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show more of you. >>> facebook is under fire.ial media website founded by mark zuckerberg is under the microscope on multiple fronts including questions about why it didn't more actively police the russian misinformation campaign and why they hired an opposition firm. "the times" says facebook lobbied a jewish civil rights group to portray some of the criticism of facebook as anti semitic. mr. zuckerberg hasn't talked in an interview about the allegations until now. we are joined now from facebook head quarters in california where we spoke exclusively with the facebook ceo. >> reporter: you know, very critical time for facebook. i think a lot of people watching to see what mark zuckerberg, what the leadership will do. i sat down with him today. i asked him about the allegations. he defended the company and the leadership. take a listen. i want to start with some of the revelations that came from the new york times piece. >> sure. >> reporter: let's look at russia. did you and other leaders try to minimize russia in spreading prop

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paul: facebook and executives are under under fire over claim to combat fake news, recent new york times accused facebook of attempt to go deflect blame over russia's election manipulation and revealed that the social media giant hired a dc consulting firm with republican ties to plant negative stories about its competitors and critics. we are back with dan henninger, james freeman and wall street journal editorial board member and facebook follower, allysia finley, why is the media so hard on facebook? >> i don't know if it's suddenly, all year they have been attacking facebook partly because of the news that facebook or russian agents used facebook to promote fake news, disinformation that may have benefited donald trump. paul: you don't -- >> no. spent a hundred thousand dollars to make 3,000 ads. that did not in any way determine the outcome of the election or even probably influence it. paul: drop in the ocean of all the media coverage in 2016. what about the recent management problems? >> well, what we are seeing or what we are reading about is mark zuckerberg really doesn't have c

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plummeting after the company's earnings missed estimates and they lowered guidance >>> and facebook under firever its response to election interference. sheryl sandberg firing back last night against a "new york times" report i like what's happening here andrew, the new yo"new york tim right about things, right? >> yes >> he's in an odd position "new york times" is right. so i don't know what to say about all of this. they're denying a lot of that story. it's friday, november 16, 2018 "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ >>> live from new york where business never sleeps, this is "squawk box. >>> all right. good morning welcome to "squawk box" on cnbc. we are live from the nasdaq market site in times square. i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. the u.s. equity futures on this cold and snowy morning here in times square are indicated lower. dow futures down by 71 points. that comes after a 208-point gain for the dow yesterday and a reversal of fortunes across the board. yesterday the s&p was up 28 points and the nasdaq was the best performer, it was up by 122 points this mo

coming up in the next hour, facebook under fire again. could the social network itself be the one threatening to marker see? we will discuss the -- threatening democracy? we will discuss. uber moves one step closer to releasing data on sexual assault. our sit down with the chief legal officer when you're into the job. and, apple rebounding after hitting the longest losing streak in six months. why investors are questioning their faith in the iphone going into the crucial holiday season. first, to the top story. it's no secret facebook has been struggling to keep up with fallout from its platform being used for election meddling. now, a blockbuster times report -- new york times report shows just how far the company has gone to protect itself. and cooally how the ceo went on the offensive to fight back against facebook detractors. this includes lobbying and going after lawmaker opposition. even hiring an opposition firm to paint its accusers as anti-semitic. specifically holocaust survivor soros.lionaire, george letter, to an open sandberg

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. >>> facebook under fire for failing to prevent a teenager girl from being auctioned off as a bride in the net work. it happened in south sudan. activists say facebook didn't police itself well enough. to keep this from happening. following this story. it's not unusual this practice. but it is in such an open way on social media. >> it is a horrible use of technology. and the barbaric use. that's the word from a major ngo that uncovered the plan. in south sudan and what is a war torn and section of the country. this young girl reportedly 16. auctioned off by her father. on facebook. it seems local officials were in the bidding process in the end this young woman against her will the father received 500 cows. 3 cars and $10,000 for selling his own daughter. horrific story. and south sudan. and facebook has come in it took several days before they shut down the auction after it was already completed. saying quote any form of human trafficking whether post, pages ads or groups is not allowed. we removed the post and disabled the account belonging to the person who posted to facebook. ma

facebook is under fire from international politicians. lawmakers from nine different countries grilled richard allen demanding answers from facebook on data privacy, security and safety. facebook executives acknowledged that the company is partly to brain -- blame on how it handled past scandals. they cannot be trusted to police itself is what they are facing. >>> huber has been find $1 million. they did not report the breach within 72 hours as required by regulation. >>> let's check wall street. we have about 45 minutes to go before the closing bell and the dallas in green territory. up the rain is here and mary is here with the forecast. >> yes. we are tracking it for you. that light to moderate rain will push across the bay area. this movement so you can see the locations. across the north bay you're getting moderate rain. down through santa rosa and pat aloma, light rain. as we head across the east bay down through brentwood you can see light rain. around san francisco, right along the coast you can see the rain down through pacific up

facebook under fire yet again.hy a former employee is going public with claims that the company has a racism problem. but first, president trump has been on the warpath over gm's thousands of jobs and shut down five factories in the united states am a floating the idea of new tariffs, tweeting -- this after he threatened to cut gm subsidies, including those on electric vehicles. we saw tesla's shares jumped tuesday. joining us to does all of this, .avid welsh and celine marcy david, i want to start with you. what do you make of this? not just the tax credit issue, but the tariffs issue and the uncertainty? what does it mean for gm and other automakers? david: trump was not clear on what he meant by ringback the chicken tax. if you were to put that on cars, does that punish g.m. somehow? only if he would redo nafta and he has already reached an agreement with canada and mexico on a differently named nafta but it is still very much like the nafta that companies have lived with. gm brings in about a million vehicles t

facebook under fire. a conference call this afternoon, slamming and denying a real blockbuster "new york times" report, that the social media giant ignored signs of russia meddling. take a listen. >> i've said many times before that we were too slow to spot russian interference,

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tonight, the fda is under fire for not banning flavored e-cigs together and will fight the ban on menthol cigarettes insisting they do not pose any greater health risk. >>> facebook is under fire after a report accuses the social media giant of not being forthcoming about the russia misinformation campaign that played out on the platform during the 2016 election. nbc's jo ling kent with more. >> reporter: facebook knew more about russian attempts to influence american voters in 2016 than it originally led on. according to an exclusive report in "the new york times," kree mark zuckerberg and sheryl sandberg ignored warning signs and sought to conceal them. nbc news confirming the social network hired an outside p.r. firm to deflect attention by spreading dozens of articles critical of google and apple. last night facebook dropped the firm. >> to suggest we weren't interested in knowing the truth or that we wanted to hide what we knew or that we tried to prevent investigations is simply untrue. >> reporter: facebook's board of directors said in a statement as a board we did indeed push zuckerberg and sandburg to move faster. >> the big issue is tech had a big year

in the next hour facebook under fire again. could the social network, itself, be the one now threatening democracy? we'll discuss a bombshell "new york times" report. plus, uber moves one step closer to release morg data on sexual assault. our extended sitdown with uber's chief legal officer, tony west, one year into the job. and apple rebounding after hitting its longest losing streak in more than six months. why investors are questioning their faith in the iphone going into the crucial holiday season. first to our top story it is no secret faceback has been strug tolling keep up with fallout from its platform being used for election meddling spreading fake news and more. now a blockbuster "new york times" report alleges just how far the company has gone to protect itself under major scrutiny. specifically how c.e.o. mark zuckerberg and c.o.o. cheryl sandberg went on the offensive to fight back at facebook detractors including direct lobbying of lawmakers and going right after their opposition. even hiring a republican opposit

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new at 6:00 tonight, facebook under fire. this time not by politician or privacy advocates but by a former employee who says facebook is "failing its black employees and black users." nbc bay area's sam brock joins us live in san francisco with more on the accusations and what's facebook's response. sam. >> jessica, mark lucky wrote a memo a few weeks ago that was ultimately sent to facebook employees all over the globe and his accusations go much deeper than just who facebook is and isn't hiring and how those employees are traded. mark lucky says his now viral memo saying facebook is failing its black employees and black users. it wasn't always intended for a wider audience. >> why go public with the post? >> well, i had initially planned to keep it internal but there wasn't a lot of accountability on facebook's part. there was silence from mark zuckerberg, from sheryl sandberg. >> reporter: a former manager focused on reaching underrepresented voices, lucky spells out different kinds of incidents that gave him pause. online

. >>> facebook coming under fire this week. ll piece about how they handled russian interference indicates not only did facebook know what was happening they tried to keep it quiet. facebook coo sheryl sandberg denying the allegations saying we absolutely did not pay anyone to deny fake news. tony, i want to get your read on what happened since this article was published. mark zuckerberg addressed it in a phone call this week. we have a quote from sheryl sandbe sandberg. your reaction? >> facebook is under siege again in washington. for a long time law makers has been asking whether facebook has done enough from everything to election dissemination to privacy. then you add to that the way facebook hired the blow back. folks are now questioning whether mark zuckerberg and sheryl sandberg have their hands on the reigns so to speak. >> reading that article, did you think it was the threat of regulation or the threat of consumer blow back? >> i think it's both. it goes back to their bottom line. you have marketers saying if you can'

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facebook under fire.eo mark zuckerberg holding a conference call this afternoon, slamming and denying a real blockbuster "new york times" report, that the social media giant ignored signs of russia meddling. take a listen. >> i've said many times before that we were too slow to spot russian interference, too slow -- to slow to get on top of it. we certainly stumbled along the way but to suggest that we weren't interested in knowing the truth or that we wanted to hide what we knew or that we tried to prevent investigations was simply untrue. >> there you have it. that was off of the top of the conference call. i listened throughout the day reported on this. a lot had to do with "new york times" article that facebook knew about russian meddling in spring 2016. they waited an entire year to tell the public, facebook, even the board members issued a statement as a board we indeed pushed them to move faster, mark zuckerberg and sandberg. they think it is unfair "new york times" is going after them saying they

. >> facebook came under fire at britain's parliament in london. lawmakers from nine countries blasted ceo mark zuckerberg for not showing up. >> who gave him the advice to ignore this committee? >> politicians are left with the empty chair after the giant company took heat. >> the trust then facebook has plummeted. >> it's a major concern, major topic of conversation. >> the committee demanded answers on facebook on data privacy and security. accused the facebook executive dodging questions . >> you have been here for almost 90 minutes, how many times have you said let me get back to you on that? >> british lawmakers began investigating facebook after cambridge analytic or used personal information from tens of millions of users to influence political campaigns. concerns over facebook's possible interference in the 2016 british exit vote and u.s. elections are among talk -- topics being investigated. >> we have nothing to hide. >> the facebook vp, how they handle scandals. the social media giant cannot be trusted to police itself . >>> in the wake

jenna: facebook is under fire for how it delivered -- handled fake news, including the use of aggressive. following a scathing new york times reports, they have cut ties with a firm that linked facebook in the knees -- enemies. commerce secretary wilbur ross says the u.s. still plans on raising tariffs in january despite the planned talks between president trump and president xi jinping at the end of the month. they will only discuss big picture items and perhaps produce a framework. january isal by impossible he says. is closingler casino down until further notice. said repairs are needed after suffering millions of dollars of damage. the shutdown is the latest low for the casino operator. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm jenna dagenhart. this is bloomberg. haidi: let's get live. we are seeing chinese president xi jinping arriving for the leaders summit. he may be arriving now, but there are indications if you look at roads, bridges and signage. presence has been felt for some

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. >>> facebook under fire yet again. a bombshell.the menlo park-based company went to battling its critics amid allegations of privacy compromises and russian election meddling. abc news reporter natalie brunnel has details. >> delay, deny, deflect. that's how "the new york times" says facebook handled scrutiny over data misuse and russian election melding. "the new york times" alleges facebook went to great lengths to deflect blame and mask the extent of a problem allowing a firm linked to president trump's campaign to access the data of tens of millions of people. when that didn't work and facebook shares drop, the company, quote, went on attack, hiring a republican opposition firm to discredit critics and even spread negative stories about competitors like apple and google. facebook has since cut ties with that firm. the expose also claims facebook lobbied politicians on both sides of the aisle, and repeat lid downplayed russian activity and hacking on the platform leading up to the 2016 election. in a phone call zuckerberg defend

facebook under fire after a new report said they were considering charging companies for user data.aces backlash for its project in china, from its own employees. alphabet is down a half a percent, worries about regulation to come. ford motor is shifting gears. the automaker reworking its plan to ramp-up suv and pickup production. dick's sporting goods considering removing hunting gear from their chefs. and how to get -- from their shelves. joijoining me to break it down, dagen mcdowell, james freeman and mike murphy. great to see you this morning. >> good morning. happy to be here. maria: good morning. i want to ask about your op ed you wrote yesterday, title was tax cut working better than advertised. what i liked about the piece wrote is you go into business spending. we were talking about this yesterday, dagen and me, why we haven't seen a bigger move in companies putting money to work. i argued they are but it's in technology. we've moved from an industrial society to a technological society. so maybe the numbers don't tell the whole story. >> they do tell part of the story. we

coming up in the next hour, facebook under fire again.k itself be the one threatening to marker see? we will discuss the -- threatening democracy? we will discuss. uber moves one step closer to releasing data on sexual assault. our sit down with the chief legal officer when you're into the job. and, app

. >>> facebook was under fire today after a "w york times" report criticized executives for their handling of a number of cries. the report found media company pursued a, quote, delay, den a deflect approach when he it cams to russian meddling in the election and ke news posts. it also said that top executivet orches a campaign against critics, rivals and proponents ofn. regulat facebook ceo and founder pushed back calling the criticism unfair. >> i've said many times before that we were tooo slow spot russian interference, too slow to get on t of it. and we have stumbled along the way. but to sugge that we weren't interested in knowing the truth or that we wanted to hide wha we knew or that we tried to prevent investigations is simply untrue. >> sharesac ofook were off a frederic shun today. >>> cing up, ford's new road map. >>> o coming up nightly business report we give you an inside look atd' for autonomous vehicle project as it tests on the streets of miami. >>> ford is taking a rod test. the company is putting a float of self-driving cars on the streets of miami in an effort to make

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. >> sandra: facebook under fire again after its chief operating officer sheryl sandberg asked staffersch george soros's financial interests. the request came days after the billionaire attacked facebook during a speech at the world economic forum. jackie heinrich is live with more on this. >> sandra, according to the "new york times" facebook confirmed that sheryl sandberg asked her communications term if george soros -- two weeks ago sandberg denied knowledge about a separate push -- effort to push negative stories about soros. it is all causing questions about just how much facebook's second in command was involved in the campaign against the liberal billionaire. the request from her came after soros blasted tech companies in the speech at the world economic forum in switzerland saying the companies could threaten democracy and impact human behavior. the speech coming at a time when facebook was under the microscope for disseminating russian propaganda. the earlier denial was related to a separate push to circulate negative stories about soros that put facebook in hot water. accordin

in the next hour facebook under fire again.tself, be the one now threatening democracy? we'll discuss a bombshell "new york times" report. plus, uber moves one step closer to release morg data on sexual assault. our extended sitdown with uber's chief legal officer, tony west, one year into the job. and apple rebounding after hitting its longest losing streak in more than six months.

. >> facebook is under fire for how it handled the threat of fake news and deliberate misinformation. including the use of aggressive tactics to discredit opponents. following a new york times report, facebook's cut ties with the republican pr firm that has linked facebook enmities to george soros. allegations of a test images and are unfair. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. >> u.k. prime minister theresa may is bowing to set firm as an army of brexit hardliners mobilizes to have her removed. they submitted a letter of no-confidence after cabinet members resigned. >> i am doing my job of getting the best deal for britain. deal that is in the national interest. when a vote comes before the house of commons, and peas are doing their job. they will need to consider the vote of the british people and our duty to deliver on that. is bloomberg now u.k. politics reporter. prime minister may seemed defiant. expect the no-confidence vote to be triggered? is aat we could s

coming up, facebook under fire yet again.imes report with criticism on how they handled fake news, election meddling. we will break it down with brian wieser, next. ♪ >> this is bloomberg daybreak. yourmma chandra with bloomberg business flash. shares of the largest electricity producer, pg&e, are soaring in premarket trading. -- can't imagine allowing the company to go into bankruptcy because of deadly wildfires. aliens of dollars of potential liability if it is found to have caused those blazes. viacom has reported earnings that beat estimates. networks mtvcable and nickelodeon, shares are higher in premarket trading. facebook is once again dealing with another corporate scandal. according to the new york times, sheryl sandberg try to prevent the company's board and public from understanding the full extent of russia's misinformation campaign on the social network. mark zuckerberg denies the allegation. >> to suggest we weren't interested in learning the truth or wanted to hide what we knew or try to prevent investigation i

and, facebook under fire again. by a former employee is going public with claims the company has a racism problem. first, to the top story. trump has been on the warpath over gm's plan to cut 14,000 jobs and shut down factories in theunited states floating idea of new tariffs saying the reason the business in the u.s. that tariffsto is of 25% had been put on cars coming into our country. gm would not be closing their plants in ohio, michigan, and maryland. get smart, congress. the president has great power on this issue because of the g.m. event and it is being studied now. he threatened to cut subsidies including those of electric vehicles. joining us to discuss all of this, bloomberg's bureau chief and celine morsi from l.a.. notd, what you make of this just the tax cut issue but the tariffs issue and the uncertainty. what is it mean for gm and other auto makers? david: trump was not clear when it said that she said he was bringing back the tax. if you would put the tax on cars wouldn't punish g.m.? only if you wo

and facebook is under fire again in the u.k. after mark zuckerberg testified to lawmakers.ompted the image of an empty chair with the question, where is mark zuckerberg? he has repeatedly refused to appear in the u.k.. facebook send its vice president of policy solutions. global news 24 hours a day over the air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am jessica summers. this is bloomberg. haidi: thank you. let's take a look at asian markets this morning. sophie.t over to a little positivity, but it is hard to say that we will take this risk appetite and run with it. sophie: that is right. it is still early to say. a mixed bag, with little change after earlier gains. this is materials, weighing on both benchmarks. laggards. now leading this morning, given the route we have seen in base metals, copper, aluminum, zinc, they have been on retreat and that has led the gauge of industrial metals to its lowest level since june. this is a potential achilles heel, given concerns around moderating global growth. singapor