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Before the break, we shared the stories of two young women who experienced the dark side of instagram. our next guest is an expert in the dangers of social media. he has testified before congress on the issue and was featured in the very disturbing netflix drama, the social dilemma. >> we built these things and we have the responsibility to change it. if technology creates mass chaos, loneliness, more polarization, more election hacking, more inability to focus on the real issues, we're toast. this is check mate on humanity. >> and tracistan harris joins m now. in reference to what we learned ...

Talk about these key pain points, the sort of outreach to children, the toxic effect on civic discourse or political polarization and extremism, how present and aware is that in the minds of the people working inside the company? >> i think it's very present. it is one of the things that, frankly, kept me up at night and continues to keep me up at night is the amount of work that we needed to continue to do. there were a lot of many great people that were trying to figure out the right solutions to this. and clearly there is a lot more to do. clearly there were decisions that were made that in...

Violence to human trafficking to the toxic effect on the self-esteem of teens and in the wake of that global outage yesterday, haugen made this incredible statement pointing out how crucial facebook has become to all of our lives. take a listen. >> for more than five hours, facebook wasn't used to deepen divides, destabilize democracies and make young girls and women feel bad about their bodies. it also means that millions of small businesses weren't able to reach potential customers. and countless photos of new babies weren't joyously celebrated by family and friends around the world. >> so f...

That is the way that they sort of see the world. i think it makes a difference. for us yes, it was great today was an. it's i think a lot of people discovered that actually, that it may be something that they could do without in their lives. and i don't know maybe there will be a long term behavior change because of that, i guess we just have to see. >> katie, how known. i mean we talked about the sort of key pain points, this sort of outreach to children, this toxic effect and civic discourse. or a political polarization and extremism. how president and aware is that in the minds of the peopl...

>> harry, i want to give you the last word on what the next legal step will be? what are you watching for? >> look, legally, i'm watching the dominion suit and the denial of the motion to dismiss by the court. i want to second what donna said, the right remedy here is for all of these people to be exiled from the political culture put east of eden. i don't know if that will happen, they won't be criminally charged but the most damaging aspect here is that as fantastical as these claims are, remember what sydney powell said, nobody could even believe them, that was her first offense. they have,...