Asked whether he identifies as a capitalist or a socialist by one Congressional representative and told “you have ruined the lives of many people” by another, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg endured more than five hours as the sole witness in a House Financial Services Committee meeting Wednesday that largely focused on his company’s plans regarding the Libra digital payment system but also touched on a host of alleged ills.
The company’s reticence to fact-check political ads and its problems with advertisers who were able to prevent some platform users from seeing certain housing ads all were on legislators’ list of gripes about the social media platform.
