>>> IN THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION, BOB MUELLER IS NOW ZEROING IN ON
KEY TOOLS LIKE FACTUAL BASIS AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S USING A
SUBPOENA OR WARRANT TO MAKE FACEBOOK COUGH UP MORE THAN IT
GAVE CONGRESS. IT LOOKED LIKE FACEBOOK WAS USED
FOR SOME KIND OF CRIME. BUT FACEBOOK SAYS IT'S NEUTRAL,
IT'S A PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE TO COMMUNICATE AND SHARE.
BUT IT'S NOT. THERE'S NOTHING NEUTRAL ABOUT
SPREADING LIES. NEUTRALITY IS FACEBOOK'S FIRST
OFFENSE WITH HOW IT PUMMELLED USERS WITH PRO-TRUMP
INFORMATION. A FALSE CLAIM THAN FBI AGENT
TIED TO CLINTON WAS FOUND DEAD, THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
AND THE MOST POPULAR WAS THE FALSE CLAIM THE POPE ENDORSED
TRUMP. THOSE ARE FALSE STORIES THAT
SPREAD LIKE WILD FIRE ON FACEBOOK BEFORE PEOPLE VOTED.
THEY DIDN'T SPREAD AS FAN FICTION OR ONION STYLE JOKES
THEY SPREAD THROUGH A FRAUD THAT THEY WERE REAL.
THAT FACEBOOK PACKAGES THEIR ARTICLES LIKE ANY OTHER KIND OF
FAKE NEWS STORIES. THEY GOT MORE ATTENTION THAN
ACTUAL NEWS AS THE ELECTION
APPROACHED. AFTER THAT ELECTION THE
PRESIDENT CALLED OUT FAKE NEWS. NOT THAT ONE.
THIS ONE. >> IN AN AGE WHERE THERE'S SO
MUCH ACTIVE MISINFORMATION AND IT'S PACKAGED VERY WELL AND IT
LOOKS LIKE THE SAME WHEN YOU SEE IT ON A A FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE CAN LOSE SO MUCH OF WHAT WE'VE GAINED IN TERMS OF THE
KIND OF DEMOCRATIC FREEDOMS AND MARKET BASED PROSPERITY WE'VE
COME TO TAKE FOR GRANTED. >> PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS WORRIED
LIES WERE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. MARK ZUCKERBERG'S REACTION WAS
TO SAY IT WAS, QUOTE, CRAZY. IT WAS CRAZY TO BLAME FACEBOOK
FOR FAKE NEWS. ADDING FACEBOOK GAVE PEOPLE
INFORMATION THROUGH THE SOCIAL SYSTEM THAT'S MORE DIVERSE THAN
OLD NEWS SYSTEMS. NOTE HIS TRICKY USE OF THE WORD
DIVERSITY. YES, DIVERSITY OF OPINIONS AND
IDEAS IS GOOD. DIVERSITY, THOUGH, IS NOT A
CONCEPT THAT APPLIES TO FACTS. YOU CAN'T HAVE A DIVERSE SET OF
FACTS WHETHER THE POPE ENDORSED TRUMP.
HE DIDN'T. FAKE ARTICLE THAT IS CLAIM HE
DID ENDORSE TRUMP THEY'RE FALSE. IN BUSINESS THEY'RE CALLED A
FRAUD, MR. ZUCKERBERG ON FACEBOOK THEY'RE CLICKS.
THAT WAS IN NOVEMBER. BUT AFTER PRESSURE FACEBOOK
CHANGED ITS TUNE ANNOUNCING IT WILL ALLOW FACT CHECKS.
SO MAYBE FACEBOOK WILL CHANGE UNDER PRESSURE FOR THE CURRENT
CON TROE VERSE SI. SO FAR FACEBOOK WON'T TELL US,
ITS OWN USERS, WHETHER THEY WERE TARGETED BY RUSSIANS OR WHETHER
THEY'RE RELEASE THE FEW. SO THEY DON'T THINK THEY OWE
AMERICANS ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
MARK ZUCKERBERG RISKS SOUNDING LIKE A COMBINATION OF EKE FAX
AND ALEX JONES HERE. WE KNOW THE RUSSIAN EFFORT
ONLINE WAS BASICALLY A TYPE OF POLITICAL CAT FISHING CREATING A
FAKE ONLINE PROFILE TO FAKE ANOTHER PERSON.
MTV SHOWED HOW PEOPLE DO IT TO TRICK PEOPLE INTO A RELATION,
WHICH IS PAINFUL. POLITICAL CAT FISHING MAY NOT BE
TAILORED BUT IT HITS THIS MEDIA, THIS THIN LINE BETWEEN VERIFIED
AND FAKE. AND RUSSIA IS STILL DOING IT.
THIS IS TODAY, ACCORDING TO TO A RUSSIAN TRACKER FOR THE ALLIANCE
SECURING DEMOCRACY. WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS.
FACEBOOK AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES HAVE OBLIGATIONS NOT
ONLY TO THE SPECIAL COUNSEL AND CONGRESS BUT TO THE PUBLIC AT
LARGE WHO PUT SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES AND PRIVACY INTO THESE
SITES. DURING THE COLD WAR, REAGAN RAIN
THE ADD PO SITTING RUSSIAN AS THAT BEAR ON THE HORIZON.
>> OTHERS DON'T SEE IT AT ALL, ISN'T IT SMART TO BE AS STRONG
AS THE BEAR, IF THERE IS A BEAR. >> IF THERE IS A BEAR.
EVERY DAY WE LEARN MORE OF RUSSIAN