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[08:00:00] KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR: ... face multiple investigations, their CEOs have a lot to answer for.
Getting kicked out, U.K.-based Russian diplomats are on their way to Moscow fallout from a suspected nerve agent attack on a former spy.
And a bold speech, China's Xi Jinping solidifies his grip on power, and says not a single inch of land will be given up.
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LU STOUT: Head lawmakers and regulators from the U.S., the U.K., and the E.U. all have tough questions for Facebook, and the data firm Cambridge
Analytica.
Now, near the top of the list is Facebook doing enough to protect user privacy. And what are companies doing with all that personal information
once they get their hands on it.
There are now several investigations into Facebook over the use of its user data after a whistleblower said that Cambridge Analytica used the
information from 50 million Facebook users to try to influence voters during the U.S. presidential election.
It says it didn't do that, but the U.S. and the U.K. are also investigating that data firm. Now, Cambridge Analytica is data and communications
company. It has offices all of the world, in London, Washington, New York, Sao Paulo, even Kuala Lumpur. The company says they can change audience
behavior by analyzing data, achieving greater influence for its business and political customers. High-profile clients include Donald Trump, Ted
Cruz, and the Ben Carson campaign.
So let's get the very latest now, and the fallow up for Facebook, and all of these investigations. Isa Soares joins us live from London. And, Isa,
first the British investigations into Facebook, and Cambridge Analytica, what's the latest?
ISA SOARES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kristie. Pressure is without a doubt mounting in both sides of the Atlantic and here in the U.K. Pressure is
mounting on Cambridge Analytica.
Their office is just behind me to answer questions -- critical questions that you pointed out there is how exactly will they require, was consent
given from those 50 million Facebook users?
And crucially how exactly -- what exactly did they do with that data if they indeed got it from third party as we have been told, as the
whistleblower had say, well, in the last 24 hours or so, the Chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Damian Collins, a well-known MP
has called on Alexander Nix, the CEO of Cambridge Analytica to face parliamentary questions again and inquiry.
He has faced about a month or so ago when he said to the committee that he never used data to -- he denied using, working with, or having any sort of
Facebook data. They also want Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook to appear for questioning to all these questions they have regarding that 50
million data.
While this is all happening, Kristie, the company is also been hit with emergency data seizure order, and we know that a warrant is expected to be
issued today for authorities to see some of the hard drives and some of the data here to really ascertain exactly what was going on.
This is a dramatic turn of events. Of course for Cambridge Analytica, a company who boasted of course about standing behind Donald Trump on winning
the crucial 2016 election.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
SOARES: I first met the CEO of Cambridge Analytica, Alexander Nix, nine days before the U.S. presidential election in 2016. And I'm confident that
he can get inside the mind of American voters by predicting, and then attempting to alter their behavior.
ALEXANDER NIX, CEO, CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA: I think it is extremely robust, and proven to be so time and again.
SOARES: His data helped this man win, U.S. President Donald Trump, who paid multimillion dollars for them to work their magic. But behind their
winning method is more than just data crunching. It's a massive data grab, so says their former contractor now turned whistleblower Chris Wiley.
CHRIS WILEY, FORMER CONTRACTOR, CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA: We spent almost $1 million doing this. It wasn't some tiny pilot project, it was that the
core of what Cambridge Analytica became. It allowed us to move into the hearts and minds of American voters in a way that have never been done.
SOARES: And this is what Wiley says they did. Cambridge Analytica received data from a third-party, Professor Alexander Kogan, based at
University of Cambridge who was able to gather data on tens of millions of Americans through Facebook. And then using or survey placed on Facebook,
they asked users to take a personality test.
The answers grew people under personality types. They combined it with voter history, what they buy, where they shop, and what they want on T.V.
And that enabled them to predict the personality of every adult in the United States, and then target them with specific political ads.
[08:05:03] But it goes further, by opting into these Facebook surveys, each user was actually giving not just the data, but many of their Facebook
friends.
WILEY: He was a grossly, unethical experiment because you are playing with an entire country, the psychology of an entire country without their
consent or awareness.
SOARES: Speaking to the U.K. parliament committee on data protection of fake news back in February, Cambridge Analytica denied they've violated
Facebook's terms.
NIX: We do not work with Facebook data, and we do not have Facebook data. We do use Facebook as a platform to advertise, as do all brands and many --
most agencies, or all agencies, I should say, and we use Facebook as a means to gather data.
SOARES: The attention now turns to Facebook and how it reportedly allowed the data breach on this scale.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: As I have said from the beginning...
SOARES: And more importantly, how it was used to reach and influence voters ahead of the 2016 presidential election. In a statement, Facebook
said the claim that this is the data breach is completely false, and that those involved certified they had destroyed the data.
Meanwhile, it says it's suspending the accounts of Chris Wiley, Cambridge Analytica, as well as Professor Alexander Kogan, who did not respond to our
request for comment, if anything is shining the light of the dark art of political advertising.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
SOARES: And in the last hour or so, Kristie, we've heard from Cambridge Analytica who were basically told CNN that they've never used Facebook data
in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Kristie.
LU STOUT: Cambridge Analytica's response there. It is under scrutiny as is Facebook. And a bigger question about, should there be more regulation.
Is this scandal going to push not just Facebook, but Google, Twitter and others big tech names into the regulatory spotlight?
SOARES: Without a doubt. And I'm sure would have heard what happened in the last 24 hours, its expose that was shown. Yesterday, Channel 4 News --
another expose that is expected to be shown today again on Channel 4 News. And then this expose, undercover reporter posing as a potential Sri Lankan
client, Kristie, who wanted the services of Cambridge Analytica in upcoming elections, and over series of meetings with senior executives at Cambridge
Analytica, including its CEO Alexander Nix.
The company -- the company, Cambridge Analytica, went on to offer an array of dirty tricks there that they can play in order to swing the elections,
in order to bring votes, everything from honey trap sending beautiful Ukrainian girls they said to operate such (ph) things.
Also they said offering bribery to discredit politicians and said they could send someone, a property expert to offer money in exchange for land.
They could film that, and use that against politicians.
But what is really interesting in what they said, they didn't work in the subject of fake news. But they did say and I am quoting it here, it
doesn't have to be true, it just has to be believed.
So, the idea of creating and promoting fake news, and at the very crop of the Modus Operandi it seems from this expose last night is this idea that
you really just have to play into people's hopes, and exploit their hopes, as well, as their fears. Take a listen.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The two fundamental human drivers when it comes to taking information on board effectively are hopes and fears, and many of
those are unspoken and even unconscious -- you didn't know that was a fear until you saw something that just evoked that reaction from you.
And our job is to get -- is to drop the bucket further down the well than anybody else to understand what are those really deep-seated underlying
fears, concerns. It's no good fighting an election campaign on the facts because actually it's all about emotion.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
SOARES: Well, Cambridge Analytica, Kristie, has sent CNN a statement really rejecting all the allegations on that Channel 4 report. It went on
to say that the report is edited.
They say the words are scripted into grossly misrepresent the nature of the conversations that really took place. They say that theyir executives --
and I am quoting here, entertained series of ludicrous, hypothetical scenarios.
Now, its CEO Alexander Nix said he is aware of how it looks, but simply not the case. When the reporter that was posing as Sri Lankan client, turned
the conversion to entrapment and corruption, the executives -- and I am quoting, left with great concerns and did meet -- did not meet with him
again. Now, Nix went on to add and this is what he said.
[08:10:00] I must emphatically state that Cambridge Analytica does not condone, or engage in an entrapment, bribes, or so-called honey traps, and
does not use untrue material for any purpose.
I should've recognized where the prospective client was taking that conversation, and ended the relationship soon, Kristie, and there seems to
be more of expose -- further expose later on today, looking at Cambridge Analytica, and its ties to the U.S. President Donald Trump. Kristie.
LU STOUT: It is an incredible expose just this murky world or manipulating our hopes and fears on social media platforms like Facebook. Isa Soares
reporting live for us. Thank you so much and take care.
A former contractor for Cambridge Analytica blew the whistle on the company, you saw on that report, and he described how the firm used
Facebook data to target voters in the 2016 presidential election. Allegations that the company denies saying it never use that information.
He told CNN, Cambridge Analytica tested Donald Trump's talking points for his presidential campaign even before Mr. Trump announced he was running.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
WILEY: Knowing the research that I was working on at the time, we were looking at, you know, things like draining the swamp. We were looking at
imagery of walls, and how people engage with that -- with that concept.
We were looking at, you know, suspicions about the deep state. We were looking at all kinds of things that at the time, you know, in 2014 when it
sounded slightly fringe or crazy for any political candidate to go on, but what we're finding were, you know, cohort of Americans who really responded
to some of those things.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Right.
WILEY: And this all got fed back to Steve Bannon, you know. And then, right after I left, Cambridge Analytica started meeting with Corey
Lewandowski who later became Trump's campaign manager at the Trump Organization in New York, before Trump even announced that he was going to
run.
So for some reason you got Cambridge Analytica who was working for Ted Cruz at the time going to the Trump organization in New York, meeting with Corey
Lewandowski for some reason before Trump has even announced.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
LU STOUT: Chris Wiley there. And this is just the latest accusation to hit Facebook over how influential it is. Wired Magazine did recently in-
depth report on how the conversation on fake news during the 2016 presidential election was a wake-up call for Facebook. And Editor-in-Chief
Nick Thompson described the atmosphere inside the company.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
NICK THOMPSON, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, WIRED: The picture we got from all the people we talked to was that a company that just wasn't prepared for what
happened. They kind of coast it along for most of their existence believing that what's good for Facebook is what's good for the world.
And then suddenly, that belief was kind of crushed as they saw what happened during the American election, they saw Russian manipulation, and
they saw use the platforms being out of control in certain ways.
But what we also learned while e working on it is that there is a very real sense that Facebook is now taking this seriously in taking steps in the
right direction.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LU STOUT: This recent scrutiny over Facebook's ability to protect user data centered shares plummeting on Monday. The company closed down nearly
7 percent, wiping some $37 billion off its value. This is the company's biggest drop in four years, and there could be a further fall later on
Tuesday.
Now, 23 Russian diplomats are beginning an exodus. They are leaving Britain, and they are returning to Russia. The British Prime Minister
Theresa May expelled them last week in response to the use of a Russian nerve agent on British soil. Russia and British tensions are rising in the
wake of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury earlier this month.
Now for more, Melissa Bell is in Salisbury. She joins us now live. And, Melissa, let's first talk about the investigation -- the OPCW is now
involved. What does it bring to the table?
MELISSA BELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it is going to bring out once it reports, once it has looked at these samples credibility to Putin's claim
because in the time being, we have London's analysis of these samples that were collected here in the center of Salisbury with all the various places
that the Skripals visited on March 4th, the day that they were found poisoned here in the town center.
But it was essential that these representatives of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons get access. Now, we're told that that
investigation is going to take some time.
They arrived here at Porton Down, just outside Salisbury, that specialist, military facility where the samples are stored, they then get to take the
samples onto labs of their choosing in order independently to verify the substance involved.
But that process, Kristie, is going to take at least two weeks and possibly longer. So we're going to have to wait some time to get the result of that
investigation.
The parallel investigation that's going on of course is the one that's being led by the British authorities, that criminal investigation into
precisely how the poison was administered to the Skripals, and that we are being by police is an investigation that could take perhaps not weeks, but
months.
[08:15:02] So even as we wait for these two investigations to conclude, we're already seeing, in a very physical way today, the whole diplomatic
fallout of these now, which has, of course, escalated over the course of last week.
It was last Wednesday that Theresa May announced the expulsion of these 23 Russian diplomats. They have now begun their journey back to Moscow,
Kristie, on buses that have left the embassy -- the Russian embassy in London.
Twenty-three diplomats, but of course with their families, we're hearing that's about 80 people, and Russian news agency TASS is saying that a
special Aeroflot plane is going to be taking them back to Moscow.
LU STOUT: Melissa Bell reporting live from Salisbury, thank you.
Now, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has voluntarily turned himself into police for questioning. A French Court Official says it is part of
the inquiry to his 2007 election campaign which allegedly received funds from former Libyan Dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Mr. Sarkozy has previously
denied receiving illicit funds describing the allegations as in his words, grotesque.
The U.S. has announced major military drills to South Korea and they will begin soon. But does it risk antagonizing the North, ahead of those
proposed talks that could prove crucial? We'll get the latest from Seoul.
And fighting words, the Chinese President promises to take on his country's enemies. We got that coming up.
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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong. Welcome back, this is News Stream.
Now, the U.S. State of Texas is on edge after a fifth explosion rocked a FedEx facility just hours ago. Officials say a package reportedly
containing nails and shrapnel exploded outside of San Antonio.
The FBI tells CNN, they suspect it is connected to four other bombings in the Austin area this month. Police believe a serial bomber is behind these
attacks that have killed two people.
The first three devices were concealed in packages, and left on people's doorsteps, but the fourth was left on a residential street, and exploded
when it was triggered by a tripwire. Austin's Police Chief says that attack shows a higher level of skill by the bomb maker.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CHIEF BRIAN MANLEY, AUSTIN, TEXAS, POLICE DEPARTMENT: We do believe that it is the same person based on the components that are comprising these
explosive devices across all four that we've had so far. So we do believe that this is the same person or persons that are involved in these.
And using the tripwire on this one, the first three felt as if they were targeting a specific residence, and possibly a specific person the way this
fourth device was placed in a neighborhood, and left with a tripwire to really injure the person who randomly came across.
[08:20:05] It was very different than the ones that targeted in the first three.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LU STOUT: Hundreds of federal and local investigators are working the case. And so far, there is no word on a motive for these bombings.
The U.S. has announced major military drills to South Korea are due to begin just weeks before those potential talks between Donald Trump and
North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un. The annual military operation is to start April 1st, involving about 300,000 troops.
North Korea has long considered the exercises to be a provocation. So, what effect could they have on those all-important talks between the
leaders?
Well, CNN's David McKenzie is in Seoul for us. He joins us now live. And, David, the drills, why are they back on, and what impact could they have on
those potential talks?
DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, I think if they cancel the drills entirely, it would've send a certain message that the Americans
and South Koreans are not going to interscend (ph) at the stage.
But if you look at the subtle and some not-so-subtle signs, it appears that they are going to be, at least according to the South Koreans, shorter than
usual.
They will still involve thousands of troops of course, and combine these war games on the ground, and the virtual games as well, sort of scenario
planning.
But it does seem like they're trying to underpay them this year as compared to what they would have in years past. So it's worth remembering the South
Korean National Security Advisor saying -- or the equivalent of that position saying that Kim Jong-un said he believes that these were just
regular drills, and you can understand them.
That's a huge turnaround from years past when he would say that they are provocation and launched missiles during the same period. So it seems
everyone's trying to downplay this. And the real focus is the diplomacy which they are hoping to happen in the next few months. Kristie.
LU STOUT: Everyone was trying to downplay this. Is this because of anticipated reaction from Pyongyang, and what will that be?
MCKENZIE: Well, yes. That is because they would anticipated they went very big on it, and gave it a lot of publicity, and exposure, and invited a
journalist to witness this, and report on it directly that it might provoke Kim Jong-un to turn his back on these possible talks.
But it does show, as I already described, that they are trying to ease off perhaps on the symbolism of these. There were already delayed because of
the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and there is also those general charm offensive going from South Korea.
They are sending at least 160 people, and many of them top pop stars, K-pop stars heading to Pyongyang late this month, and early into next month for
at least two concerts.
So that's kind of soft power pop propaganda one might say over the South Koreans and it's just another step towards kind of softening the mood ahead
of that all important meeting between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un, and later with President Trump and Kim Jong-un that is proposed for May.
Kristie.
LU STOUT: Interesting. The soft power and hard power on display into those anticipated talks. David McKenzie reporting live from Seoul, thank
you.
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula were not the focus for China's President on Tuesday. But Xi Jinping, he had a tough message. In a major speech, he
called for China to take its position in the world, and he warned China's enemies would face a bloodied battle. Matt Rivers has more from Beijing.
MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, if the majority of Xi Jinping's first term was all about laying the groundwork for his ascension
to new heights then the last six months or so has really been all about taking concrete steps to both formalize and institutionalize his complete
dominance over the Chinese political system.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
RIVERS: A confident President Xi Jinping takes center stage at the closing ceremony of the annual session of China's Rubber-Stamp Parliament. The
National People's Congress, days earlier, had removed presidential term limits from the country's constitution paving the way for Xi to stay in
power likely for as long as he wants.
Now the undisputed paramount ruler of nearly 1.4 billion people, Xi speaks in familiar terms on the ruling Communist Party's absolute control over the
country with his nationalistic message on Taiwan, attracting the loudest applause.
XI JINPING, CHINA'S PRESIDENT (through a translator): All acts and tricks to split the motherland are doomed to fail.
(APPLAUSE)
JINPING (through a translator): Every inch of our great motherland's territory cannot be separated from China.
RIVERS: It could also be a message to U.S. President Donald Trump who just signed a bill into law that encourages more U.S. government visits to
Taiwan, a self-governed island that Beijing regard as a break away province.
An amid increasing tensions between Washington and Beijing over trade, and America's growing suspicion over China's global ambitions, Mr. Xi brushes
off such concerns.
[08:25:09] JINPING (through a translator): We will insist on taking a path of peaceful development. And China's development won't pose a threat to
any other countries. Only people who are used to threatening others will find everyone else threatening.
But this year's Chinese parliament session has been all about Xi, and his further consolidation of power, and how he plans to use it. Pollution,
financial risk, and corruption are among his top priorities.
And just in the past few days, Xi launched a massive reorganization of government agencies, and created a super agency dedicated to fighting
corruption, and strategy that critics say he has used in the past to clear the party of potential rivals.
Xi's potential path towards lifelong one-man rule seems to have begun last October, and his name was enshrined in the party's constitution.
Now with a propaganda blitz building a personality cult around him, and removal of term limits, President Xi appears determined to realize his
vision of, quote, national rejuvenation.
JINPING (through a translator): Our goal is by mid-century, we will build our country into a prosperous, powerful, democratic, civilized, harmonious,
and beautiful modern socialist nation.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
RIVERS: And, Kristie, the consistent line from Xi's supporters is that a strong leader like the President is needed during tumultuous times, but
critics would immediately counter that by saying that that is just an excuse for the rise of a new dictatorship here in China, one with major
consequences for the rest of the world. Kristie.
LU STOUT: Matt Rivers there reporting from Beijing.
Now, in India, handmade textiles have a long and rich history. Ornate fabrics are popular in the courts of kings and rulers, and for centuries
religious worship found expression through sacred cloths. Destination India visits the city of Varanasi to explore the complex craft of self-
weaving.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The city of Varanasi has a sense of timelessness. I will call the city of Varanasi, Banaras because that is how the local call
us. And then, one thing that is unique at Banaras, it's their sense of time, in the city, in the people, in the way we make our craft.
Banaras is known for the hand-made crafts. And the reason for that also happens to be there on the crossroad of the big trade routes in India.
Various fabric, various traditions came here, and people here adapted themselves.
We are on the north part of Banaras, and this is where the magic of the Banaras textile happens. And people are predominantly Muslim and they
produced the finest fabrics of the Banaras in this region.
The final stage of the weaving where the yarn is stretched and is checked, and after this, the wrappers (ph) roll onto a beam, so we are checking each
thread (ph). It is the last stage before the wool (ph) goes in the loom.
In Banaras, majority of the looms are pit loom, one of the reasons for this (inaudible) humidity. When it becomes very dry, then the yarn becomes very
difficult to handle. Then there are different techniques of weaving, one would be embroidery technique, and the other is a throwing technique, where
you throw from end to end of the salvage of the fabric, you throw the web (ph).
I think the key factor in fine weaving is that the weaver has to have to patience. It's very meditative practice, because firstly, you are not
looking at the front of the fabric, you are looking at the front of the fabric.
So you will never know how the front is happening (ph). And you are weaving in such a slow speed at those handlooms. So to be a weaver is to
be good at meditations.
The most important thing we have to remember is from the moment we are born to the moment we die, we interact with the fabric. We are always in
constant contact with a piece of fabric. That is the importance of the fabric in our life.
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LU STOUT: You are watching News Stream. And still to come, the personal information of 50 million Facebook users exploited for campaign politics.
And now, lawmakers are demanding answers.
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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN NEWS STREAM SHOW HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching "News Stream" and these are your world headlines.
The U.K. government is seeking a warrant to conduct an on-site investigation of Cambridge Analytica, a company that provides data analysis
during elections. The company denies it used information from 50 million Facebook users to try to influence the U.S. presidential election. Facebook
is also under fire over failing to protect user data.
Twenty-three expelled Russian diplomats are leaving the U.K. today. This video shows them leaving the Russian Embassy in London on their way to the
airport. This happened a short time ago. Britain announced the expulsion after the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in England.
The Kremlin denies it was behind the attack.
The world's last northern male white rhino has died due to age-related complications. The beloved 45-year-old Sudan is survived by his daughter
and granddaughter. Scientists hope his genetic material can be used with the two remaining females to continue the species.
Let's return to our top story. Allegations that Facebook is not protecting its users' private information are raising deep concerns by U.S. lawmakers.
Democratic Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Wyden accuses Cambridge Analytica of using Facebook to, quote, weaponize detailed
psychological profiles against tens of millions of Americans.
Wyden is also asking Facebook to answer a list of questions by April the 13th and they include the following: How many incidents during the past 10
years is Facebook aware of in which third parties collected or processed user data in violation of Facebook's Platform Policies?
Wyden then asked Zuckerberg to describe each incident, the number of users whose information was collected and misused, and what steps Facebook took
to remedy the violation?
Regarding the data downloaded, he also asked this: Has Facebook make any attempt to identify the 50 million users affected and inform those users
that their information was collected and misused? And if not, why not?
Let's get the very latest now from CNN's Samuel Burke. He joins us now live from Miami, Florida. Samuel, good to see you. Thank you for joining us. A
number of investigations happening. We got the update from London with Isa Soares top of the hour, but stateside, what is the latest on the
investigation in the U.S. into Facebook and Cambridge Analytica?
SAMUEL BURKE, CNN BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS CORRESPONDENT: What's really interesting here, Kristie, is kind of the contrast that we are
seeing between the United States and the United Kingdom, a contrast that is not surprising at all.
[08:35:06] You're talking about multiple politicians here in the U.S. calling for all different types of inquiry, hearing, testimony from Mark
Zuckerberg. Nobody is speaking with one voice.
This is what often happens with technology problems here in the United States. You got the Judiciary Committee saying one thing. You have the
House Intelligence Committee issuing another statement.
But if you contrast that with what's happening in the United Kingdom right now, Cambridge Analytica had said we'll submit ourselves to a forensic
audit digitally by Facebook. Facebook goes in to do that.
And then you have a body dedicated to just this type of issue in the United Kingdom say no, no, no, we deal with data, we would like to get a warrant
and go in and do that.
What you see here is the major contrast between Europe and the United States in how we deal with data, really showing itself now, and we'll have
to see if those bodies that exist in Europe will do a good job of going forward and possibly a better job than here in the United States where you
don't have that single voice, that single government agency looking after data and trying to chase data in this case.
LU STOUT: Let's talk about the fallout. We have been seeing the fallout from Washington D.C. American lawmakers pushing back. The fallout on the
market shares and Facebook plummeting overnight. What about the fallout among users of Facebook? I understand you have been monitoring a certain
hashtag that is gaining momentum.
BURKE: Yes, there are a couple of hashtags out there. "Delete Facebook" is one of those hashtags. If we just put up a chart from a group called
"Keyhole," they basically look at hashtags and track them. You can see an incredible spike there.
I want to be clear, we are only talking about a few hundred people using that hashtag, but the comparison is very stark. You look in the days
before, not many people. Now all of a sudden, you take that hashtag and then you connect it with the stock pricing, you realize investors are very
nervous, Kristie.
Facebook has to be very nervous. We have heard from people within the company that say this is a PR nightmare. It makes me think back to Uber and
some of the sexual harassment allegations, problems people had that caused the hashtag "Delete Uber" to trend on Twitter.
People said it didn't really have any effect. Later on, we saw data that showed that it actually did have a major effect. This is what striving the
stock price down. This is why Mark Zuckerberg lost $5 billion in his network. We are not talking about cast, we are talking about stock price,
but it has to give the company jitters.
LU STOUT: Yes, Facebook under fire because of crisis of trust. Samuel Burke, reporting live for us. Thank you so much, Samuel. Take care.
You're watching "News Stream." still ahead, we are going to meet a young innovator who is working to give prosthetic limbs a human touch. Tomorrow's
hero is next.
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LU STOUT: There is breaking news from St. Mary's County, the U.S. state of Maryland. The school district there just released a statement saying that
there is a school shooting. A school shooting taking place at Great Mills High School that is about two hours outside of Washington D.C. The school
is currently on locked down. Officials say the event is contained. The sheriff's office is on the scene.
[08:40:00] It is not clear, the number of casualties, if there are any. Now, the school district says that there will be more information to follow
and of course we will offer that to you right here on CNN.
Over the next two weeks, CNN is telling the stories of young scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors in a new special series. Their inspiring
innovations will surely make a difference in improving our environment, health, and communities.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta introduces us to one of tomorrow's heroes. He is trying to make sci-fi a reality when it comes to prosthetic limbs.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Human skin keeps the body warm when it's cold and cool when it's hot. It's one of the most vital
organs in our body. But when you lose a limb like an arm, for example, you also lose all of its sensory features, right? But perhaps not anymore.
After our tomorrow's hero Benjamin Tee's discovery, prosthetic limbs may soon be able to experience that real human touch.
BENJAMIN TEE, SCIENTIST AND INNOVATOR: My name is Benjamin Tee. I'm from Singapore and I'm 35 years old. And I am a scientist and innovator in the
field of electronic skins.
Electronic skin is really a recreation of some of the amazing capabilities that human skin offers us. Basically it is a substrate that can sense the
environment really well just like your skin and the whole idea is to be able to advance robotics and provide them with the sense of touch. It
allows us to be so dexterous and creative.
When I was a kid at about seven years, I was really inspired when I watched the "Star Wars" trilogy. They had a robotic assistant inspect Luke
Skywalker's hand that he lost in a fight. And the hand had complete sensation. When a robot pokes it, he is able to react. This is something
that today's prosthetic hand is unable to achieve.
We talked to patients and people that have unfortunately lost their hands or even their legs. When they use a normal prosthetic, they are unable to
feel and this really affects their daily activities.
I spent a decade actually thinking about this problem. At first, it is not so easy. I started in 2008. People are just starting to think about how we
can solve this problem, and we have to work at very new materials. We have to develop new materials.
The greatest challenge is, can we create artificial regional skin? We have multiple brainstorming sessions to see how we can achieve that.
I really think we are very close. We have now developed platform technology that can enable sensors to rebuilt on any skill (ph) you want. So it could
be over the entire body of a robot or it could be as small as in the area of your fingertip.
We try always (ph) to change scientific -- science fiction to scientific reality. Quite frankly, kudos to the science fiction writers. They have
done an excellent job of envisioning our future. But we are the ones putting how to make that a reality.
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