federal trade commission, but that ruling has not gone over smoothly with some u.s.a a congressman from rhode island blasted the agreement in a series of tweets saying, just a few weeks after the ftc gave facebook a sweetheart deal, they are giving google the same family and friends treatment. he added that knows ingle single executive is being held accountable and the settlement does nothing but add an incentive for google to break the law in the future. joining us, a partner who specializes in antitrust matters. great to have you with us, maureen. what do you make of the criticism first and foremost that the fine is not very much? >> the fine is only one part of the remedy in any of these cases -- the facebook case, the google case, and there are extensive provisions that require google to go above and beyond what the children's privacy act requires. now they are having to screen content and to go ahead and impose parental notification and consent provisions on that kind of content. i think that the fine is only one part of the equation. you really have to look at

i think the federal trade commission should conduct retrospective reviews to determine the impact of consummated mergers. the commission really conducts those reviews and a question for the record i submitted last year, he responded that the commission is exploring the feasibility of conducting retrospective in a number of industries. staff have not found a good candidate merger with data robust enough to enable a retrospective evaluation of the labor market effect. micah question is, have you found a candidate for that kind of retrospective review. >> one thing, we will look at hospital mergers and their effect on labor. that might be a good choice. >> i would thoroughly recommend that review and would appreciate the opportunity to make suggestions within the limits that the member of congress is permitted to do. >> thank you. >> a while ago, when we talked before he went to vote, i asked you if you are advising other country on how to set up the civil antitrust enforcement and would you ever set up a system we had two agencies enforcing the same law. i want to get back to that point

. >> i want to ask your opinion on whether the federal trade commission or the federal communications commission should have more oversight over political speech online amateur somebody's platforms are politically neutral? >> guest: i think that as we have talked about the issue of privacy, what individuals have said is let's have one regulator, and that regulator has traditionally been the federal trade commission. and people feel that we should have one regulator. we've also, when it comes to political speech, we do not want to a bridge anyone's first amendment writes, the right to free speech. i may not agree with what someone says but i will certainly speak up and protect their right to have their safety and a think it's important to do that. >> host: so when it comes to something like an 8chan, senator blackburn, where are you? >> guest: that is something that we know has, has, is -- let me sit like this. with 8chan that is something that is putting out harmful speech, and that is one of these areas where an isp with be well served to review that and review the information that t

claiming a lawsuit they warn the drivers may still be on the road >> youtube backlash, the federal trade commission says youtube has miss handled and profited off of children's private information and is now facing $170 million fine. >> and the bad boys are back will smith and martin laurjs ng are headed for the silver screen and box office gold. a busy thursday ahead as "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm melissa rehberger. >> and i'm frances rivera. hurricane dorian is starting to wreak havoacross the carolinas. the category 3 storm has created 30,000 power outages in south carolina downtown charleston has started flooding police there have shutdown over a dozen streets and are warning people to shelter in place in florida, officials were counting their blessings after the storm skirted the coast. orlando's airport has reopened along with walt disney world and universal. but dorian decimated parts of the bahamas leaving abaco islands and grand bahama island in massive heaps of floating debris the death toll there is now up to 20. nbc's keri sanders is in the bahamas with more. >>

i know that the department of justice, the federal trade commission are -- commission are also talking about doing an investigation on competitive practice with these companies. it is good to look at this and make sure the companies are behaving. i'm not sure that breaking companies up is a good idea. these are big companies with a lot of tentacles, a lot of employees. if you manage to do that, there's going to be unintended consequences. c-span2., on >> next, malcolm gladwell talking about his book, talking to strangers. in the house judiciary committee reviews propose legislation related to guns. after that, form examining the challenges facing policymakers who are working to decrease the number of fentanyl and opioid-related deaths. ♪ host: malcolm gladwell, book number six out this week "talking to strangers," what is the premise of this book, your latest book? malcolm: the premise of this latest book is that we're not very good at talking to strangers. i was struck by how many of the kind of contemporary high

after that an oversight hearing for the federal trade commission.british prime minister boris johnson delivered a statement in the house of comments a day after the supreme court there ruled that his decision to suspend parliament was

the federal trade commission in the united sates so of course some of this is being priced in here but basically i think it's fair to say markets and investors to continue to believe in the business model of facebook and of course i also have to add facebook it's coming up with new ideas every day now they are planning it dating app they want to matchmake their uses i don't know whether this is going to be come you know data related problem it's see it would be a good match the caret buson thank you very much like for goods maker the we've been told is cashing in on a surgeon demand from china but it's not planning a moving mehta factoring there to be closer to its customer all cut costs it's chief executive say is asian shop as a note interested in products made in that part of the world this is probably not the sassing you'd associate with a multinational luxury brand but it here in a remote french village that lou eve we ta'en had chosen to stass up shop and pissed is why the whole luxury chain depends on our designs when the artisans leave the artists following. what is taking plac

probe whether social media, search, and e—commerce companies have become too big, and the federal trade commission. these investigations may take a year or even longer, and at the end of all of that, the landscape of big tech may not end up looking any different. even with anti—trust enforcement, even with investigations, we still may have a few dominant firms. and that will leave policymakers with another question. that is, do you regulate more in this space? do you come up with neutral stray digital market that actually expand opportunities for competition? i believe that is probably where we're headed. this all comes as consumers have confidence in tech companies. they have been unable to safeguard people's information and they have been caught up in efforts by foreign powers to influence elections. so now, it is up to big tech to prove lawmakers wrong. samira hussain, bbc news, washington. we have been asking you today if you can live without google. do you think that alphabet, the parent company, should have its wings clipped. we will discuss some of your comments a little later, as well. lat

justice but a federal investigation they close down five calls centers and a few weeks ago the federal trade commission and its logarithmic partners announced operation call it quits, a major crackdown against foreign and domestic defendants allegedly responsible for more than 1 billion calls to consumers nation wide. the federal vacations commission is also been more active. these federal actions represent progress that are committee has pressed for to crackdown on robo colors. now the committee is calling for a next generation approach, not only to crackdown on the criminals but to also consider new network wide solutions to prevent robo call spoofing fraud in the first place. we recently have taken an important step by passing the trace act of which i was proud to be a cosponsor. i hope it will be signed into law soon. today along with i'm introducing the anti- spoofing penalties modernization which would which would double existing penalties and by extending the statute of limitations on prosecuting illegal spoofing. despite all of these efforts the number of robo calls is expected to soar. to defe

most of the money will go to the federal trade commission. $34 million will go to new york state.outube has been accused of failing to obtain parental consent in collecting data on kids under 13. we spoke with the vice president of net choice and bloomberg technology's ben brodie on wednesday to discuss. net choice is a lobbying group that counts google as a member. ben: it is certainly easy for google to pay. it is a drop in the bucket compared to their annual revenue. it is, however, a very large fine by the standards of children's privacy, 30 times larger than the previous record, which came in february with tiktok, similar issue, collecting email addresses and names without parental consent on the popular teen video app. you have a lot of people who are saying this is not going to make a dent in googles business practices, but it is setting a record for this space. taylor: carl, you are taking the flip side of this. give me your breakdown. what do you make of the fine and the ruling to limit some of the ads and commenting on children's videos? >> thanks for asking. as ben laid

in the federal trade commission continues to examine facebook.tigations may take a year or even longer and at the end of all of that, the landscape of big tech may not end up looking any different. even with anti—trust enforcement, even with investigations, we still may have a few dominant firms stop and that will leave policy with another question does just do you regulate more in this space? do you come up with neutral stray digital market that actually expand opportunities for competition? i believe that is probably where we're headed. this all comes as consumers have confidence in tech companies. they have been unable to safeguard people's information and they have been caught up in our efforts by foreign powers to influence elections. so now it is up to big tech to prove lawmakers wrong. samira hussain, bbc news, washington. the troubled japanese carmaker nissan, the chief executive has said he will be stepping down next week stop shares are rising by on this news. he has been criticised for being overpaid as part of a bonus scheme. although

that would take a lawsuit by the federal trade commission or the justice department, essentially, the regulators of the united states. what congress can do in this case, however, is to compel documents, interview witnesses, talk to other businesses in the industry who may have concerns about facebook and ultimately, you know, congress could come up with legislation that would inform the policies governing silicon valley moving forward and put pressure on the anti-trust regulators to be more aggressive in bringing a case, potentially. >> you know better than most, the scope, the span of accusations against facebook, accusing them of violating people's privacy. now we're seeing facebook rolling out something called portal tv. it's something i understand that can watch you and listen to you at home. that just smacks of them being tone deaf, i imagine, for millions of users. >> that's the criticism that's been leveled at facebook here. and not just with portal, but with things like libra, the cryptocurrency that facebook is trying to develop. a number of lawmakers have said, why are you r

the latest questions asked by the ftc, the federal trade commission is amazon using its position its power, its influence to stifle competition? specifically what they're trying to figure out how much revenue on a percentage basis sellers get from amazon when to other e-commerce sites. if they're compared that the influence amazon has get results from the bulk of sellers then they could argue there isn't fair marketplace. they have been reaching out to sellers, interview-style meetings. the kind of questions being asked besides basic sales figures like we discussed, amazon asking sellers that work with them, it is respect to pricing, sourcing that kind of thing. the ftc declined to comment to fox business. amazon didn't comment on this story specifically but referred our reporter to previous statements that the company made on the issue. amazon's stock today trading higher by 2 bucks. back to you. >> jackie, thank you for that. jonathan, todd are back. jonathan i know you're with me a free market purist. i have to wonder i mean, so a monopoly is supposed to be about the consumer is g

. >> after the federal trade commission, the department of justice, regulators in europe, and this te, 50 attorneys general unitited to probe googls practices. >> 150 attorneys general come together, they sent a strong message to google. it is a big deal. not new asestions are alphabets, google's parent company stifled competition in online advertising, is g google gigiving users the most relevant search results or data that can generate more money? >> as a new mom, when my daughter is sick, and i searched online for advice or doctors, i want the best advice from the best doctors. clinics whoor and can spend the most on advertising. it wille has said cooperate with the latest investigation. >> we have answered many questions on these issues over many years and the united states as well as overseas, across many aspects of our business, so this is not new for us. senior vice president of g global affairs added that the company is one of the top investors in innovative technology that benefits everyone. controls 37% of the online advertising market. facebook, 22%. businesss own practice

most of the money will go to the federal trade commission. $34 million will go to new york state.tube was accused of failing to obtain rental consent in collecting data on kids under 13. itsrk is adding a moment to all-male board of directors mother prepares for an ipo. the harvard business school professor francis fry was a previous vice president at uber. --r says within going public a year of going public, it will add others. that is your business flash update. just a reminder that you can catch all of our interviews on your bloomberg terminal. the function is tv . from toronto and new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is bloomberg markets. i'm scarlet fu. in just a few minutes the fed publishes the beige book. headlines --he overall we have been in rally mode. we're seeing money moving into the two-year guild at the moment is the yields are coming down money moving in to the three-year bond. the 10-year is still at 1.5%. the u.s. dollar is down against most major currencies today. risk aversion receiving. now we are getting into the beige book. >> the fed says most distan

i am a student at georgetown law , interning at the federal trade commission. something i have been particularly interested in is the world of sponsored content and paid advertising. it's not something we talked about yet but i came to the it.t interested in as far as guidelines, they don't have the force of law, the are not a rule. in a marketplace of ideas rather than just a market place, what happens when the advertisers esther mark and have -- advertisers? free-speech limited in this area? we can spread information, but we have to make sure the unlocked video is disclosed. >> it would be nice if congress did its job. that kind of thing. this is our legislators having to really stop and start to agree on things like the honest ads act. these companies can't make these decisions. it's too important. especially around political advertising. >> i also worked at the federal trade commission, and i agree that in this issue and the area of privacy, that is a question for congress to answer. there are some tools the ftc has , whether it's unfair trade practice, but

that regulator has traditionally been the federal trade commission.eople feel we should have one regulator. we have also, when it comes to political speech, we do not want to abridge anyone's first amendment rights, their right to free speech. i may not agree with someone says but i will certainly speak up and protect their right to have their say and i think it is important to do that. peter: when it comes to something -- sen. blackburn: that is -- let me saynow it like this. that is something that is anding out harmful speech that is one of these areas where an isp would be well served to review that and review the information. >> what changes would you like to see to section 230 of the communications decency act which shields some of these internet companies? sen. blackburn: section 230 has been there to actually serve as a safe harbor, as you very well know. what we want to do is protect -- weprovisions for new do not want to do away with it and make it impossible for new entrants to come into compliance or have it be something that keeps them fro

federal trade commission. fda. several state attorneys general.getting its marketing practices. the trump administration said earlier this month it planned to ban most flavored e- cigarettes. san francisco based company said it never marketed to teenagers. and that is products are intended for adults cigarettes smokers who want to switch. we reached out to san francisco based jewel for a comment. we have not heard back. >>> tragedy for a louisiana couple in an underwater marriage proposal turned fatal. stephen weber and his girlfriend antoine were on vacation in tanzania. they were staying in a cabin with a bedroom submerged in the ocean. weber proposed on thursday by swimming underwater and holding a handwritten note. against the bedroom windows before presenting the ring. he then swam out of you but never resurfaced. and swallowed her rote on facebook you never got to hear my answer. yes yes 1 million times yes. i will marry you. her sister said authorities conducted an autopsy on her brother. but did not provide his cause of death. >>> this cou

the federal trade commission says youtube not only collected data from kids but then used a that data and information to target kids with online ads. it's against the law to collect information from kids 12 and under without permission of a parent. the $170 million fine isn't enough critics say. >> we think the much better solution would have been to make youtube delete the data. >> at youtube they say nothing is more important than presenting ki protecting kids and their privacy. >>> a new fast food chain is trying to do something that in and out burger could not do. amy's is looking to put a new restaurant downtown. a lot of people are worried about traffic the drive through could create. this is what it would look like. if it gets the clean light, gre would be built on main street. nbc bay area's thom jensen will be live at 6:00 with more details. >>> back to our hurricane dorian coverage. millions of people have already evacuated from the east coast where flooding, rage and dangerous storm surges are expected. the storm could make landfall in north carolina. dorian is still hangin

. >>> the feder trade commission today issued a record fe ogainst google's youtube site ttle allegations that it used ildren'sat without parents' consent. ylan mui hashe story. >> reporter: will pay money to say that youtube violated the law to ptect children. under the agreement google will pay $136 million to the ftc and $34 million to the new york attorney general's office. in addition, youtube must set p aor system content creators to designate their videos designed for kids. the ftc saidhis is theirst time they're required to do that and ensure >> this case sends strong messages to third parties like youtube, cnnel owners andhe business community as a a whole. for youtube and other third parties like it that serve ads, they can't market their ability to get child viewersn the one hand and disavow knowledge that children are usinger theirce on the other. >> reporter: in a statement youtube's ceo said responsibility is the company's number one priority. starting in four months youtube will assume any user watching kids' content is actuallyte child. that means getting rid of targeted p

important to do it in a very thoughtful way, and i know that the department of justice and the federal trade commissionre talking about doing thestigations into practices of these companies. it's good to look at this and make sure the companies are behaving. i'm not sure that breaking them up is a good idea for these are big companies with a lot of employees and if you break a company up like that, if you can manage to do it, there will be unintended consequences. announcer: tonight on c-span two. campaign 2020 team is traveling across the country visiting battleground states in the race, asking voters what issues they want candidates to address during the campaign. >> i think one issue i would like to see them talk about his health care, there is a lack of health care in the country. i think affordable health care at the very least, and some people are not going as far as i would like to go into the details of how they plan to handle that. i hear general ideas, but i would like to see where it goes. i would like to hear them discuss how we will re-normalize as a leader in democracy. democraticr in val

the giant seems to be helping the federal trade position -- federal trade commission. vimeo to become a publicly traded company. we will hear about the content strategy and a new hiring feature. first, our top story. more worries for wework. pressure is mounting to oust ceo adam newman -- ceo adam neumann after the delayed ipo. the board was supposed to meet today but they are likely going to meet later this week. huet covers startups and she joins me. why the shakeup? ellen: insane week in the last week or two. pressure first to delay the ipo and now it seems like there are reports to consider replacing the ceo, adam neumann. a lot of back and forth within the board. maybe delay the ipo october and later. we seem to be watching as it unfolds. possible board meeting this week , not expected today but likely very soon. taylor: who wants adam neumann out? ellen: that is most likely softbank. they hold two board seats. it seems like they also have support from benchmark. one board seat has been an early investor. some viewers they remember was also instrumental in the oust

why the >>happening now authorities are warning people about a growing phone scam and the federal trade commission scam being reported this year. in it a caller claims e social administration. as is your benefits will be suspended. it will then prompt you to press one on your keypad if you feel like this is a mistake. if you get a call like this officials are urging people not to press one just hang up the ftc. says social security will never actually call people and ask you to send or why or cash or threatened to take away your benefits. >>tonight we are learning new information about felicity huffman's upcoming prison sentence which will be served in the east bay help and was sentenced to 14 days in prison for her role in the nationwide college admissions scandal. she will serve that time at the federal correctional institution in dublin. people magazine says the desperate housewives star will be strip searched and surrounded by other inmates at the minimum security prison at the same time people reports that the daughter safety scores that have paid to boost. israel plying at colleges. >>the pr

. >>> the federal trade commission is suing match group for allegedly using fake love interest ads tock consumers into paying for a subscription to dating site match.com. the agency says hundreds of thousands of people subscribed to match after getting responses to fake profiles. match says it blocks 96% of bots and fake accounts. >>> mattel has launched new gender-neutral dolls. the new doll line is called creatable world. the dolls have different skin tones, hair, and clothes that allow kids to make it a boy, girl, neither, or both. mattel has been criticized in recent years for its lack of diversity in its barbie line which has been working to improve. the company says the new doll is designed to keep labels out. anne-marie? >> cool idea. i know we've got a few months, but we are eventually heading into the holiday season. they're coming out just in time. >> you know they timed it just right on this one. >> totally. diane king hall, thank you. >> you got it. >>> still ahead, looted treasure. an ancient coffin stolen from egypt is finally headed home. egypt is finally headed home. ♪

i know the department of justice and the federal trade commission are also talking about doing investigationsf anti-competitive practices at these companies. and it is good to look at this and investigate it and make sure the companies are behaving. i'm nuts or breaking companies up is a good idea. these are big companies with a lot of tentacles, a lot of employees, and if you can break up a company like that, manage to do it, there will be unintended consequences. for example, what would happen to the date of these companies own, how we would parse that up, how any people would be displaced, if it would have an effect on the overall economy. so regulatory approaches might be better than antitrust in my opinion. >> does your district in california have a tech presence? a technerny: there is presence. i don't want to say we are a suburb of silicon valley, but we are certainly affected by silicon valley. maybe 40,000 people from my district commute to the bay area for my job -- for their jobs. not all those are tech, but quite a few are. it is a long, hard slog. peoplere is a number of who work

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. >>> the federal trade commission is takingting student loan debt relief services.harged illegal up front fees and lead customers to believe it was to reduce loan balances. the agency says the company is saddling customers with high interest loans to pay the fees don't make required disclosures. the feds warn there are other firms out there making similar claims and they advise you to just ask a lot of questions before you sign up. >> the federal communications commission wants to know what major cell phone carriers are going to do if pg&e decides to shut off the power to prevent wildfires. it's giving at&t, sprint, u.s. cellular and verizon the end of the week to respond. >> if you owe the library overdue fines, they have been wiped away. in addition, library officials say they will no longer charge overdue fines. library users will still need to pay for the replacement of lost or damaged oer show seffi. sdyha ed gting of er earlierhi year. >> big get for netfx. the companyill start streaming all 180 episodes of "seinfeld" starting in 2021. this is a big boost for

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i know the department of justice and the federal trade commission are also talking about doing investigations of anticompetitive practices of these companies. it's good to look at this and investigated and make sure the companies are behaving. i'm not sure breaking companies up is a good idea. these are big companies with a lot of tentacles, a lot of employees, and if you break a company like that up, managed to do it, though the unintended consequences, for example, what's going to happen to the data that these companies owned? how are you going to parse that out? how many people would be displaced? will have an effect on the overall economy? regulatory approaches might be better than antitrust, in my opinion. >> host: does your district in california have a tech presence? >> guest: there is a tech presence. basically, i do want to say where a suburb of silicon valley that we are affected by silicon valley. maybe about 40,000 people from my district commute over to the bay area for the jobs. not all of those protect but quite a few are. it's a long, hard slog so i don't envy the people have

individuals have said let's have one regulator and that regulator has traditionally been the federal trade commission and people feel we should have one regulator. when it comes to put the speech we do not want to abridge anyone's first amendment right and the right to free speech i might not agree with what someone said but i will speak up and protect the rights and it's important for them to have their say. >> host: when it comes to something like a [inaudible] where are you? >> guest: when it comes to [inaudible] that is something that we know has let me say it like this -- that is something that is putting up harmful harmful speech and that is something where an isp would be well served to review that and review the information that they put out. >> senator, what changes if any would you like to see two section 230 of the communications decency act which shields the internet companies from content that their users post and liability for that content. >> guest: right. section 230 has been there to actually serve as a safe harbor as you very well know. what we want to do is protect those provisions

personal user data only recently facebook was slapped with a 5000000000 dollar fine by the federal trade commission for violating consumer privacy while google's dominance and ability to swing elections has been the subject of senate hearings to well in july that just department launched a sweeping anti trust review of the whole industry current legislation is meant to promote competition and limit practices that can promote pieces of power last year facebook see mark zuckerberg told a senate hearing that his company is not a monopoly who should biggest competitor. center we have a lot of competitors is twitter the same as what you do it overlaps with of course you don't think you have a monopoly. it certainly doesn't feel like that to me ok. but we've got political inside from our guests who think that large scale data collection encourages misuse. it's amazing the power that the tech giants have they call us customers but we are not customers we are the product and what they do is gather information about us and sell that information mostly benign lead to people who can use it to then try to adve

i know that the department of justice and the federal trade commission are also talking about doing investigations into competitive practices of these companies and it's good to look at this and investigate it and make sure that the companies are behaving. i'm not sure that breaking companies up is a good idea, these are big companies with a lot of tentacles, a lot of employees and if you break a company like that up, if you can manage to do it, there is going to be unintended consequences. >> tonight >> this morning "washington post" political reporter and robert costa previews the week ahead in washington p. and later, abby ellis discusses her documentary on flint, michigan's contom mated water supply. as always we'll take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning on monday, september 16. we'll begin this morning with calls from some democrats to impeach supreme court justice brett kavanaugh after the "new york times" over the weekend corroborated, they say, previous allegations of sexual misconduct and reveal

federal trade commission started interviewing smallusinesses that sell products on the world's largeston is using its market power to hurt competition. the questions being asked suggest the agency is skeptical of amazon's claim that shoppers and suppliers have real alternatives. tom: thank -- francine: thank you so much. opinionb, our bloomberg column is who focuses on tech. the amazon probe by antitrust officials over the marketplace. how big could this be and could it go to the crux of the business model? alex: what we are seeing is that amazon has two ways of business works. it has its own warehouses where it sells things directly and it has its marketplace where business x may want to sell a thing through amazon and amazon may not even touch the goods in the meantime. amazon is accused of looking at these products and saying i see this pencil sharpener is doing particularly well, we should sell pencil sharpener's. is --azon business model if regular leaders feel that people having to use the marketplace, that points to the power that amazon has. if you are going to operate in the s

after that an oversight hearing for the federal trade commission.british prime minister boris johnson delivered a statement in the house of comments a day after the supreme court there ruled that his decision to suspend parliament was unlawful. he told members he disagreed with the court's decision and challenge the opposition labor party to table no-confidence vote.this 45 minute portion included the prime minister's full statement along with statements by labour party leader jeremy corbin who renewed calls for the prime minister's resignation. in scottish national party leader ian blackford. this is about an hour. >> statements, the prime minister. they want a change of government, let them have an election. with your commission i shall make a statement on yesterday's supreme court Ãbthere will be ample opportunity for everybody who wants to question the prime minister in conformity with usual practice to do so. the statements most and will be heard. the prime minister b& inky mr. speaker.with your permission i shall make a statement on yesterday'

important to do it in the a thoughtful way and i know that the department of justice and the federal trade commission also talking about doing investigations in competitive practices with these companies. it's good to look at this and investigate it and make sure committees are behaving. i'm not sure bringing companies up is a good idea and these are big companies with a lot of tentacles and a lot of employees and if you break the company up like that and managed to do it there will be unintended consequences. for example, what will happen to the data that these companies own how will be parsed that up and coming people will be displaced. will it have an effect on the overall economy? regulatory approach might be better than antitrust, in my opinion. >> host: does your district in california have a tech presence? >> guest: there is a tech presence. basically we are -- i don't want to say were a suburb of silicon valley but we are affected by silicon valley, i think. maybe about 40000 people for my district commute to the bay area for their jobs. not all our tech but quite a few are. it's a long hard

i know that the department of justice and the federal trade commission are also talking about doing investigations into anti-competitive practices of these companies. and it's good to look at this and investigate it and make sure the companies are behaving. i'm not sure breaking companies up is a good idea. these are big companies with a lot of tentacles, a lot of employees, and if you break the company like that up, if you can manage to do it, there's going to be unintended consequences. >> tonight at 8:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> our c-span campaign 2020 us team is traveled across the country visiting key battleground states in the 2020 presidential race asking voters what issues they won presidential candidates to address during the campaign. >> i think about pressing issue i'd like to see candidates talk about his health care. there's a lack of healthcare in the country. i think affordable healthcare at the very least, and some people are not going as far as i would like to go into the details of how they plan to handle that. i hear a lot of general ideas but i like policy a lot so i would

and the federal trade commission continues to examine facebook.ne year 01’ even investigations might take one year or even longer. and, at the end of all of that, the landscape of big tech might not end up looking any different. even with anti-trust enforcement, even with investigations, we still may have a few dominant firms and that will leave policymakers with another question. do you regulate more in this space? do you come up with new tools for digital marketing which expands opportunities for competition? i believe that's probably where we are headed. this all comes as consumers have lost confidence in tech companies. they've been unable to safeguard peoples information and they have been caught up in efforts by foreign powers to influence elections. so 110w powers to influence elections. so now it is up to big tech to prove it was wrong. we asked can you can you live without google. i must confess imight get live without google. i must confess i might get a bit lost. absolutely, and the fact they all link up. you can search for something an

i've been working with the antitrust division the federal trade commission, because pretty much everybody knows we gotta do something. and ant in tech has been so good for growth. [smith] well honestly, that's a big move in the right direction, just that. the fact that there's an acknowledgement of the problem. m [mcnamee] totally, a point is, it's pro-growth. so everybody likes it. [smith] last questhould we all get off facebook? [mcnamee] i can't. ngi've got a book i'm tro sell to people on facebook and instagram. [smith] oh my god! [m hamee] no, i can't beocrite. i can't be a hypocrite. and the problem is -- [smith] who's monetizing now, roger? [mcnamee] i want to reform tm, right? i've changed my habits. i don't e messenger anymore. i don't do any political stuff. i've gotten off goog almost entirely. and you know, i do think you wanna change your behavior. use other products, don' let th. [smith] okay, that's a good place to end. roger, i wish s u great success with tok. it is so fun to talk to you, you have made me so much smarter in 30 minute [mcnamee] evan, i love it. thank you so

bloomberg learned the federal trade commission was looking at amazon, trying to figure out if it is squeezingmaller businesses. we got more details on the probe into google. letters committees sent to google, amazon, facebook and apple. joining me to discuss this and all of the other topics in this week in tech is the chief investment strategist at securities. let's talk about antitrust. do you feel that regulatory scrutiny is justified? >> absolutely. these companies are the time,ast networks of our except they can see through the tv into our home. somebody said facebook doesn't need to get your resume because they already know everything about you. there is clearly an issue here. the problem i am finding is there are so many different by ftc,eing looked at by the state attorney general, the house judiciary committee. there are all kinds of different levels. there is anti-competitiveness, privacy, et cetera. there are a lot of things to juggle from a legal standpoint. you mentioned the legal standpoint. can you talk about the lease of fees, or is there a real threat to this business that cou