Zuckerberg testimony reveals lawmaker confusion on Facebook
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, BARBARA ORTUTAY and DAVID HAMILTON, MARY CLARE JALONICK, BARBARA ORTUTAY and DAVID HAMILTON, Associated Press
Published: April 11, 2018, 3:35pm
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Life-sized cutouts depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wearing “Fix Fakebook” T-shirts are displayed by advocacy group, Avaaz, on the South East Lawn of the Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday ahead of Zuckerberg’s appearance before a Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees joint hearing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Photo Gallery
WASHINGTON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged Wednesday that regulation of social media companies is “inevitable” and disclosed that his own personal information has been compromised by malicious outsiders. But after two days of congressional testimony, what seemed clear was how little Congress seems to know about Facebook, much less what to do about it.
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