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Founder and ceo mark zuckerberg will testify before congress april 10. most experts say facebook is sure to face fines or some form of regulation or both. this specter of regulation means investors may no longer see tech as a safe investment but as a risky one. two other tech ceos have been invited to testify at the same hearing. google and twitter. the perception of risk pushing chip giant in video down. it's chips go to driverless tech. lastly, and uber driverless car killed a pedestrian in arizona. it is a step back for what the company believed was safe tech. the stock plunged more than 7%...

Though, again, one of the most powerful men in the world. so he's willing to testify although he add a little wiggle room. he also said he's open to conversation about rememberlation. it's not whether there should be regulation, it's what kind there should be. >> he did say regarding testifying that if he was the only -- if it was a subject that he was the only person who was an expert on or, you know, the single expert, he would be happy to testify. i think that was basically his message. >> reporter: yeah. you know, at first he did say, well, it's got to be the right person. and i think, loo...

Only -- if it was a subject that he was the only person who was an expert on or, you know, the single expert, he would be happy to testify. i think that was basically his message. >> reporter: yeah. you know, at first he did say, well, it's got to be the right person. and i think, look, i think there was a lot of pressure for tech ceos to show up and testify when we saw what happened with the election and russian influence. people wanted to see the ceos of these tech companies who have put us through a lot of unintended consequences that we did not envision. they wanted to see them show up and...

It has to happen without anyone thinking that's propaganda because the moment you think that's propaganda, the next question is put that out. >> we started today with the reports about the trump campaign's data firm. the campaign while donald trump was running for president. in 2014, cambridge analytica harvested complicated extensive personal data from tens of millions of americans who didn't know they were handing that kind of information over. according ochoto a new whistle blower was basically the core of the data business and democrat amy klobuchar say they want tech ceos on capitol hill ...

Incredibly consequential for what speech gets aired and seen by ordinary people, ordinary americans. >> reporter: while major tech ceos are beginning to grapple with the unseen consequence of their increasingly powerful platforms, there are some calls for tech companies to be regulated as utilities. many in silicon valley disagree. i recently spoke to twitter and media founder ed williams about it. a congressman suggested there should be an act passing legislation to put disclosure requirements on social media advertising similar to the ones that we see on tv commercials. >> this ad paid for...