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Important issue we need to take seriously. howie: joining us from new york, julie banderas. the internal documents unearthed by the wall street journal makes it clear facebook knows it makes one out of three young girls feeling anxious, depressed, even suicidal thoughts. this seems to have touched a nerve. >> it absolutely has. the fact it just reached this point a couple days ago where they came forward to say they believe that instagram accounts for kids might not be a good idea is a shame. i think when you hear the vice president talk about how he understands how it might make young girls a...

Yesterday and it underscored they don't care about you or your family or health, they care about their bottom line, growth at all costs and their brand and reputation and it is the growth factor that is worrying them. they worry about their competitors and snapchat and tick-tock trying to target your tweens. heather: these people think they are smart. why can't they admit they are wrong and find a way to grow profits, growth in another way? they are afraid of the young demographic. i will give you a statistic. by their own admission wall street journal's and reporting said the daily number of ...

Suicidal thoughts. the ensuing outrage on capitol hill is bipartisan. >> we now know that facebook routinely puts profits ahead of kids' online safety. we know it chooses growth of its products over the well-being of our children. >> they also don't want facebook collecting data on their children. call them whatever you want, tweens, teens, young adults, the bottom line is these are children. >> harris: senator blackburn has been in front of this for quite a while know. joe concha politics columnist for the highly in focus now. is this enough, what's playing out now? >> it never seems to be en...

The wall street journal. like big tobacco, big tech pushes products it knows are harmful, social media companies should not be allowed to continue profiting from exploiting children. new documents reveal facebook wanted to target, one email with the ubiquity of tablets and phones kids are getting on the internet as young as 6 years old we can't ignore this and responsibly is to figure it out. imagine if it is designed for youth. another email says why do we care about tweens? they are valuable but untapped audience, parents are outraged. >> it is terrible, kids been homeschooled for a year and...

Testimony this week, it shows the company formed a team to study preteens, set a three-year goal to create more products for them and commission strategy papers about the long-term business opportunities presented by these potential users. in one presentation, the journal says, facebook contemplated whether there might be a way to engage children during play dates. why do we care about tweens said one document from last year? they're a valuable but untapped audience. with me now, technology reporter for "the wall street journal" and behind this scoop here. jeff, i think that a parent might go,...