john thune tells lins linsey da new laws are needed to give them the authority. >> give them the power and the authority to impose penalties when violations encur. laws have to be enforced. it's one of the rare issues when there's bipartisan agreement. and that's big tech companies have way too much power. >> reporter: she underscored the lack of transparency from big tech and encouraged others to speak up. senator ed markey calling her an american hero. >> facebook is like big tobacco, enticing young kids with the first cigarette, the first media is to hook kids for life. >> senator richard blumetion. >>> the coast guard is not sure how much oil leaked from a pipeline in southern california. officials say it could be moore of the previous estimate of 144,000 gallons. the source of the leak has been found. a section of the pipeline was pulled across the ocean floor, possibly by the anchor of a cargo ship heading into one of the busy ports nearby. >> the pipeline has been pulled, like a bow string. at its widest point is 105 feet away from where it was. it was kind of in a semicircle. >

a third piece lead by john thune called the filter bubble transparenty act allows them to not generate by a secret algorithm. i should say it is important to know that congress doesn't need their permission to legislate. they will have to decide the extent to which they will separate the inherent tension between the parties that want to grow their platforms or not. >> kara, you have been a path breaker on criticizing facebook, what about these children's platforms and the parents, what needs to be done here? >> i don't know, >> i don't know. at this point i don't mind the executives are doing this in congress. it is up to congress to act. they've been doing nothing forever from the beginning of time of these things and have never done any laws or rules that protect children or privacy or data or deal with misinformation. it is time to stop making speeches like that one and do something and pass the legislation. that is their job. at this point it is the job of legislators and lawmakers to do something about it. and there's lots of different bills out there all through congress and they

so as senator thune said, let's go to work. >> our differences seem very minor in the face of the revelations that we've now seen so i'm hoping we can move forward. >> i share that with you, mr. chairman, thank you. thank you very much for your testimony. what examples do you know, we've talked about particularly children, teenage girls in specifically. but what other examples do you know about where facebook or instagram knew its decisions would be harmful to its users but still proceeded with the plan and executed those harmful, that harmful behavior? >> facebook's internal research is aware that there are a variety of problems facing children on instagram that are, they know that severe harm is happening to children. for example, in the case of bullying, facebook knows that instagram dramatically changes the experience of high school. so when we were in high school, when i was in high school, most kids -- >> you looked at me and changed your word. >> sorry. when i was in high school, most kids have positive home lives. it doesn't matter how bad it is at school, kids can go home and reset f

and the senate minority whip jon thune went to schumer and told reporters he let him have romney saying this was a moment of grace. so people on both sides not happy to hear that speech. away they called a partisan speech right after they had accomplished at least getting the debt ceiling lifted until december. >> jessica, thank you so much for that. >>> joining me now with some more is economic reporter for "the new york times" geena smiley. you have the debt ceiling looming out there once again. but that is for later, at least for the moment. this jobs report, another miss. it paints a confusing picture, another confusing picture of where exactly the country is in this recovery. the perfect question was posed, does anyone really know what is happening with this economy? what are all the people telling you? >> i think this is such a challenging moment to read the tea leaves. just to sort of demonstrate that, i think that one place to look in this jobs report to see how extremely confusing it is is that the state and local government education hire ing tt we were talking about earlier,

john thune has sponsored several 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 taiwan's president saying her speech during the island's national day celebration distorted facts and incited violence. the president spoke sunday amid heightened tensions saying they will defend their

is held up, which is why we don't know exactly when this will happen or how it will happen, but john thune compared it to a, quote, birthing process. it's very difficult. republicans hate the debt ceiling, but we'll get there. >> this is remarkable, because we often talk over at the house about how nancy pelosi knows how to count votes. mitch mcconnell knows how to count votes, too. one would think he knew who those ten votes were before making this offer. >> reporter: republicans i talked to just moments ago are undecided. they don't know what they want to do. they want to see if other republicans will cast this politically toxic vote themselves before they commit. ultimately the belief is when they get to the floor and they actually have the vote, the republicans will vote yes. but it's uncertain as to who will do that. every republican, every senator on both sides, they know they have to raise the debt ceiling but very few of them actually want to cast the vote to do that, which is why we are in the situation we're in, where we're running up to this deadline to raise the debt ceiling, a

, they called it classless, according to mike rounds, one of the 11 to vote for it, as well as john thune, the number two senate republicans, and warned he would not cooperate in the future, we'll see if that happens. nevertheless, didn't go over well particularly with republicans. >> staying with senator man chin, you've got new reporting about the difficulty of getting senator manchin, even into the same room with chairman of the budget committee, senator sanders, tell us about that. >> reporter: this came up in a conference call earlier this week where house progressives were talking to president biden about the way forward. why don't we get the two different leaders of the factions, manchin, the leader of the moderates, bernie sanders, the leader of the progressives, get them in the same room, try to come up with a deal on the larger democratic agenda because ultimately if they sign off, probably all of the different quarters of the democratic caucus will sign off as well. biden responded i'm told said that would be like committing quote homicide saying i have been in politics for a l

republican senator john thune has sponsored several measures to create transparency that could give the public and policymakers more understanding of how the algorithms work in pushing content to users, and democrats want to strengthen privacy and competition laws, bolster online protections for children, get full access to research data to create new rules and standards to address consumer harms and illegal content, and limit legal protections for facebook and other companies for the actions of their users. now, the whistle-blower, for her part, she is calling for an independent government agency to audit the impact of social media. senators say what is next? possibly a hearing on facebook's impact on national security. pam, i know you probably caught that "snl" last night, the parody on the whistle-blower testimony. so it is not just in the sterile halls of congress where this is being debated. pam. >> it's certainly not. that was a pretty funny skit with quite the message behind it. all right. so let's turn to you, joe, and basically president biden's political struggles right now ev

. >> senator thune. >> thank you, mr. chair, and ranking member blackburn. i've been arguing for some time that it is time for congress to act and i think the question is always what is the correct way to do it. the right way to do it, consistent with our first amendment right to free speech. this -- i'm not averse to looking at the monopolistic division of facebook. i think that's a real issue that needs to be examined and perhaps addressed. at least under this committee, there are a a couple of things think we can do. i have a piece of legislation and senators blackburn and blumenthal are both co-sponsors. called the filter bubble transparency act. essentially it would give users the options to engage with social media platforms without being manipulated by the secret formulas that essentially dictate the content that you see when you open up an app or logon to a website. we also, i think, need to hold big tech accountable by reforming section 230 and one of the best opportunities i think to do that, at least in a bipartisan way, is the platform accusedabl

mcconnell and his whip john thune were standing by the table counting votes. it took a long time to make sure that they got all the votes they needed. so i think that was part of the reason that republicans felt like schumer's speech went too far. there had been this 90-minute conference meeting where mcconnell gt an earful from republican colleagues. here's what two of them said about the decision to reverse course on the debt ceiling. >> we had a plan. >> do you know why? >> i think the democratic threats to destroy the filibuster caused him to give in. i think that was a serious mistake. >> were you surprised? >> yes. >> reporter: this debt ceiling fight is coming back in two months. there's a question now of will republicans come along to help democrats again. they are saying, no, they won't. democrats saying they are not going to use a process to do this on their own. they think this is everyone's responsibility. up here on capitol hill, there's a stalemate. even after a little bit of a blink from mcconnell, you had democrats digging in once again or at l

next is senator thune. senator thune: you served 10 years in the california bay area next to san francisco, a well-known sanctuary city that flouts immigration law and refuses to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement agents. if confirmed, you will oversee the enforcement of immigration law at our borders. do you support sanctuary cities and what message do they send to those seeking to enter the united states illegally? mr. magnus: senator, thank you for the question. as a chief for two decades, my priority has always been public safety. i appreciate how decisions around sanctuary cities are ultimately political decisions, but as a police chief, i'm certainly in this position where if confirmed, my first and primary obligation is to follow the law. that is what i has always done in the past and that is what i would commit to doing going forward. sen. thune: the biden administration is issuing these so-called notices to report and leaked documents show that tens of thousands of documents have been i

next is senator thune. >> thank you mister chairman and mister magnus, welcome. let me start by asking questions dealing with sanctuary cities. user 10 years at the california bay area next to san francisco which is a well-known actuary city that flout us immigration law and refuses hto cooperate with immigration enforcement agents. you confirm you will receive the enforcement of immigration law at our borders. do you support sanctuary cities and what message do sanctuary cities send to those seeking to enter the united states illegally. >> thank you for the question. and as the chief for two decades my first and foremost irony has always been public safety and so i appreciate how decisions around sanctuary cities are ultimately political decisions but as a police chief and certainly in this position were i to be confirmed first and primary obligation is to follow the law. that's what i've done in the past and that's what i would commit to doing goingforward . >> but the follow-up on the question senator cornyn raised this is similar i think in some respects to s

senator john thune said he approached schumer and let him have it. the bill is expected to pass in the house. the battle over how much our nation can borrow will pick back up in december >>> will the delta variant derail america's economic recovery or prove to be just a speed bump the critical jobs report nbc's chris pollone scombjoins us fro capitol hill what are we expected to see today? >> reporter: the crucial jobs report is released this morning. economists are expecting to see 500,000 jobs added, nearly the numbers in august. if wednesday's adp report was an indication that's a private jobs report today's report will show if they are shaking off fierce, it could derail the federal reserve's plans for the economy. last month, the central bank predicted they might raise interest rates to prevent the economy from overheating and stem the rise of inflation the fed has been taking extraordinary moves ever since the depths of the pandemic to help pop up the u.s. economy crisis >> thank you >>> now to arlington, texas, a school community was left sear

he becomes the six republican senator to endorse walker including south dakota senator john thune, the number two senate republican on monday. with today's apparent change of heart, mcconnell is now in full alignment with former-president trump. >> you know, herschel is not only a georgia hero, he is an american legend. >> reporter: walker, a former-football star, was recruited by trump to run. >> i have known donald trump for 37 years and i don't mean just casual ran into him from time to time. i am talking about a deep personal friendship. >> reporter: the political newcomer has faced scrutiny over his past allegations of abuse, he was accused of threatening his ex-wife and friend of hers in the early 2000s. >> you can get angry but the anger that you can go out and really, really hurt someone and th that is when you know you got a problem. >> reporter: walker spoke to cnn in 2008 about his struggle with dissociative identity disorder, previously known as multiple personality disorder which his campaign has said he has received help for since the alleged incidents. >> how many altars

senate republican whip john thune is confident they will get there. but erin, in talking to a number of republicans, they are just not sure they want to support this. believing it was not a good deal, believing they back tracked under a strategy, and saying that they'll wait ultimately for the vote to happen to make their decision. so there could be high drama as we run into the vote later this hour. and if they don't pass it here, it will raise major questions about what's next, and what the democrats will have to do on their own to try to pass this. a lot of questions. we'll see what happens here, though, erin, in a matter of minutes. >> big drama in a matter of minutes. thank you so much, manu. >>> "outfront" now, treasury secretary janet yellen. take, i so much appreciate your time tonight. democrats and republicans are set to raise the debt ceiling. that's going get the country through december 3rd. then we go through this whole thing again. how damaging is this? >> well, i think the prospect that congress would not agree to raise the debt ceilin

thune: i would simply say let's get to work here. chrm. blumenthal: i agree. sen. schatz: thank you for your courage in coming forward. was there a moment when you came to the conclusion that reform from the inside was impossible and you decided to be a whistleblower? ms. haugen: there was a long series of moments where i became aware that facebook consistently chose to prioritize its profits over public safety. the moment that i realized we needed to get help from the outside, the only way these problems would be solved is by solving them together and not solving them alone was when integrity was fault -- dissolved following the election. it felt like a betrayal of the promises facebook had made. people who sacrificed a great deal to keep the election safe by dissolving our community and integrate other parts of the company. sen. schatz: i know the response was they distributed the duty, that is an excuse, right? ms. haugen: i cannot see into the hearts of other men. sen. schatz: let me put it this way, it will work, right? ms. haugen: the people who i work with w

. >> senator thune. >> i've been arguing for some time that it is time for congress to act and i think the question iss always what is the correct way to do it in the right way to do it consistent with our first amendment right to freest speech. this committee doesn't have jurisdiction over the antitrust issue. that's the judiciary committee and i'm not adverse to looking at the monopolistic nature facebook and i think that's a real issue that needs to be examined and perhaps addressed as well but at least under this committee's jurisdiction there a couple of things i think we can do. i have a piece of legislation and senator blackburn and blumenthal are both co-sponsors called the filter bubble transparency a.c.t. and what it will do is give users the options to engage with social media platforms without being manipulated by the secret formulas that essentially did take the content that you see when you open up an app or log onto a web site. we also i think need to hold big tech accountable by reforming section 230 and one of best opportunities to do that in a bipartisan way is the pl

voting with the one thing republicans said they won't join with democrats to do but as senator john thune said sarcastically in when one member asked them if they have the votes. this has become such a political hot potato. now the senate does have that kind of time where the u.s. says the line of vet it will run out. it's another phase inner in situation here. that week in december is looking mighty, mighty dangerous when you consider can the fact that it's not just the debt ceiling deadline it's also government funding so this washington favorite game of kicking the can down the road will make us go through all of this yet again in december, and the big question at that point is going to be how they end up dealing with the debt ceiling then. mitch mcconnell struck this deal and has been trumpeting it as a reason that democrats can now use reconciliation. that's the mechanism that mcconnell has wanted them to use this entire time and it's also the thick that every senate democrat who i spoke to yesterday says they are absolutely not going to do. hallie. what's up? we're just going to hav

mitch mcconnell, john thune, john of texas. lisa murkowski, no shock. richard shelby, rob portman because he's retiring, john barrasso, lloyd blunt because he's retiring, they care more about mitch mcconnell than the promise they made the american people for two straight months? >> welcome but they didn't use the leverage they had, sean. you're exactly right to and using it in december, just kicking the can down the road. sarah's was right, they're so much at stake in the country. when you look at where we are today, gas prices are $1 more a gallon. americans are playing 20 more dollars every time they fill up their tank. a year ago, it was only 4,000 people coming across the border. donald trump, not a single person died in afghanistan over the past 18 months. that's why joe biden -- they can't even use joe biden in virginia. jerry mcauliffe, and to ease up on the democrat in this moment, did not keep pressing and writing this thing up, i mean, you mention back to biden, you mention biden in his fake truman show room. think about harry truman and what'

let me now turn and recognize senator thune. mr. thune: thank you, mr. chairman. i, along with many of my colleagues, are deeply concerned about the lack of consumer traryndz transparency and limited accountability of big tech companies. consumers have become increasingly troubled about the way their information is used by social media platforms and how these sites decide what news an information we see. because of the secrecy with which platform pros tech their algorithms and content moderation practices which largely has been and continues to be a black box, consume verse little or no idea how the information they see has been shaped by the sites they're visiting. i urge these two bipartisan bills to address these issues in platform accountability, the pact act and filter act. the pact act would increase transpersoncy -- transparency around platform moderation act, that would provide transparency when facebook removes a post. and the filter act would give users the opportunity to interact with pages without the algorithm. "the wall street journal" recently revea

let me turn and recognize senator thune. >> thank you, mr. chair. i along with many of my colleagues are deeply concerned about the lack of transparency and limited accountability of big tech companies. consumers have becomely increasingly troubled about thee way their information is used by social media platforms and how they decide what information we see. because of the secrecy with which they protect the algorithm practices that largely continues to be consumers have little or no idea how much information they see on the sites they are visiting. i urge the these bills for the platform accountability and transparency with the pack act and filter transparency act. this would increase transparency around the content moderation for the consumers and more due process and the level gives the option to engage with and turned platforms without being manipulated by these opaque algorithms and i would like very briefly to discuss those with you today. "the wall street journal" recently revealed facebook toorithm 2018 in the efforts postoo meaningful socia

they told -- in the thune hill. justice kagan that is just contesting the promise that the attorney general could have appealed. if i understand, he could have appeal because he was doing so in a different capacity than he had taken in the first place. mr. kuhn: my position is because of the way the stipulation was written, the attorney general could have appealed because it is consistent with him reserving his right and claims of right to participate in a subsequent appeal and benefit from a favorable rule. justice kagan: i apologize for pressing and i'm just not understanding. if you agree that in a torres type case where the person could have appealed and didn't appeal, if you agree it would then be improper to grant intervention rights, which i take you to agree, so that's a very simple case. it seems to me the petitioners would say, that exactly what happened here, because the ag could have appealed, didn't, and is now seeking intervention. if we assume the point that the ag could have appeals, why the same res

republican senator john thune says there is bipartisan support to regulate facebook's algorithms and to get tougher on social media. giant's ability to collect users personal data in washington. i'm joe khaleel. >> a facebook spokesperson later released this statement in response to the whistleblower's testimony which reads in part, quote, we don't agree with her characterization on many of the issues he testified about despite all this. we agree on one thing. it's time to begin to create standard rules for the internet. >> well, this surrounding facebook isn't the only issue that has lawmakers attention this week. the united states could default on its debt as early as sunday which analysts say could trigger a financial crisis and that could be avoided. they say if lawmakers reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling. but it's of course, controversial republicans and democrats. >> predictably are at odds are grant. lotus is here in the studio with more on this. we're always on the brink of something that seems i think people at home are listening to this kind of following along a bit an

from the democrats to fund or reckless tax and spending spree republican south dakota senator john thune called the effort desperate markets go up, markets go down. if you had a year where. >> total value went down by 20%. then what. you get a refund. democrats are also considering other alternatives imposing 15% minimum tax to make sure large corporations pay their fair share of creating a global minimum tax in washington. alexandra limon. california senator dianne feinstein has proposed more than 18 million dollars in direct funding for baper project and this money. >> as part of the 2022 fiscal year government funding bills. senator feinstein said in a statement, quote, i'm proud we were able to get this critical funding included in the senate bills and will work with colleagues to ensure that california receives its fair share in the final package negotiated with the house, the house and senate are expected to begin negotiations soon. this bill will fund the government through september 30th of 2022. governor gavin newsome and and more than a dozen state lawmakers are heading to scot

. >> some republicans like south dakota senator john thune are calling this a desperate move. democrats say they're also considering alternatives to pay for the president's plan. for your money tonight. more than a million golden state checks are expected to go out by the end of the week. the california franchise tax board says the next batch is valued. it. 857 million dollars. 400,000 checks will be directly deposited 750,000 paper checks will be mailed out residents who earn $75,000 or less last year can expect to receive $600 says the stimulus check and an extra 500 bucks, 4 qualifying dependents. >> new covid-19 guidelines for the 2022 beijing winter olympic games have been unveiled, including a strict isolation bubble that separates participants from the general population all those taking part in the games, including athletes staff and volunteers will remain in the so-called closed loop for training competing and accommodations. competitors will be subjected to daily tests even if they are fully vaccinated, athletes who are not vaccinated. they're going to need to be in

republican senator john thune has a bill that would force facebook to allow users to opt out of its algorithm, giving people more freedom over what they see in their news feeds. we're going to plant about it because it is a small part of it is about keeping people outside longer say of put their astronomical profits before people. how can testify facebook's algorithm leads users to content that's divisive and controversial because more clicks and comments mean facebook can charge more for choices being made inside of facebook are disastrous. our children, our public safety. our privacy and for our democracy. one of the reasons this is happening is because he's dominant platforms have bought out everything in sight. >> they were allowed to buy instagram. senator amy klobuchar says congress needs to make it tougher for tech giants to buy up their competitors. >> she says that would make them less powerful and more accountable to users. that was joe khalil reporting tonight. here are some of the key take away from today's hearing. according to how jun facebook knows it is causing harm to vulnera

john thune. senator thune, it's wonderful to see you, thanks for doing this. ind have a bunch of things to tk with you about, john, but i wanted to know, so you heard the president 10 times or 20 times or 100 times say this whole thing's going to be paid for, it will have zero cost. now, if it's defeated, it will have zero cost, which would be the best option. but right now they're all, you know, puttering around. how does it get to zero cost? >> this is why you don't want to have democrats hanging your family budget, larry. it's totally phony math. they assume that with all these tax increases that because they're raising trillions of dollars of revenue, it really isn't going to cost anything. one is, it will, and two, they will add to the debt because they aren't going to come up with enough tax increases. so it's just a lot of phony math. and the fact that he's out there saying that is completely betraying the actual state of affairs in terms of what this discussion's all about. larry: yeah. for a guy that's been around washington 50 years, it's amazing how

senator thune: thank you. mrs. miller, ask you tube engage in behaviors to change the users' influence in any way? mrs. miller: when users come to youtube they come to search and discover all kind of content, for example, how to bake bread, watch a church service or do exercise. as a result, they are introduced to a diversity of content that isn't based on a particular network they are a part of. in so doing there may be additional videos recommended to them based on some signals but they will be overrided to make sure that we are not recommending harmful content. senator thune: back to mr. beckerman. all chinese internet companies are compelled by china's international intelligence law to turn over all data that government demands and is not limited by china's borders. has tiktok provided data to the chinese government on chinese persons living in the united states or elsewhere living outside of china? mr. beckerman: no, tiktok is not available in china and i'd like to point out our servers of u.s. data are stored

thune empowering with mr. shots, as well, which goes to section 230. mr. markey and bloomenthol has introduced legislation to protect our children. marsha blackburn has important legislation to address these issues. what i have seen with these hearings is how a ranking member republican and richard bloomenthol leading that effort and bringing us together and drawing attention here. and it's my goal to be able to have some hearings here in the coming weeks to look at these legislative ideas and as i've shared in hearings and also with the press, it's going to be incumbent upon congress to mark these bills up and to move these bills out of the united states senate to the house by the end of the calendar year. i'm hoping by early december. we have to make a commitment for floor time to pass these pieces of legislation because of the kids that we've now seen that are vulnerable. young girls that facebook clearly was preying upon. and also the national security threats that began to reveal themselves more and more every day. this is comprehensive and it's the s

as comments rolling in from senators mcconnell and thune. i will get into that latewer a reporter with the show. what i need from you guys, rank what is the biggest rick right now, jim, to this market? >> i think it's d.c. i think you know, everybody, the consensus they will wait until the last second, they will come to a compromise they have come to the past. i believe that is the most likely scenario. if you look at these guys, with the great financial crisis basically agreed everything about a stimulus package i think 600 billion, whatever it was, right at the last second they couldn't decide on something small. voted it down. the dow lost 1000 points in the blink of an eye. i lost complete trust in them. i think the market is smart to be a little bid worried about this. beyond that inflation is a real story. supply did i are up shuns have worked. organic demand combined with inorganic government produced demand are real things. the taper i don't think is much to worry about, i don't think they can talk about tapering until the d.c. thing

. >> it's mit romney's it's the ben sass and john thunes that are standing in the schoolhouse store, standing in the senate door and they are stopping voting rights bills from being debated. >> why do you go into public life? what do you choose here? it's bigger than infrastructure now. historians are going to debate. at stake here is the fabric of american democracy. what can be bigger? why else do you choose this line of work? they'll talk about republicans and what they're trying to do with voting rights. let my say to my republican friends who i still consider you as friends even if you don't consider me. i can love you but you don't have to love me. if you don't like the bill as it's, get in there and do what legislatures are paid to do. tell them what you don't like about the bill. what will it take, lisa, murkowski, to get you to a yes. just let them debate on the bill and vote on it. mit romney, what do you not like about it? i am not going to vote to help them pass voting rights. what don't you like about it? don't hold a press conference. talk to them about it. say i don't

reminds me that you and i ought to resolve our differences and introduce legislation, so as senator thune said, let's go to work. >> our differences are very minor, they seem very minor in the face of the revelations that we have now seen, so i'm hoping we can move forward. >> i share that view, chairman, thank you. >> congress could only bottle that brief glimpse of bipartisan resolve, and apply it to, say, avoiding a disastrous default on our debt, or passing infrastructure reform, and election reform or having a bipartisan commission to investigate the january 6th attack. nah, that's too much to ask. but reforming social media's damaging effects on our democracy would be a welcome step forward. and that's your reality check. >> i'm taking the under on all those other things there. i think that's where the safe money is on that. >> wise bet. >> john avlon, thank you very much. >> take care. >>> so new this morning, former ambassador to the united nations nikki haley attacked democrats during a speech at the ronald reagan presidential library. listen to this. >> the greater danger is tha

we are joined by senator thune and senator amy klobuchar and senator ed marquis. they have all been extraordinary leaders in this effort. and today, i should note, is the first time that tiktok and snap have appeared before congress. i appreciate you and youtube for your testimony this morning. it means a lot. our hearing with facebook whistleblower frances haugen was a searing indictment, along with her documents of a powerful, gigantic corporation that puts profits ahead of people, especially our children. there has been a definite and deafening drumbeat of continuing disclosures, about facebook -- they have deepened america's concerns and outrage. and have led to increasing calls for accountability, and there will be accountability. this time is different. accountability to parents and the public, accountability to congress. accountability to investors and shareholders, and accountability to the securities and exchange commission and other federal agencies. because there is ample credible evidence as we start an investigation here. but today, we are concerned a

thune: mr. chairman, i would suggest that as has been pointed out, i think there are a number of things we need to address. congress needs to be heard from in the space and particularly with respect to the use of algorithms and the way users are manipulated and particularly young people, i hope we can move quickly and directly and in a meaningful way to address this issue. thank you. chair blumenthal: i think we have strong consensus on that interview -- issue. similar baldwin. sen. baldwin: i would like to note that the series of hearings began with a revelation that internal research at facebook revealed the negative impact on teenagers' body images from using the company's instagram platform and we learned, based on research by the chairman staff, how quickly someone on instagram can go from viewing content on healthy eating to being directed toward posting that focuses on unhealthy plaque to says including glorifying eating disorders. i know we do not have facebook and instagram before us to