Viral memes of Mark Zuckerberg from Congressional testimony flood Twitter

Facebook CEO Congressional testimony: As Mark Zuckerberg answered questions about the Facebook data privacy breach scandal, he was also at the receiving end of the meme-fest that was simultaneously unwhirling, ironically, on the Internet itself.

By: Trends Desk

New Delhi | Updated: April 11, 2018 02:29 PM IST

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From how Mark Zuckerberg had used a booster seat while addressing the questions to hilariously changing the closed captions of Zuckerberg and senator Chuck Grassley, meme makers seem to have had gone to town.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has been in the eye of the storm ever since revelations of the company flouted data privacy rules, gave a testimony before a United States Congressional Committee on April 10. As he answered questions pertaining to how Facebook revealed the personal data of about 87 million users to Cambridge Analytica to influence voters to influence the US Presidential elections, Zuckerberg was also at the receiving end of the meme-fest that was simultaneously unfurling, ironically, on the Internet itself. From how the man of short stature used a booster seat while addressing the questions to hilariously changing the closed captions of Zuckerberg and senator Chuck Grassley, meme makers seem to have had gone to town. Others even took jibes on how the Facebook CEO looked anything but human, at times.

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Check out some of the responses the pictures garnered on the Internet, here.
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The struggle when it is a bad hair day but your friends are all ready to grab the photo-op right away!

That ‘godlike’ feeling when you know who are friends for life and who need to be dealt with immediately.

There are some questions that seem to leave even Zuckerberg perplexed.

This is going to haunt you for a while.

Right in the feels?

It almost took two good and thorough looks to ensure it was Zuckerberg, the human.

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While he testified in the Senate on April 10 (Tuesday), another hearing will be held in the House on the day after. The co-founder of Facebook, Zuckerberg apologised and said “it was my mistake” that the company did not do enough to ensure its tools are not being used for harm, especially in terms of fake news, hate speech, data privacy, foreign interference in elections, etc. Zuckerberg’s public apology for his company’s misgivings in failing to ensure the users’ safety and privacy comes at the heel of Facebook being in a soup of bad publicity. The controversy had also resulted in the stock value plummeting, but after Zuckerberg apologised, the Facebook shares saw its biggest rise in two years — 4.5 per cent for the day.

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