Mike Isaac

I think he saw it as a kind of penance that he had to do and say, like, look, I'm going to come, I'm going to explain myself in good faith again because that's what we're doing, and I can point to the literal billions of dollars and many thousands of people we've hired to fix this problem, and then you will all understand, of course. And what happens instead? They do not understand.

I think he saw it as a kind of penance that he had to do and say, like, look, I'm going to come, I'm going to explain myself in good faith again because that's what we're doing, and I can point to the literal billions of dollars and many thousands of people we've hired to fix this problem, and then you will all understand, of course. And what happens instead? They do not understand.

Or look, they may understand and they don't give a shit anyway. You know, like it's the level of cynicism of Washington. Like, look, I'm not saying Zuckerberg is right. I'm not saying he came to the Hill with the correct point of view. But I think to the degree that I'm aware of his mentality, he thought that going and explaining what they were doing would solve some of these problems.

Or look, they may understand and they don't give a shit anyway. You know, like it's the level of cynicism of Washington. Like, look, I'm not saying Zuckerberg is right. I'm not saying he came to the Hill with the correct point of view. But I think to the degree that I'm aware of his mentality, he thought that going and explaining what they were doing would solve some of these problems.

Or look, they may understand and they don't give a shit anyway. You know, like it's the level of cynicism of Washington. Like, look, I'm not saying Zuckerberg is right. I'm not saying he came to the Hill with the correct point of view. But I think to the degree that I'm aware of his mentality, he thought that going and explaining what they were doing would solve some of these problems.

Zuckerberg's like sort of pithy response. That becomes a meme in Silicon Valley or at Menlo Park where his headquarters is. They make little stickers that say, Senator, we sell ads. Making fun of Congress and that senator in particular placed them all over their laptops and stuff. It's like this moment of kind of almost contempt because...

Zuckerberg's like sort of pithy response. That becomes a meme in Silicon Valley or at Menlo Park where his headquarters is. They make little stickers that say, Senator, we sell ads. Making fun of Congress and that senator in particular placed them all over their laptops and stuff. It's like this moment of kind of almost contempt because...

Zuckerberg's like sort of pithy response. That becomes a meme in Silicon Valley or at Menlo Park where his headquarters is. They make little stickers that say, Senator, we sell ads. Making fun of Congress and that senator in particular placed them all over their laptops and stuff. It's like this moment of kind of almost contempt because...

You're supposed to be having this, you know, high-minded, elevated discussion. And instead, these people he doesn't even want to talk to show up completely unprepared in his eyes to give this level of questioning.

You're supposed to be having this, you know, high-minded, elevated discussion. And instead, these people he doesn't even want to talk to show up completely unprepared in his eyes to give this level of questioning.

You're supposed to be having this, you know, high-minded, elevated discussion. And instead, these people he doesn't even want to talk to show up completely unprepared in his eyes to give this level of questioning.

There's so much political theater going on in any congressional hearing. And a lot of it is, if you watch any one of these, one senator or one congressperson will get a couple of minutes to yell at a CEO on their pet issue and carve that up into...

There's so much political theater going on in any congressional hearing. And a lot of it is, if you watch any one of these, one senator or one congressperson will get a couple of minutes to yell at a CEO on their pet issue and carve that up into...

There's so much political theater going on in any congressional hearing. And a lot of it is, if you watch any one of these, one senator or one congressperson will get a couple of minutes to yell at a CEO on their pet issue and carve that up into...

30-second soundbites than they can then distribute to their constituents on social media to prove that their congressperson is worth being in Congress, right? So the goal of a hearing a lot of the times is not to get anywhere substantive. It's just to flog someone in public.

30-second soundbites than they can then distribute to their constituents on social media to prove that their congressperson is worth being in Congress, right? So the goal of a hearing a lot of the times is not to get anywhere substantive. It's just to flog someone in public.

30-second soundbites than they can then distribute to their constituents on social media to prove that their congressperson is worth being in Congress, right? So the goal of a hearing a lot of the times is not to get anywhere substantive. It's just to flog someone in public.

So COVID hits in 2020. Everyone goes through crisis mode. Obviously, the tech industry has to reconfigure how it works. People are being forced indoors and flocking online to these different websites like his and record numbers.

So COVID hits in 2020. Everyone goes through crisis mode. Obviously, the tech industry has to reconfigure how it works. People are being forced indoors and flocking online to these different websites like his and record numbers.

So COVID hits in 2020. Everyone goes through crisis mode. Obviously, the tech industry has to reconfigure how it works. People are being forced indoors and flocking online to these different websites like his and record numbers.