Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘kill me now’ face during Congress has become meme fodder.
The Facebook CEO was being questioned yesterday (April 10), over a data sharing scandal, which some branded a ‘sham’.
The ‘Zuck’ was facing a series of questions after reports found data firm Cambridge Analytica attained private information from 87 million Facebook users.
“Mr. Zuckerberg, a magazine i recently opened came with a floppy disk offering me 30 free hours of something called America On-Line. Is that the same as Facebook?” pic.twitter.com/U7pqpUhEhQ
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) April 10, 2018
Zuckerberg was on hand to answer questions from the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees on privacy, data mining and regulations during the course of a five-hour hearing.
Some of the questions were pretty obvious for tech-types, even people who’ve grown up with social media, so often, Zuckerberg’s expressions were as you’d expect.
Because of this, he’s become the new face of a bunch of memes – and they’re good:
MAINTAIN YOUR HUMAN FORM. pic.twitter.com/9vzqt5MwH3
— Jonathan Hickman (@JHickman) April 10, 2018
Zuckerberg on his Facebook profile vs Zuckerberg at this Congressional hearing pic.twitter.com/P3bi2Ry5r4
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) April 10, 2018
TFW when people are gonna find out you’ve been selling access to data about how many cat memes users share. pic.twitter.com/UDDDrWR4HX
— Brian Spanner (@BrianSpanner1) April 10, 2018
when everything's fine and you feel great pic.twitter.com/d8wenWQfd5
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) April 10, 2018
WHY WON'T MY GRANDSON ACCEPT MY FRIEND REQUEST? pic.twitter.com/WEXonYDzKS
— David Mack (@davidmackau) April 10, 2018
me when I realize my actions have a consequence pic.twitter.com/kNx4rL2uGl
— Amber Discko (@amberdiscko) April 10, 2018
Zephyr Teachout, an American academic, wrote in The Guardian:
It failed. It was designed to fail. It was a show designed to get Zuckerberg off the hook after only a few hours in Washington DC.
It was a show that gave the pretense of a hearing without a real hearing. It was designed to deflect and confuse.
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