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Sarah Frier
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Tech reporter for Bloomberg in SF (@Business). Tell me what you think about Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. UNC grad. Email sfrier1 at bloomberg dot net.
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Sarah Frier
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At the end of this story, a list of all the unanswered specific Qs Zuckerberg was asked today: gizmodo.com/mark-zuckerber…
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Sarah Frier
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It was just "a meeting in Brussels" pic.twitter.com/TQvDXoigW5
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Sarah Frier
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All good!
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Sarah Frier
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significantly *decrease* their profitability.
He's basically saying, we care so much about this, more than we care about profits.
What he's not saying: FBs boosted spend on other things has bigger impact on profit than safety/security spend (content, hardware, data centers, etc)
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Sarah Frier
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Meanwhile, Facebook tells people to securely upload the intimate images they are concerned about someone sharing as revenge porn. Then Facebook will create a hash of the image and automatically block anyone who tries. facebook.com/fbsafety/posts… pic.twitter.com/M1xoXmhvyo
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Sarah Frier
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UK official who REALLY wants to interrogate Zuckerberg calls it a "missed opportunity" pic.twitter.com/yHgzdKh63m
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Sarah Frier
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To be fair, there was about an hour of questioning and then Zuckerberg had only a few minutes to answer everything. Lots of commotion as the hearing ends with lawmakers unsatisfied about Zuckerberg not getting to their points. He said there'll be another more technical one.
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Sarah Frier
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Zuckerberg tries to end the hearing. "You asked for this format for a reason," one of the members says, implying that he wanted to dodge questions.
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Sarah Frier
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Zuckerberg totally dodged the Q about whether non-users can opt about Facebook tracking. "On the security side we think it's important for our community... Were there any other themes?" Changes subject to whether there were any other Cambridge Analyticas.
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Sarah Frier
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"I can commit to you here today that we have never and will not make decisions about what content is allowed or how we do ranking on the basis of a political orientation," Zuckerberg says.
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Sarah Frier
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He also gave the same stat he gave Congress, that the average person has 8 apps they use to communicate with friends and family. Neglects to mention how many of them are owned by Facebook. (Also not sure where that stat is from)
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Sarah Frier
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Zuckerberg answers the monopoly question in part by saying that Facebook advertising helps small businesses grow. That essentially Facebook is helping its potential future competitors by making it easy for them to buy advertising.
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Sarah Frier
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FINALLY Zuckerberg gets to answer questions. He starts with his most rehearsed answer, about how the company had to be reactive about what people post, but now with AI they may improve. "Back when I was in my dorm room..."
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Sarah Frier
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We're clearly going to get more questions than answers today. The hearing is almost an hour in, and Zuckerberg hasn't had a chance to respond to anything yet.
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Sarah Frier
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Member asks Zuckerberg if he'll cooperate with European antitrust authorities, to examine his books and see if Facebook is a monopoly. Should Facebook be able to have WhatsApp and Instagram?
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Sarah Frier
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Zuckerberg is getting all the questions first, and then he's going to answer them. Question so far on whether they should break up Facebook, whether Cambridge Analytica is the tip of the iceberg, how people without Facebook accounts opt out of Facebook tracking. Good ones.
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Sarah Frier
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Zuckerberg is going through his prepared remarks, which we previewed here: twitter.com/sarahfrier/sta…
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Ken Yeung
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Better audio here on the EU Parliament's Facebook page: facebook.com/europeanparlia…
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Sarah Frier
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Watch Zuckerberg in front of European Parliament here, starting in about 10 mins: ec.europa.eu/avservices/ebs…
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Alex Webb
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If you plan on following Zuck at the European Parliament today, I'll be joining @sarahfrier, @alistairmbarr, @tye011 & @chriselser in manning the liveblog from soon after 6:05 p.m. CEST. Will post the link once it's live.
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