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Draw attention to made-up events on both sides of the political spectrum, aimed at highlighting divisions in american society. according to testimony from the internet giants, up to 126 million facebook users saw content produced by russian-linked accounts. 1.4 million tweets were sent out by tens of thousands of russian bots. and google says more than 1,000 videos related to russian efforts were discovered on youtube. joining me now, recode executive editor and the woman who knows this space better than anyone on planet earth, kara swisher. kara, let's start with, what do we do? is there any ...

Era rules. a lot of debate whether or not this is a good thing, but no one disputes today's vote impacts how everyone in the u.s. uses and pays for the internet. we note comcast parent company of nbc and msnbc is one mpt lead be service providers. they have a strong opinion on this. so what is net neutrality and what does today's vote mean for consumers? tony rahm is a senior editor of politics and policy at recode and he's here to help us break it down and put it in english. that's your charge, tony. net neutrality. you hear it, the phrase is awful. right? people hear it, don't know quite wha...

Companies the clear winners in this. able to off their own services and sites that load quickly. charging others higher price to access speeds. who are the losers? america. you would be no longer able to choose the content. and if you want to start your own online business or blog, good luck. the internet is the only effective way for everyone to have a voice. and without ruling keeping it open, big businesses get to decide which voices are heard. they are put the barriers back up. we talk about this all the time. suddenly you're seeing barriers lower in the age of the internet and social medi...

What are you going to do about it? >> mr. senator, there's no doubt that securing data is the core a value of our company. and i would also apologize deeply to the american public for the breach that we had. we let the public down. >> did he say he was going to donate his giant exit package? i didn't hear that when he said his apology. >> other people got exit packages from equifax as well. joining us now is senior editor for policy and politics at recode. tony, we didn't see marissa mayma maier there. she had to get subpoenaed. >> she definitely refused. her representatives said she stepped a...

Should be informed. >> these hearings are massively important. the problem when you hear any of them, it's just lawmaker after lawmaker getting on their pedestal speaking, shouting, then you don't see a change. after this we need to see a change. >> tony, thank you for being with us. tony romm from recode. nice to have you in studio with us. stick around, everyone. right now republicans in the house and senate are working on their own tax plans and we are hearing about the big differences between the two versions. which deductions are at stake and what it could mean for your tax returns. a...