So it begins. “This is a hearing which Facebook has tried desperately to prevent.” Live link in next tweet. /1

“A Time for Truth: Oversight of Meta’s Foreign Relations and Representations to the United States Congress” /2

Chair Hawley indicates concerns Mark Zuckerberg has lied to Congress and makes crystal clear this is a part of an investigation into the company which backs up why Facebook should not go after her personally for anything she testifies under oath about the company. /3

Full bipartisan force of Senate with full cmte Chair Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, subcmte Chair Hawley and Ranking Member Blumenthal, all making it clear how despicable Meta’s threats of the whistleblower have been. Reminder, its FTC trial to break it up starts Monday. /4

“A company whose CEO claims to be a champion of free speech.” /5

I don't think anyone from Congress has ever noted on the record the 86,961 developers in China who Facebook believed had access to their user data. Facebook was mostly successful in burying the audit incredibly relevant to the hearing today. /6

Brutal. /7

FB, pure evil.

But TikTok

Like the plot to a dystopian movie, New York will now monitor social media writings, collect data, and use law enforcement to crack down on any expression it deems to be hate speech.