Opening Bell: January 2, 2018

Tech stocks kick off the year, trying to rebound from issues that range from fake news to missed production goals. How are Facebook, Apple, Tesla, and more poised to kick off 2018? Plus how Germany is cracking down on hate speech on social media. We talk to The Daily Dot's Philip Tracy about the country's new regulations against Facebook. And on the latest episode of "The Long and the Short", we recap the holiday retail season and the best and worst IPOs of the year.

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