with insight into how politician leverage social media, i talked to jason rosenbaum.llary clinton's digital ad director and a member of google's political ads team. i also wanted perspective from tim cameron. c.e.o. of flexpoint media, a former chief digital officer for the national republicans senatorial committee. >> i think facebook is right here, and largely the reason why twitter decided to get out of the political ads is a financial and not a moral one. they only made $3 million last election cycle which is basically a rounding error. of all the online ad revenue that there is in politics. this is an embarrassingly low number for a company that is arguably the most political social network in the world. taylor: jason, your thoughts? >> i think both company's approaches are actually problematic. what we're seeing here is a certain abdication of their responsibility. this is an issue that we have dealt with other forms of media for decades. what we are lacking is a legislative and regulatory approach to provide some guardrails for social media paid advertising. lo

in d.c., we are joined by jason rosenbaum.hillary clinton's digital ad director and a member of google's political ads team. i have tim cameron, ceo of flexpoint media. prior to that, the chief digital officer for the national republican senatorial committee. i will start with you both, ask the same question. tim, i will start with you. your take on facebook versus twitter. who is right? tim: i think facebook is right. largely the reason why twitter decided to get off political ads isn't a moral one, it is a financial one. they only made $3 million last election cycle which is basically a rounding error of all the online ad revenue that there is in politics. this is an embarrassingly low number for a company that is arguably the most political social network in the world. taylor: jason, your thoughts? jason: i think both companies' approaches are actually problematic. what we are seeing here is a certain abdication of their responsibility, and this is an issue that we dealt with other forms of media for decades. what we are la