OPINION: Congress not up to the task of taking on Facebook
As I watched Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg go head-to-head with members of Congress, I couldn’t help but have the same reaction I have when I get a pointless chain email from an elderly relative.
The inclination to smile, shake your head indulgently, and hit the “delete” key was impossibly strong.
Because after watching lawmakers fumble their way through the questions they posed to Zuckerberg, who’d swapped his customary hoodie for what appeared to be his dad’s suit, it’s not clear the majority of them possess the baseline understanding of what Facebook does to responsibly regulate it.