facebook is in the crosshairs. they re not in here. we have a reason to believe that facebook didn t do enough to stop the lies that fueled the violent insurrection on january 6th. i m not saying it. facebook said it, in internal documents. look at this. i can barely lift it. thousands and thousands of pages of leaked documents referred to as the facebook papers. it reveals a lot. you know what this means other than a tv prop? that s a lot of discussion about something you want to pretend you never really focused on and don t have any control over. let s bring in a true pro, knows the company, knows the business model, knows the behavior and knows the reality. roger mcnamee. he wrote the book on facebook, literally. let s talk to him about what the solution is, next. [suitcase closing] [gusts of wind] [ding]
correct? finsta is slang for a type of account. it s not will you end that type of account? we i m not sure i understand exactly what you re asking. the and the facebook executi who testified there says the company is dedicated, though, to protecting its youngest viewers. obviously we know, like that progressive ad, wondering whether you re becoming your parents, obviously we re having a moment like that with senator blumenthal. joining me to talk about what happened at the congressional hearing, cecilia kang, co-author of the book the ugly truth: inside facebook s battle for domination. cecilia, i find what happened with senator blumenthal somewhat endearing because it got it a little bit more attention which he himself has touted here. so let s get at this issue of harm to young women.
we re happy to serve. please. we go to help. sheera frenkel, cecilia kang from the new york times. the book is called the ugly truth, inside facebook s battle for domination. up next, a federal judge rules that dhaka is illegal and blocks new applications. we ll tell you how the biden administration is responding. and you may have heard this week, msnbc celebrated its 25th anniversary. we asked you to share some of your favorite stories. gene from north myrtle beach, south carolina rights, i remember and very much miss rachel maddow making an alcoholic drink at the end of her program on friday nights. i always took down the ingredients and often made the drink during the following week. we will share more of your stories just ahead. stay put.
opacity and the fact that we don t know a lot about this company. there s so much data that they need to, you know, share with people about how information travels, recommendation algorithms and systems that researchers need to see this stuff so they can be held accountable and we can assess light and harm. so let me ask you about what s happening on this channel in an hour, in the next hour. joshua johnson will be silting down with the authors of the new bombshell book of what s been going on behind the scenes of facebook called the ugly truth and the book says facebook experts were so alarmed about posts from domestic extremists in the run up to the capitol riots that some urged zuckerberg to call trump to find out what he was going to say on the rally on january 6th. they cited concerns that that would leak to the press and that would make flock complicit with facebook denying that those conversations took place. facebook is denying the power that they have and don t seem to put