i would suggest reading the book the ugly truth by two new york times reporters. it sums it all up. we know the problem. do you believe there is the will in government these days, to fix it? yes. it s not going to be easy. there s lobbyists around every corner. the tech industry has hired over 300 lobbyists. and i noted that at the whistleblower hearing. my colleagues have to get through this. they re going to hear from lobbyists. they have to look at the facts and listen to their constituents, like i listen to seven moms and dads who talk about desperately trying to keep their kids in a safe place so they can grow up without being exposed to accounts like how to be perfect or how to be thin or some of the things they get exposed to when they ask or someone who asked about doing a school report on vaping. and then started getting ads for vaping equipment. that s a fact.
let s bring in a true pro. knows the company, knows the business model and knows the behavior. roger mcnamee. he wrote the book, literally. l let s talk to him about what the solution is, next. [suitcase closing] [gusts of wind] [gusts of wind] [ding] i ll also be needing some nail polish, a bottle of champagne, and a box of chocolates. ( doorbell ) boom! because i m keeping it casual. ( blowing )
officer, played up that other platforms, quote, don t have our abilities to stop hate. they have the tools, we know it. but this also shows you why self-regulation won t cut it. a company that prides itself on mining every piece of data it can get its hands on rejected its own advisory board s recommendation to study how its policies contribute to the violence. few know the scope of the challenge better roger mcnamee. his book is zucked. glad to have you back. dpglad to be here. even though i held up the pages like an actor, we know they have regulators open to regulation. so what is the fix, because we re past the point of can they.
policies contribute to the violence. few know the scope of the challenge better than roger mcnamee. the book is zucked. glad to have you. i held up a big stack of papers like a b actor, we know this. they say it in the senate hearings, even zuckerberg himself. you have to regulate us. we re open to regulation. what is the fix? we re past the point of can they? it s should they? and now, i believe we think it s, yes. what does that look like? chris, there s three problems you have to solve in any regulatory scheme. companies like facebook, this would apply to google and amazon and others, they operate at facebook scale. facebook has put 3 billion people on a network with no borders, no boundaries, no limits.
algorithms that promote polarized speech and angry speech. they put that in front of the safety of this nation. that s a fact. i would suggest reading the book the ugly truth by two new york times reporters. it really sums it all up. so we know the problem. do you believe there is the will in government these days to fix it? yes. it s not going to be easy. there are lobbyists around every corner. the tech industry has hired well over 300 lobbyists, and i noted that at the whistleblower hearing, is that my colleagues have to get through this. they re going to hear from lobbyists, but they have to look at the facts and listen to their constituents like i listen to seven moms and dads who talk about desperately trying to keep their kids in a safe place so they can grow up without being ex poised to accounts like how to be perfect or how to be thin or some of these things they get exposed to when they just