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The rest of us. we have to learn, and it might be hard, how to deal with our privacy, and we have to learn not to spread crap on the internet. this didn't happy itself. the garbage on facebook and twitter got spread by people. we have some responsibility. >> how often, when you look at your facebook feed, people you know have articles posted with these wild headlines, and then you look and they are from cockamamy, who knows sources. you wonder, this is a smart person, a person i grew up with, so what are they doing spreading this? >> yeah. the white house is trying to calm fears, you know ab...

Sometimes they're grandstanding for people who want to nus thuse in election ads. what should we ask that we don't know? he will be sworn, so he can deny but not lie. >> the biggest question we still have is what impact did facebook actually have on the 2016 election? what impact could facebook have on the 2018 midterms or other elections around the world? we've seen the data. we've seen how many people may have been exposed through this cambridge analytica situation, how many ads were purchased. we really don't know what that ultimately led to. i don't know if facebook has that answer. i'm su...

Where you come in. you have to take some responsibility for this. facebook did the wrong thing the whole time, but you have to take some control over this now. measures are going to certainly help make your data more secure. but it is a bit like installing a security system after your house has been robbed, assuming you're one of the 87 million or whatever million number of people with information harvested. >> you're not going to say, the party is over, leave the front door open forever and keep robbing me. time to clean it up. >> close it and install the alarm system. >> joining us now, soci...

Apps interfacing with facebook had access to more data than necessary. that's a quote according to facebook. as of today, the company will oversee an approval process by which apps can access information. in the conference call you heard a little of, mark zuckerberg noted that a search of your e-mail address or phone number could give anyone access to a trove of personal information. facebook now says that feature is disabled while it makes changes to reduce the risk of data being scraped. we're going to explain that term in a minute. a point of concern among privacy advocates is facebook keep...

>> belly fat, teeth whitening, you can have me. cambridge analytica, no. >> let's talk about what happens ahead of zuckerberg's testimony on capitol hill. the chief technology officer outlined updates but it reads a long list of ways facebook has exposed users' data. for the tens of millions of users whose data has been compromised, changes are coming too late. previously, apps were able to get permission to access guest list and posts of events you created. facebook now says apps will no longer have that permission. some will regain access in the future. facebook promises, quote, strict requi...