Acknowledging a very different trails. They are the most powerful forces fighting for our attention. The approach of work without Political Violence its technology that say is Fueling Misinformation and polarizing content for clicks and profit. A safer, free speech sprekting more enjoyable social media is possible. This morning, were going look at how the Technology Companies built platforms connecting the world that are now challenging the very foundations of democracy. Conditioning congress is concerned about what big content we see. You used this power to run amok. You have used it to silence conservatives. We do have National Security concerns from the fbis end about tiktok. Democratic senator of minnesota and republican congressman Mike Gallagher of wisconsin will discuss what congress can do to regulate social media. Joining me for insight and analysis are New York Times Technology Reporter cecilia kang, carlos carbello, former Homeland Security jay johnson and Elizabeth Knoll la
acknowledging a very different trails. they are the most powerful forces fighting for our attention. the approach of work without political violence it s technology that say is fueling misinformation and polarizing content for clicks and profit. a safer, free speech sprekting more enjoyable social media is possible. this morning, we re going look at how the technology companies built platforms connecting the world that are now challenging the very foundations of democracy. conditioning congress is concerned about what big content we see. you used this power to run amok. you have used it to silence conservatives. we do have national security concerns from the fbi s end about tiktok. democratic senator of minnesota and republican congressman mike gallagher of wisconsin will discuss what congress can do to regulate social media. joining me for insight and analysis are new york times technology reporter cecilia kang, carlos carbello, former homeland securi
i don t think regulating it in the terms of companies being big is a good thing. we see facebook, twitter, power is in new things coming aloss. i think that the market will take care of unseedy needs and if dwoent overregulate because when there is so much regulation, only facebook can keep up with it and entrenches facebook s power. well, it is none of the companies want regulation. i mean, i was talking about it. it is astonishing how fast facebook killed that bill. it was a done deal. and the defense authorization bill. it was done. and then it got stripped out. yeah. yes. you know, i ve seen dozens of bills be proposed on regulating technology companies and none of them passed. and i really don t think that regulation is where we re going to see accountability first. i agree with elizabeth. consumers will vote with feet. we re seeing facebook see the losers that users are not using the site as much and
you have used it to silence conservatives. we do have national security concerns from the fbi s end about tiktok. democratic senator of minnesota and republican congressman mike gallagher of wisconsin will discuss what congress can do to regulate social media. joining me for insight and analysis are new york times technology reporter cecilia kang, carlos carbello, former homeland security jay johnson and elizabeth knoll lan brown, senior editor. welcome to sunday and a special edition of meet the press. good sunday morning, happy new year, 2023 is here. this morning we re taking a deep dive into the social media platforms that profit from grabbing on to and monday he tiesing our attention to the tune of billions of dollars a
and their idealism is what really attracts the funding and a lot of interest by engineers that want to work there. they do want to change the world. but they re not motivated to look around the corners for potential problems because their eye is always on growth and eyes have always been on really growing that business model. elizabeth, would you argue is the problem the companies or is the problem us? i think that the problem a the lot of things that get blamed on social media are human problems and social media makes them more visible, yes. more visible. do you accept the idea had a social media may ramp it up, accelerate issues? i think social media, things people don t think about is they help suppress a lot of the bad content. without algorithms, we would be seeing a lot more hate speech and offensive content. i think that they do a lot of good for the average person on line. jay, when you were at hoenl land security, you just beginning to deal with this misinformation