Of an effect we might have had. Narrator correspondent, james jacoby takes a hard look at the man who wanted to connect the world. Jacoby is he not recognizing the importance of his platform . He didnt understand what he had built. Narrator but is he accountable for helping divide it . There is something wrong systemically with the facebook algorithms. In effect polarization was the key to the model. Narrator tonight on frontline the facebook dilemma. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. At ford foundation. Org. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journ
Government the talks right now on ice and well hear what leadership from both sides of the aisle is saying without that stimulus money, major cities in the United States are kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place and a new report lays out how bad things could get power lunch starts right now it does welcome the power lunch. Tech continues power ahead with the nasdaq leading the way near its record high which it hit on august 7th one tech stock not joining the party. That would be cisco having its worst day since 2011 even though the s p isnt there yet, its pretty close but not there yet. Check out the names hitting record highs tyler, back to you the stimulus stalemate in washington continues today threatening to further delay payments to struggling americans and failing to provide much of a boost to the u. S. Economy. Lots of big names on cnbc talking about the issue today. Lets go to eamon for more. Reporter its a total stand still. While theres not a lot of real negotiations
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They should get involved on their own. Patriotism. They should track these things down not just kill the accounts but share the information with federal authority ts. Thats their responsibility. Some may bring up this little thing called the First Amendment. Right, but by no means is it social Media Companies jobs to fight the war on terror but i think they have a moral obligation to do so. As you mentioned, isis is posting 100,000 social media messages per day using those messages to recruit people across the world and also to push propaganda. So yes, absolutely these social Media Companies have a moral obligation to do whatever they can to help fight isis. I have to tell you, too, scott, heres what i have a real soers problem with. This notion of selfradicalization. Thats a bunk. Thats not a real term. These are dissatisfied kids who can be swayed, but they must be wooed and pulled in and theres no better platform than social media sites and these guys have to know that and they shou