Facebook's Zuckerberg struggles to connect to Congressional hearing; netizens in disbelief

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apparently struggled to appear remotely on a  U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing which led to a delay.  hearing was on a key social media legal protection. hearing had to take a short recess to allow him to sort out issue and link up to it.

Senator Roger Wicker, who chairs committee, apprised about  five-minute delay and said, 

"We are unable to make contact with Mr. Mark Zuckerberg," said Senator Roger Wicker

Facebook n told committee that Zuckerberg was alone. He was, however, able to get connected in a couple of minutes. After statements from Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai, respectively CEOs of Twitter and Google parent company Alphabet, it was Zuckerberg's turn.

"I was able to hear or opening statements. I was just having a hard time connecting myself," Zuckerberg said.

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Netizens react

Twitter exploded after Zuckerberg struggled to connect. “Even a Titan of Big Tech had technical issues connecting to a senate hearing via social media yesterday," wrote a user. While ors in awe, could t believe that mighty talented young entrepreneur could t connect a zoom call.

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Senate Hearing: Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs testify on Section 230

Meanwhile, CEOs of three of nation’s giant tech firms — Google, Twitter and Facebook — were grilled by a Senate panel on Wednesday after coming under radar over censorship concerns, specifically for blocking Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine and China.

In his opening statement, Zuckerberg argued that while Section 230 needs to be changed, going too far could result in companies being even more restrictive concerning what y publish on ir platforms that could get m in legal trouble. Wicker kicked off hearing raising Twitter and Facebook’s blocking a story, claiming it was based on hacked materials.

Zuckerberg and Dorsey both said that Section 230’s greatest impacts on social media firms were that it provides immunity from liability for what users post and allowance of content moderation.

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