Mark Zuckerberg

Chairman Grassley, Chairman Thune, Ranking Member Feinstein and Ranking Member Nelson and members of the committee.

We face a number of important issues around privacy, safety, and democracy. And you will rightfully have some hard questions for me to answer.

We face a number of important issues around privacy, safety, and democracy. And you will rightfully have some hard questions for me to answer.

We face a number of important issues around privacy, safety, and democracy. And you will rightfully have some hard questions for me to answer.

But it's clear now that we didn't do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well. And that goes for fake news, for foreign interference in elections and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy. We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake. And it was my mistake, and I'm sorry.

But it's clear now that we didn't do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well. And that goes for fake news, for foreign interference in elections and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy. We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake. And it was my mistake, and I'm sorry.

But it's clear now that we didn't do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well. And that goes for fake news, for foreign interference in elections and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy. We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake. And it was my mistake, and I'm sorry.

Senator, yes, there will always be a version of Facebook that is free. It is our mission to try to help connect everyone around the world and to bring the world closer together. In order to do that, we believe that we need to offer a service that everyone can afford, and we're committed to doing that.

Senator, yes, there will always be a version of Facebook that is free. It is our mission to try to help connect everyone around the world and to bring the world closer together. In order to do that, we believe that we need to offer a service that everyone can afford, and we're committed to doing that.

Senator, yes, there will always be a version of Facebook that is free. It is our mission to try to help connect everyone around the world and to bring the world closer together. In order to do that, we believe that we need to offer a service that everyone can afford, and we're committed to doing that.

Senator, we run ads. I see.

Senator, we run ads. I see.

Senator, we run ads. I see.

Joe learns about a zombie hunting VR game he might like. My zombie game is Arizona Sunshine.

Joe learns about a zombie hunting VR game he might like. My zombie game is Arizona Sunshine.

Joe learns about a zombie hunting VR game he might like. My zombie game is Arizona Sunshine.

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Oh, it's, you just like, it can be multiplayer and there's horde mode where you just get in there and...

Oh, it's, you just like, it can be multiplayer and there's horde mode where you just get in there and...

I was sympathetic to that at the beginning of COVID. It seemed like, okay, you have this virus. It seems like it's killing a lot of people. I don't know. We didn't know at the time how dangerous it was going to be. So at the beginning, it kind of seemed like, okay, we should give a little bit of deference to the government and the health authorities on how we should play this.