we didn't take a broad enough view of
our responsibility and that was a big
mistake and it was my mistake and I'm
sorry I started Facebook I run it and
I'm responsible for what happens here
mr. Zuckerberg would you be comfortable
sharing with us the name of the hotel
you stayed in last night know if you've
messaged anybody this week would you
share with us the names of the people
you've messaged a senator no I would
probably not choose to do that publicly
here I think that maybe what this is all
about your right to privacy the limits
of your right to privacy and how much
you give away in modern America in the
name of quote connecting people around
the world who's your biggest competitor
senator we have a lot of competitors
who's your biggest the other tech
platforms so Google Apple Amazon
Microsoft we overlap with them in
different ways isn't an alternative to
Facebook in the private sector yes
senator the average American uses 8
different apps ok communicate with their
friends and stay in touch with people
ranging from tablet apps to email
service you provide well we do provide a
number of differences clitter the same
as what you do it overlaps with a port
you don't think you have a monopoly all
right certainly doesn't feel like that
to me ok which are you are you a tech
company or you the world's largest
publisher do we feel a responsibility
for the content on our platform the
answer to that I think is clearly yes
and but I don't think that that's
incompatible with fundamentally yet at
our core being a technology company
where the main thing that we do is have
engineers and build products have you
ever drawn the line on selling data to
an advertiser it's actually one of the
most important parts of how Facebook
works is we do not sell data advertisers
do not get access to people's individual
data
have you ever collected the content of
phone calls or messages through any
Facebook application or service
senator I don't believe we've ever
collected the content of phone calls we
have an app called messenger that allows
people to message their mostly their
Facebook friends did you or senior
leadership do an inquiry to find out who
at Facebook had this information and did
they not have a discussion about whether
or not the users should be informed back
in December of 2015
senator in retrospect I think we clearly
view it as a mistake that we didn't
inform people and we did that based on
false information that we thought that
the case was closed
and that the data had been deleted so
there was a decision made on that basis
not to inform the users is that correct
that's my understanding yes do you know
when that Congress when that decision
was made not to inform the users I don't
how much revenue did Facebook earn from
the user engagement that resulted from
foreign propaganda
well senator what we do know is that the
IRA the internet research agency the the
Russian firm ran about a hundred
thousand dollars worth of ads I can't
say that we've identified all of the
foreign actors who are involved here so
I I can't say that that's all of the
money but that is what we have
identified okay mr. Zuckerberg I come in
peace I don't want to vote to have to
regulate Facebook but my god I will but
that a lot of that depends on you and I
say this in gently
your User Agreement sucks
the purpose that User Agreement is to
cover Facebook's rear end it's not to
inform your users about their rights now
you know that and I know that are you
willing to go back and and work on on
giving me a greater right to erase my
data senator you can already delete any
of the data that's there or we don't
need to expand that work on expanding
that senator I think we already do what
you're referring to but certainly we're
always working on trying to make these
controls easier are you willing to
expand my right to know who you're
sharing my data with senator we already
give you a list of apps that that you're
using and you signed into those yourself
and provided affirmative consent right
as I've said before I don't share any
datum that User Agreement are you
willing to expand my right to prohibit
you from sharing my dad senator again I
believe that you already have that
control so I mean I think people have
that that full control in the system
already today if we're not communicating
this clearly then that's a big thing
that we should work on I assume
Facebook's been served as subpoenas for
the special counselor's office is that
correct yes if you were anyone at
Facebook but interviewed by the special
counsels office yes have you been
interviewed I have not I have not others
have I believe so and I want to be
careful here because that our work with
the special counsel is confidential and
I want to make sure that in an open
session I'm not revealing something
that's confidential