I think Zuckerburg accounted well for himself, for the most part. On the whole, I think the Dems have legit concerns about Facebook's use of data and people's right to privacy. [penis] Durbin's (D-IL) questioning Zuck to name the hotel he was staying at, or to list people he'd recently messaged might have been the biggest highlight of Zuck's 5-hour testimony. Both Markey's (D-MA) pointed questioning and disagreement with Zuck's unwilliness to agree to a Privacy Bill of Rights for minors age 16 and below was powerful. I think that while many of the GOP share many of the same concerns, its secondary to their sentiment that Facebook is politically biased toward the left, even at the intentional stifling and censorship of conservative opinions on their platform, and they see this inquiry as an opportunity to not only grill Facebook about this, but will use it to urge regulation to prevent it. Ted Cruz asked partisan but fair questions and which not only made Zuck squirm a bit, but put his personal testimony at odds with many of Facebook's actions and policies. It was a telling exchange. Graham's questioning on the need for regulation was quite good, and Zuck stepped in it, seeming to concede to a few points which his legal counsel / team might have not only advised against, but would like forcefully oppose, if Congress attempts to implement them. The question of online privacy, and the accumulation, use and sale of that data, is going to be fast-tracked now, IMO, and I'm not at all sure how that will mesh and balance between the dual ideals of a free market, private enterprise and free speech.
Zuck basically lived every young person’s nightmare. Trying go explain how tech things work to our country’s old people.
If Facebook has a lean, it’s because it was started as a platform between university students, first at universities with a left lean (though many would say all universities a have a left lean.) Then, in order to grow, it added features that attracted those individuals from those left leaning institutions, in the way any great business would do. Ted Cruz and his type people absolutely seek government interference in private business, because he knows he is a dying breed, and the only way to slow the death is to limit communication.
Online privacy has a just a great a likelihood of being killed by government intervention to save it than it does being left alone in my ignorant opinion. Anyone who thought the facebook wasn't dealing in your personal information from the first few moments of looking at the site needs to buy some ocean view property I have in the hills of east alabama.
The government needs to stay the hell out of it. Regulations isn’t going to do anything but stifle competition and give the appearance of doing something
Facebook censors conservative views? Myth busted, my stream is bombarded with it. Don't confuse removing fake stories with conservatism. Though there is a lot of overlap
It was the trending news stories that were supposedly culled, per an accusation from a former employee.
If all elected officials, regardless of party or ideology, approached their job as he did, DC would be a much different and better place.
So one guy of 20 doing that task, a few years ago, who was removed for it. And thr company revamped their whole process after. Super biased.
He seems to be getting hammered; conservatives angry over a perceived bias and democrats who want more regulation.