the public conversation on our platform and protecting the integrity of elections is an aspect of that mission. we have made significant strides since 2016 to counter manipulation of our service, including our release of additional data in october related to previously disclosed activities to enable further independent academic research and investigation. facebook has yet to respond and google has declined to comment. joining me now, the man reporting this story out for us, intelligence and national security reporter den delanian and analyst malcolm nance. malcolm is author of the plot to destroy democracy. ken, you have been reporting on this new knowledge report. there are so many interesting key findings. what stands out to you? well, as you mentioned, we knew that the internet research agency had been doing this and laid out in a robert mueller indictment and the reports lay out the scope and the scale to an extent that we haven t seen before and what number stood out to me.
are female only scholarships and programs still necessary? nbc s katie englehart met with a student whose mission is to end these programs. reporter: this student filed a cam plant arguing that the university of southern california was violating title ix a law that prohibits discrimination in programs on the basis of sex. intended for equal opportunities for women, he says it is working against men at a time when women are almost 57% of college students. it s really incomprehensible to me that the female only scholarships going on and there s like colleges. reporter: now the department of education is investigating. it s looking into his allegation that by funding the women only programs, usc is discriminating against males students.
this lawyer defends title ix. what we have seen is affirmative action works and that women have seen their participation and enrollment in college go up. you cannot ignore how we got here. because if you do we ll end up back there. reporter: meanwhile he s filing more complaints. why is it your business to file complaints against yale and princeton at all? you don t go there. no, i guess mainly kind of like to inspire others, i guess. reporter: and in a way he has. hey, do you have a couple minutes? reporter: university of michigan-flint professor mark perry filed more than 20 complaints of his own focused on science camps for girls. i saw that as blatant discrimination. how these and similar cases are decided could send a signal to schools across the country. is it the time now to be re-evaluating the programs and
garrett, thanks. garrett haake at capitol hill. nbc is learns by the way from multiple sources robert mueller has enough evidence to file charges in the investigation of michael flynn and his son, michael flynn jr. the senior flynn was fired just 24 days after becoming white house national security adviser. now three sources familiar with the investigation say that investigators are talking to multiple witnesses to find out more about flynn s lobbying work including possible money laundering or lying to federal agents about overseas contacts. the lawyers from both flynns declined to comment to nbc news and mueller s spokesman has no comment. president trump s lawyer ty cobb says the white house continues to fully swau y cooperate with special counsel regarding indictments. and den delanian, what s the latest on this? reporter: ali, the legal noose around the flynns is tightening. as you said, either man could be charged. it s also possible that we won t see charges, because one o