What Should Have Happened at the Facebook Hearing

It was hard to watch Mark Zuckerberg's congressional hearing without liking congress a lot less. In between the rampant showboating and clumsy soundbites, it became clear that a lot of legislators don't know enough about technology to competently regulate it. And even if they did, the federal government's track record on surveillance and privacy rights is less than sterling.

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In the latest Reason video, we explore what we would have liked to see during Facebook's congressional hearing.

Written by Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton. Starring Bragg and Heaton. Produced and edited by Bragg.

[DagothDaddy]

Is okay to hate both Congress and Zuckerbot 9000?

[emanonymous]

"youre hurting people."
"youre bombing countries."
*GOT EM*

[durandal]

The amount of convenient ignorance in this chamber is too damn high!

[utopiand]

I can proudly say that MY congressman Greg Walden asked “what exactly is Facebook?” Question.

[DeadlyPlatypus]

9 out of 10. I can't give it a perfect score because I was left with the feeling that maybe taxation isn't theft...

[michaelcornejo]

I can't believe some of the questions that they asked, some of these people have most likely never had any real experience with any social media platform.

[pedzsan]

Can we pass a Constitutional Amendment that ever Senator and Representative must listen to this video twice a day for the rest of their (un)natural lives?

[phrederickvonbean]

The speaker's nicknames were perfect.

[wolfpack]

I'm not a fan of these sites either. Unlike the government however I can just unsubscribe to them.

[themictator]

Lizard man VS dinosaur people, round 1

[SuperAtheist]

This was awesome.
MAKE a part 2 please.

[MiWill]

I still keep coming back to this even 2 years later. It's just so good. The last line and the slow yeeeesss kills me

[joshsimpson]

Omg lolol

The last few seconds were the best

[SuperAtheist]

Hey congress, it's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

[joelsalyer]

This video made me laugh way too much. Also Facebook and Congress in the same room? Wow two of the things I hate the most at the same time, what joy.

[hatefulhermit]

This was everything I was yelling at the screen during the hearing...

[TheTrueRandomGamer]

Hey! That's cheating! You just ripped segments from the actual hearing and edited them together. You must think we're idiots.

[karsten]

Every answer to „you are violating privacy“ was basically „you too [insert smugness]“

[hag]

Another great video from ReasonTV, good job guys.

[carolm]

The Small Head Big Shirt segment kills me, lol....