2/1/24: Zuckerberg testifies, Republican warns against targeting Taylor Swift

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg spars with Republican Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz during a congressional hearing -- Donald Trump spent $50 million of donor money on his legal expenses -- Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn thinks her party is making a mistake by targeting Taylor Swift -- Caller is upset with David and wrongfully believes he supports a military draft -- Caller compares people's finances with their perception of the economy -- Caller talks about the anti-semitism hearing in Congress that led to two the ousting of two university presidents -- Caller is a former Trump supporter who changed his mind after reading a book -- Caller asks what happens to Trump supporters once Trump is gone -- The Friday Feedback segment -- On the Bonus Show: Ron DeSantis cringe compilation, and much more... 🌱 Ounce of Hope: Get a THC Seltzer for just $5 at https://ounceofhope.com 👩‍❤️‍👨 Try the Paired App FREE for 7 days and get 25% OFF at https://paired.com/pakman 💻 Stay protected! Try our sponsor Aura FREE for 2 weeks at https://aura.com/pakman 😮 DealDash: Use code PAKMAN for 100 free bids at https://dealdash.com/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman -- Become a Supporter: http://www.davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/thedavidpakmanshow -- Subscribe to Pakman Live: https://www.youtube.com/pakmanlive -- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidpakmanshow -- Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow -- Leave us a message at The David Pakman Show Voicemail Line (219)-2DAVIDP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I want to start today with some explosive video from testimony given by the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg before a
0:15.1	Senate panel. Now we're going to look at exchanges between Mark Zuckerberg and
0:21.0	two Republican senators Josh Holly and Ted Cruz.
0:25.8	I am not playing these videos because I think Holly and Cruz have done anything particularly
0:31.3	noble or interesting.
0:32.8	In fact, I think that they're opportunists
0:35.2	and I think that they just want to create confrontations
0:38.7	to make them look big and strong and powerful.
0:41.2	But I think that there is a lot of interesting stuff here with
0:45.2	regard to how Mark Zuckerberg handles a lot of these questions. Many of these
0:49.6	questions were about families impacted by child sexual exploitation online.
0:56.7	Facebook in some cases was a vessel for that and this is an incredible moment at which Mark Zuckerberg actually stands up and
1:05.2	addresses the families of the victims. Take a look at this and then we'll discuss it.
1:09.5	It said you mischaracterized 37% of teenage girls between 13 and 15 were exposed to unwanted nudity in a week on
1:17.8	Instagram. You knew about it. Who did you fire?
1:20.1	Senator, this is why we're building all who did you fire rules?
1:23.0	Now obviously the answer here is we would never discuss HR and personnel personnel records in a setting like this.
1:33.8	If you want to go private, maybe it's something we can talk about.
1:37.2	I think eventually he gets to that.
1:39.2	Senator, that's, I don't think that that's,
1:40.8	who did you fire?
1:41.8	I'm not gonna to answer that.
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