00:03This company and that guy are playing an unprecedented role in our lives.
00:10Listen, before I go on, I want to make something clear.
00:13Okay.
00:14I have a hunch you're not a fan of Facebook.
00:16But I am.
00:17I am here to help Facebook, not hurt it.
00:21Okay?
00:21You send me a message.
00:23What would you like to talk about?
00:28The chairman gavels the session to order.
00:32You'll read your opening statement, which we'll skip past for now.
00:36That's a separate session.
00:37And we'll move to witness questioning.
00:41Spell your name and state your current occupation for the record.
00:45M-A-R-K-Z-U-C-K-E-R-B-E-R-G.
00:48And your occupation?
00:51I'm a professional defendant.
00:53I ran classifiers on political groups where 30% of content hits multiple risk factors.
00:58Hang on, I don't understand what you're saying.
00:59Aren't you a tech reporter?
01:01Ish.
01:02Ish?
01:03These guys are counting on the next round of congressional testimony to make you likable, Mark.
01:07I'm happy to lend a hand, but I think you're doomed.
01:13This company and that guy are playing an unprecedented role in our lives.
01:19The fire hose of bad information you are injecting into the air supply is becoming jet-powered.
01:24I'm a free speech absolutist.
01:26I'm not the one who's lying.
01:27And I'm not stopping them from seeing someone who is.
01:31Anxiety, depression of teenage girls got worse as a result of time spent on the platform.
01:36Senior leadership knows and is doing nothing.
01:39I know there are easier enemies to make.
01:40The mafia would be an easier enemy to make.
01:44So what would you need?
01:45To stand up the story, the internal documents.
01:47This is a material violation of my NDA.
01:49We're twice as big as the biggest country on earth.
01:51We're not frightened of Congress.
01:52We're post-government around here.
01:54Please, please let me poke that.
01:57We have 102 hours to get everything.
02:00She's going to get sued into small pieces.
02:02I don't want to be made an example of by a guy with unlimited resources.
02:06Harm, I promise you, is imminent.
02:07Enough!
02:09People around here understand that when I say no, that's the end of the debate.
02:13I'm not two years out of a dorm room anymore, Charlie.
02:16Look around.
02:24I don't know what the girl thinks she's doing.
02:27She's disrupting.
02:47I don't know what the girl thinks she's doing.
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