at russia. did you and other leaders try to minimize russia in spreading propaganda on the platform? >> no. here's what happened. in 2016 there was no doubt that we missed something really important. right? the russian effort to try to have these coordinated informatio...

The radical attacks from isis and al-qaida inspired. don't forget there is a bombing in chelsea the year prior. this event in itself, new year's eve, all the troopers and police, these are individuals and agencies that are very, very experienced in this type of event and in some way, it is actually kind of an easier event because you know it is going to happen and the way to handle these big security events is to preparations and resource applications and controlling the area and illuminating surprises. they have written the book literally on how to security new york city. >> in vegas attack, ...

Assure the public that they are prepared, but to remind people also that the best defense is an aware and alert public. you can't have enough public safety personnel out there. they are really the see something, say something, people be aware of surroundings at events like this. >> jonathan, juliet brought up the concept of this being a theater to assure the public that precautions are being taken. what do you make of that? is that a crucial element of keeping the public safe? >> listen, what law enforcement across the country are doing, is they are responding to the ever-changing global threa...

Haven't taken questions about russia in public all year from congress or journalists since that november appearance when you dismissed the impact of fake news. and i want to be clear. mark. you are go ahead at technology. you are amazing at capitalism. nobody doubts that. you get things intuitively most of us could probably never figure out. but right now this is actually about something bigger than technology and capitalism. this is about democracy and justice. so a lot of these questions, they circle back to one question. whose side do you want to be on? n security events every day. ddos cam...