Mark Zuckerberg Testified In Front Of Congress And Was Absolutely Roasted Online
"Deer. Headlights."
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg fronted US congress today to answer questions about the social media platform’s privacy protections in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And boy, did he look like he would rather have been literally anywhere else.
Zuckerberg’s testimony came as the world continues to grapple with the revelation that Cambridge Analytica, a British-based political data firm with ties to Donald Trump’s election campaign, harvested the Facebook data of 87 million users without their knowledge.
“We didn’t take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake,” said Zuckerberg, stating the obvious. “It was my mistake, and I’m sorry. I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible for what happens here.”
He also said that the company would have “more than 20,000 people by the end of this year working on security and content review”.
The fallout from the scandal, and Facebook’s response, will continue for some time. But social media users were quick to mine the Zuckberg’s testimony for some sweet, sweet memes.
*record scratch*
*freeze frame*
Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation. pic.twitter.com/AyJ6GeadU9
— Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) April 10, 2018
when everything's fine and you feel great pic.twitter.com/d8wenWQfd5
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) April 10, 2018
That face when you just wanted a faster way to rank girls by looks and ended up installing a fascist government in the most powerful country on earth pic.twitter.com/VEaQjz9Z6s
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) April 10, 2018
When you're the CEO of a company that reaches 2 billion people but still cut your own hair #Zuckerberg pic.twitter.com/FYHVXv2eOW
— Madison Faupel (@madisonfaupel) April 11, 2018
live look at zuck on capitol hill pic.twitter.com/8z9GJ4EYeQ
— it me jeff meltz (@thecultureofme) April 10, 2018
Wow this scene from The Social Network is eerie now pic.twitter.com/v0ukV6wcre
— Orli Matlow (@HireMeImFunny) March 19, 2018
anyway, here's zuckerberg's arrival set to the radiohead cover from "the social network" trailer pic.twitter.com/wsuA8GaVFY
— David Mack (@davidmackau) April 10, 2018
tfw you aren't being grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee pic.twitter.com/0gbOmDtJq8
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) April 10, 2018
Users also honed in on some of the older members of Congress, whose understanding of things like “Facebook” and “the internet” left a little bit to be desired.
Some of this Zuck testimony sounds a lot like me providing technical support to my relatives over Thanksgiving.
— Dennis Crowley (@dens) April 10, 2018
Congress: "Are you telling us Facebook ISN'T powered by Fred Flintstone running really fast?"
— Ira Madison III (@ira) April 10, 2018
“Mr. Zuckerberg, a magazine i recently opened came with a floppy disk offering me 30 free hours of something called America On-Line. Is that the same as Facebook?” pic.twitter.com/U7pqpUhEhQ
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) April 10, 2018
WHY WON'T MY GRANDSON ACCEPT MY FRIEND REQUEST? pic.twitter.com/WEXonYDzKS
— David Mack (@davidmackau) April 10, 2018
Zuckerberg also went toe-to-toe with Republican presidential primary loser and suspected Zodiac killer Ted Cruz.
two serial killers size each other up for the first time pic.twitter.com/MraD6lqAZW
— Travis Helwig (@travishelwig) April 10, 2018
Ted Cruz: “How can I prevent people from seeing porn I like?”
Mark Zuckerberg: “Senator, that’s Twitter." pic.twitter.com/0xvy95XeZy
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) April 10, 2018
Nation Feels First, Only Pang Of Sympathy For Zuckerberg After Watching Him Engage With Ted Cruz https://t.co/aHyKuKENWo pic.twitter.com/KAJK7KeyFi
— The Onion (@TheOnion) April 10, 2018
Every Getty Images got in on the roasting.
Deer. Headlights. ?: @somogettynews pic.twitter.com/mxzVlhnd4X
— Getty Images News (@GettyImagesNews) April 10, 2018
When you’re getting owned by Getty, you know you’re in trouble.
maybe the real data was the friends we made along the way pic.twitter.com/TfG7KMoDFA
— reaghan (@reaghanhunt) April 10, 2018