to come forward or change his tune. i suspect it s because i suspect it s because he is did he lewded and can still run for president in 2024. always a pleasure olivia. thank you for your insights. thanks for having me. next, the agony of watching the botched evacuation efforts in afghanistan, knowing there is little you can do to get your loved ones and interpreters out. i ll speak to two people who are not giving up. and terror in an age of social media, how the taliban using sophisticated social media practices for political gain. plus, as more children fall victim to the coronavirus, republican leaders are politicizing their health and safety. you re watching velshi on msnbc. do not go away. i on msnbc. do not go away power, we can harness the energy of the tiny electron. we can create new ways to connect. rethinking how we communicate to be more inclusive than ever.
mark zuckerberg was just 17. but as the washington post points out, today s taliban is sophisticated and uses social media practices that rarely violate the rules. spencer ackerman is back with us and clint watts, former fbi agent and national security analyst and author of messing with the enemy: surviving in a social media world of hackers, terrorists, russians, and fake news. clint, let me start with you. the tactics overall shows such a high degree of skill that analysts believe at least one public relations firm is advising the taliban how to focus on key themes, much like corporate and political campaigns do across the world. are you surprised, clint, how savvy the taliban is online? no. i think we sometimes forget, mehdi, that the taliban, even going back 20 years was a very effective communicator inside afghanistan. separately, they ve been working
reported across the middle east including afghanistan and he will join us live at the top of the hour. where is kamala harris on all of this question aren t the vice president weighing and only twice with tweets, as women are being brutally tortured, some killed, by the taliban. miranda devine will weigh in. we have all sides of the story covered for you. joining us live on america reports top of the hour. harris: major media outlets facing intense blowback for the coverage of the taliban. a washington post headline reading today s taliban uses sophisticated social media practices that rarely violate the rules. and then there s this msnbc op-ed. afghan women s rights are threatened with the g.o.p. isn t their champion. the taliban aren t the only ones trying to impose their will on women s bodies and choices. msnbc host joy reid with this take on the crisis in kabul.
our privacy. i think there were lots of criticism about social media practices before trump won. to your point, it s interesting. steve bannon is the person that is out there saying big tech ought to be treated like utilities. lots of concerns from the right. cambridge analytica might be partisan but there s a growing bipartisan chorus of voices on the left and right that needs to be regulation and they need to be held accountable. shannon: we ll have two days of it next week. stick around. we have more hot topics for you, a sky high murder rate. london undergoing stabbings and homicides. the mayor says he needs help. the prime minister, meet with me and the commissioner to find the national solution to these problems. she said no. meet with me and the commissioner to see if we can solve this together. a 2-year-old in a fight for
issues, we ll verify who you are. your identity and location. if we don t think it s correct, we won t let you run. those are comments to dana perino. what do you think of it? like julian said, we re having this conversation about what responsibility these social media platforms have to their users, have to shield them from content that could be offensive to police and what responsibilities users have to be responsible for their own data, to take steps to protect their own information. we re learning that maybe, you know, social media companies don t have your best interests at heart at the end of the day and you have to take steps to protect yourself. it s interesting. a lot of social media practices have been in use since the 2008 election but now they re coming to the spotlight because they were exploited in the 2016 election. there s some partisanship injected into the detail.