Morning Jolt: The Social Network 2: Zuckerberg Testifies

Oof, what a day already! House speaker Paul Ryan is ready to hang it up, President Trump tells Russia and Syria to "get ready!" and I've got a lot of thoughts about Mark Zuckerberg testifying before the Senate.

Zuckerberg Meets the Senate: Grandpa Tries to Interrogate Your Company's IT Guy

Yesterday's joint Senate Commerce and Judiciary hearing with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made clear that, with a couple of exceptions, we don't have a U.S. Senate that is ready to rise to the challenges of the world in 2018. It was depressingly clear that most of the older senators were reading questions that were prewritten by staffers and that they had only the vaguest understanding of what Facebook does, what should worry them, and what, if anything, the federal government should do about it.

For a long time, Facebook insisted they're a technology company, not a media company, and thus they are no more responsible for what gets written on Facebook then the people who build bathroom stall walls are for someone writing "for a good time call Jenny at 867-5309."

But the bathroom stall wall doesn’t delete messages it deems inappropriate, ...

April 11 2018

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The Social Network 2: Zuckerberg Testifies Jim Geraghty Oof, what a day already! House speaker Paul Ryan is ready to hang it up, President Trump tells Russia and Syria to "get ready!" and I've got a lot of thoughts about Mark Zuckerberg testifying before the Senate. Zuckerberg Meets the Senate: Grandpa Tries to Interrogate Your Company's IT Guy Yesterday's joint Senate Commerce and Judiciary hearing with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made clear that, with a couple of exceptions, we don't have a U.S. Senate that is ready to rise to the challenges of the world in 2018. It was depressingly clear that most of the older senators were reading questions that were prewritten by staffers and that they had only the vaguest understanding of what Facebook does, what should worry them, and what, if anything, the federal government should do about it. For a long time, Facebook insisted they're a technology company, not a media company, and thus they are no more responsible for what gets written on Facebook then the people who build bathroom stall walls are for someone writing "for a good time call Jenny at 867-5309." But the bathroom stall wall doesn’t delete messages it deems inappropriate, ... Read More Top Stories Democrats Need More than an Anti-Trump Platform Jonah Goldberg The same stale ideas in a new package might be enough to win in this year's midterms, but they won't be enough... American Education: 35 Years of Mediocrity Since A Nation at Risk Jeanne Allen American Education: 35 Years of Mediocrity Since A Nation at Risk ADVERTISEMENT Kevin Williamson and Our Fractured Media Landscape Gabriel Rossman Is there no longer room for a politically diverse... Hands Off Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Kyle Smith The Simpsons character has become... Molly Ringwald Tries to Make The Breakfast Club a MeToo Moment Kyle Smith The actress has put her dead director on trial for committing acts of... The Student Data-Mining Scandal Under Our Noses Michelle Malkin With little public oversight, Google has infiltrated... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Paul: A Biography N. T. Wright "An enthralling journey into the mind of Paul by one of the great theologians of our time, a work full of insight, depth and generosity of understanding." — Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, author of Not In God's Name LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: April 11, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: April 10, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.