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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