Dem compares Zuckerberg to J. Edgar Hoover: Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) said during day two of Zuckerberg's hearings on Capitol Hill that the FBI and local police "maliciously" tricked organizations and individuals into participating in a counterintelligence program known as COINTELPRO. He said participants "tracked and shared" information about civil rights activists, including their political, social and religious affiliations. "I was personally a victim of COINTELPRO. Your organization, your methodology, in my opinion is similar," Rush told Zuckerberg. More on the exchange here. GOP rep blasts Zuckerberg over opioids: In another remarkable exchange, Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) took Zuckerberg to task for what he says are widespread opioid sales on the tech platform. "Your platform is still being used to circumvent the law, and allow people to buy highly addictive drugs without a prescription," McKinley told Zuckerberg. "With all due respect, Facebook is actually enabling an illegal activity and, in so doing, you are hurting people. Would you agree with that statement?" the congressman asked. "I think that there are a number of areas of content that we need to do a better job policing on our service," Zuckerberg replied. More here. GOP rep defends Diamond and Silk: In another exchange, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) told Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday that popular pro-Trump vloggers Diamond and Silk are not terrorists. Blackburn defended the pair after their "content and brand" were deemed to be "unsafe" to the social media giant's community. Blackburn was only the latest GOP lawmaker to grill Zuckerberg on what some see as bias against conservative speech. Scorecard: Zuckerberg was contrite during his second day of testimony but also offered a strong defense of his company and its policies. And he repeatedly insisted that the company is doing enough to address user privacy in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Here are takeaways from the hearing from Harper and Morgan Chalfant: Zuckerberg kept his cool -- but isn't winning over everyone. Lawmakers might try to regulate Facebook. Zuckerberg left himself some wiggle room when asked about privacy legislation. Concerns are mounting that Facebook has a 'monopoly'. The FTC investigation into whether the Cambridge Analytica breach violated a consent decree could be bad for Facebook. Click here for more on the five takeaways. Also ICYMI, here's our take on yesterday's hearing. The New York Times fact-checked Zuckerberg's first day of testimony. The Washington Post has a transcript of Zuckerberg's first day of testimony. Recode breaks down Facebook's ad-targeting system Zuckerberg's notes suggest he expected lawmakers to ask him if he would resign. The public relations effort though is far from over for Facebook... POLL FINDS FACEBOOK USERS WORRIED ABOUT CAMBRIDGE SCANDAL: A new Gallup poll has found that 43 percent of users are worried about their privacy online, an uptick over since 2011. That year, 30 percent of Facebook users said they were concerned. In the latest survey, just 11 percent said they weren't concerned at all. Please send your tips, comments and Zuckerberg takes to Ali Breland (abreland@thehill.com) and Harper Neidig (hneidig@thehill.com) and follow us on Twitter: @alibreland and @hneidig. We're also on Signal and WhatsApp. Email or DM us for our numbers. |
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