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Meet the Press - January 1, 2023 - NBC News

CHUCK TODD:

This Sunday: democracy disrupted.

PROTESTORS:

Stop the steal.

CHUCK TODD:

Social media platforms are reshaping our politics.

MARK ZUCKERBERG:

We try to do what's best for our community and the world, acknowledging that there are difficult trade-offs.

CHUCK TODD:

The algorithms of Silicon Valley are now some of the most powerful forces fighting for our attention.

SUNDAR PICHAI:

We approach our work without political bias, full stop.

CHUCK TODD:

It's technology that critics say is fueling misinformation and polarizing content for clicks and profit.

FRANCES HAUGEN:

A safer, free speech-respecting, more enjoyable social media is possible.

CHUCK TODD:

This morning, we're going to look at how the technology companies built platforms connecting the world that are now challenging the very foundations of democracies.

FRANCES HAUGEN:

I am very scared about the upcoming generation.

CHUCK TODD:

Frances Haugen, a data scientist who became known as the “Facebook whistleblower,” joins me to discuss the solutions.

CHUCK TODD:

Plus:

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM:

Social media is out of control.

SEN. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL:

Big Tech now faces that Big Tobacco, jaw-dropping moment of truth.

CHUCK TODD:

Congress is concerned about how Big Tech controls what content we see.

SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN:

You have used this power to run amok. You have used it to silence conservatives.

CHRISTOPHER WRAY:

We do have national security concerns, obviously, from the FBI’s end about TikTok.

CHUCK TODD:

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