Mark Zuckerberg Testimony: Day 2 Brings Tougher Questioning
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Highlights From Zuckerberg’s Testimony
Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee pressed Facebook’s chief executive on data privacy, security and political bias on the social media platform.Published OnApril 11, 2018CreditImage by Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press
By Cecilia Kang, Tiffany Hsu, Kevin Roose, Natasha Singer and Matthew Rosenberg
April 11, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire founder and chief executive of Facebook, faced a much tougher crowd on the House side of Capitol Hill in his second day of congressional testimony.
Over the two days, there were nearly 10 hours of hearings, during which almost 100 lawmakers grilled Mr. Zuckerberg.
While Tuesday’s Senate hearing contained tough questions, the lawmakers were generally deferential to the executive. That was less the case in the House, where lawmakers repeatedly interrupted Mr. Zuckerberg and chided him for not answering questions to their satisfaction.
Lawmakers on both side of the aisle on Wednesday pushed Mr. Zuckerberg on his company’s handling of user data. They were particularly focused on the platform’s privacy settings, which put the onus on users to protect their privacy. He was also asked about:
• Whether the social network should be regulated.
• What Russians did on Facebook during the 2016 election.
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• Whether the social network had a liberal bias.
• What Facebook ultimately is as it has grown into a global behemoth.
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