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Regular targeted age. >> you can target by gender or postal code. race and stuff like that will be out. they will make sure that the ads aren't -- don't have misinformation. again that gets down to nebulous area, right? how many articles that you read today people say it was clear this week's impeachment hearings didn't lay a glove on president trump and someone else says it's clear it did. you know what i mean? if you put either of those in an ad would they get rid of them? >> sandra: what's the consideration of these publicly traded companies who have to answer to shareholders when making th...

Dinner with trump. this is corruption plain and simple. >> it is his job to get along with everybody in washington i'm sure he has had a lot of dinners with backers of democrats and pals around with more progressives than he does conservatives. i think from a board's perspective and shareholder perspective he did the thing he is supposed to be doing. >> do you think she said that when barack obama had dinner with facebook? >> she has to get off this. you mention how shareholders believe? the bottom line impact is what they believe. it is easier for twitter to take the stand because they don't ...

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That target only a few hundred people. and democrats especially say that allows a political party or candidate to spread disinformation but unseen by the larger public. so it's likely that at the very least facebook will sort of raise the threshold of how many people have to see an ad making it more likely it will come under scrutiny. >> sandra: here we are a year out from the next election and this is going to play a key role. the way we use social media in our election process today has changed so much so fast over just the last couple of years, byron, it will be something to watch and brad ...

Itreat them all as if, they are hot and energized. sofi thank you, we love you. stay away from any downed wire, call 911 and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. >> sandra: google announcing restrictions on political ads this week following twitter ban taking effect today. now there is pressure on facebook to take action as well. byron york. what kind of pressure is there to make change? >> a general effort led mostly by democrats to try to limit political speech on social media platforms. as you said twitter has banned political ads all together.