Mark Zuckerberg testified for the second time in two days, appearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday morning.
The Washington Post offers a three minute video summary of what happened:
Read CIR's letter to Congress urging lawmakers to "secure from Mr. Zuckerberg an unequivocal commitment to do everything possible to remove Facebook as a weapon in Vladimir Putin's arsenal, to acknowledge his role on the front lines of our nation's fight against Russian cyber aggression, and to serve as a model for other social media and online information companies moving forward."
Watch the full House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing:
Video also available on C-SPAN here.
Updates on Twitter here.
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), ranking member of the committee, in his opening remarks:
“We need to take steps immediately to secure our democracy. We need to learn how Facebook was caught so flat-footed in 2016. How was it so blind to what the Russians and others were doing on its systems. Red flags were everywhere. Why didn’t anyone see them? Or were they ignored?"
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA):
Do you have a moral responsibility to run a platform that protects our democracy?
Zuckerberg: Yes
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY):
Do you have the ability to detect when a foreign entity is attempting to buy a political ad or when it might be taking other steps to interfere in an election?
Zuckerberg: This is something we take very seriously. Our tools are getting better. I can’t guarantee we can fully stop everything. It’s an arms race.