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Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress

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Re: Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I caught that too, can only imagine what the public at large will think of this were it to happen.

From how the stock market is reacting, some people clearly don't think the public at large will care

They won't; people spend a lot of money to farm virtual crops. That same group of people will do whatever it takes to keep farming.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress

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Say what you will about the intelligence of agreeing to do this hearing at all, at least Zuckerberg is clearly reading from a well-prepared speech. Winging it would have been, er, inadvisable.

According to the Lobbying Disclosure Reports[0], if you add up outside council for Facebook, they're paying about $156,000 PER MONTH on lobbyists. You'll want to look at 2017 Q4 reports, as Q1 is not yet due and they don't file until it's absolutely due.

[0]. http://disclosures.house.gov/ld/ldsearch.aspx

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