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CONGRESS HAS BEEN ASKING HARD QUESTIONS OF MARK ZUCKERBERG. HE'S THE CEO OF A WEBSITE YOU MIGHT'VE HEARD OF, FACEBOOK. MUCH OF THE QUESTIONING CENTERS AROUND A RECENTLY ANNOUNCED LEAK OF FACEBOOK USER INFORMATION, TO A POLITICAL COMPANY DURING THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE DATA OF AS MANY AS 87 MILLION FACEBOOK USERS WAS EXPOSED, INCLUDING ZUCKERBERG'S OWN INFORMATION.
CONGRESSWOMAN: WAS YOUR DATA INCLUDED IN THE DATA SOLD TO THE MALICIOUS THIRD PARTIES?
MARK: YES.
RICK: EXPOSED INFORMATION INCLUDED DETAILS ABOUT PEOPLE'S FRIENDS AND WHAT THEY LIKE ON FACEBOOK. LAWMAKERS ARE CONCERNED THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INTERNET PRIVACY ON THE WEBSITE. INTERNET PRIVACY IS THE PROTECTION OF A USER'S PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM BEING ACCESSED BY OTHERS, OR USED BY COMPANIES WITHOUT A USER'S PERMISSION. YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT STAYING SAFE ON THE INTERNET BY CLICKING THE LINK ON OUR WEBSITE, RIGHT BENEATH THIS STORY.
SO, YOU MIGHT BE USED TO SEEING GEORGE WASHINGTON ON OUR QUARTERS, BUT WHEN YOU FLIP TO THE OTHER SIDE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF DIFFERENT DESIGNS. LAST WEDNESDAY, THE US MINT REVEALED ITS LATEST QUARTER DESIGN. A MINT IS A PLACE WHERE MONEY IS PRINTED, OR MAYBE COINED.
THE BRAND NEW QUARTER FEATURES THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE ON LAKE SUPERIOR, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE VERY TIP OF WISCONSIN. THE COIN DEPICTS A KAYAKER PADDLING NEAR THE SEA CAVES ON DEVIL'S ISLAND, WITH A LIGHTHOUSE IN THE BACKGROUND. THE DESIGNER SAYS HE HOPES WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT IT, THEY GET A SENSE OF CURIOSITY ABOUT THE AREA.
SOME TEENAGERS IN CALIFORNIA ARE PUTTING THEIR POLITICAL CURIOSITY INTO ACTION. 100,000 16 AND 17 YEAR OLDS HAVE PREREGISTERED TO VOTE IN THE GOLDEN STATE. SECRETARY OF STATE ALEX PADILLA ANNOUNCED THOSE NUMBERS LAST WEEK.
A LAW ENACTED IN 2016 GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP TO VOTE BEFORE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, BECAUSE OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T REALLY VOTE TILL YOU'RE 18. THE REGISTRATION, THOUGH, AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATES WHEN THE TEEN TURNS 18. PADILLA SAYS THE IMPACT OF RECENT EVENTS SUCH AS THE YOUTH-LED MARCH FOR OUR LIVES RALLY, HAS SERVED AS A MOTIVATOR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED.
LET'S GO ACROSS THE GLOBE TO CHINA. CREWS ARE BLOWING THINGS UP. THIS EXPLOSION, WELL IT ISN'T JUST COOL TO WATCH, IT SERVES A VERY IMPORTANT PURPOSE, TAKING CARE OF ICE JAMS BEFORE THEY OCCUR. EARLIER IN THE SEASON, WE TOLD YOU THAT RIVERS CLOGGED WITH TOO MUCH ICE CAN CAUSE DANGEROUS FLOODING. TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING, A HUGE ICE EXPLOSION WAS CONDUCTED ON THE AMUR RIVER ON THE CHINA-RUSSIA BORDER.