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Girls, stoked division and spread misinformation. senator amy klobuchar, who i ve covered over the years, has been leading the charge on this issue going after big social media, calling for greater regulations and accountability. she is fed up and earlier she said on cnn congress is ready to act. i appreciate that he is willing to talk about things but i believe the time for conversation is done and a time for action is now they re saying, trust us. we ve got this. the guy down the street said his mother-in-law won t get the vaccine because she read online it will implant a microchip in her arm. we know the majority of people who won t get the vaccine read stuff online. we know about the violent content. reporter: what can congress do? john thune has sponsored several ....
Through. reporter: on cnn dana bash asked him about what he said. you re talking about the democratic president and democratically controlled congress. are they dragging you down. you bet i m frustrated. are they dragging you down? they re not dragging me down. making it harder for you? hard or not, people understand what i m doing, my 20 big plans to take virginia to the next level so they re going to vote for me, but there is frustration all over the country. we just want action. reporter: so what does the white house say about the president s drop in approval numbers? press secretary jen psaki blames it on covid and the delta variant and the spillover effect between the pandemic, the labor market and the economy. joe johns, cnn, wilmington, delaware. a whistle-blower is slamming ....
Measures to create transparency that would give the public and policy makers more understanding of how algorithms work and pushing content to users. democrats want to strengthen privacy, competition laws, bolster online for children, get full access to research data to create new rules and standards to address consumer harms and illegal content and limit protections for facebook and other companies for the actions of their users. the whistle-blower is calling for an independent government agency to audit the impact of social media. senators say what s next, possibly a hearing on facebook s impact on national security. and the catch saturday night live , they had a whole parody on the whistle-blower testimony, so it s not just in the sterile halls of congress where this is being debated. suzanne malveaux, cnn in washington. now china s lashing out at ....
We want to make sure these witnesses come in to testify and we are prepared to go forward and urge the justice department to criminally prosecute anyone who does not follow their duty. we are following growing bipartisan support through capitol hill to rein in companies like facebook. last week s whistle-blower testimony called for pushing for new regulations. suzanne malveaux has the report. reporter: despite nick clegg s appearances on multiple sunday morning shows saying facebook couldn t possibly know whether its algorithms pushed the popular thoughts, members of congress, both republicans and democrats, are having none of it. tuesday the senate commerce committee heard all they needed to hear from facebook s whistle-blower. in her testimony about how its own research showed it allegedly had a toxic effect on teen ....
Shows defending facebook s practices, include the suggestion that facebook couldn t possibly know whether its algorithm to push popular content helped inspire the riot on july 6, they re having none of it. the subcommittee on consumer protection heard all they needed to hear from facebook s whistle-blower in her testimony about how its own research showed it allegedly had a toxic effect on teen girls, stoked division, and spread misinformation. senator amy klobuchar, who i ve covered over the years, has been leading this charge on the issue. she s been very consistent, going after big social media, calling for greater regulation and accountability. now, she is fed up. earlier today she said on cnn congress now is ready to act. i appreciate that he is willing to talk about things, but i believe the time for conversation is done. the time for action is now. basically for so long, the social media companies have been ....