facemash? mr. zuckerman?mr. zuckerman, to be sure, does not exist, though rep. thank him for showing up. facemash was, as the harvard crimson put it back in the day, a "short-lived but popular website in the realm of "am i hot or not." created by zuckerberg in 2003, it let people judge classmates' looks. at wednesday's hearing, zuckerberg called it a "prank" site and tried to suppress a smile when asked about it by rep. billy long, a republican of missouri. long asked what facemash is and whether it is still up.as for diamond and silk, the trump-supporting video personalities had their page removed by facebook, leading to outcries of censorship, including from several congressmen. zuckerberg said this was an "enforcement error" and the page would be reinstated. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg says users whose personal information was obtained by data-mining firm tied to president donald trump's 2016 campaign are being informed, starting this week.zuckerberg told a lawmaker during his appearance wednesday he believes the notices about cambridge analytica's possessio

. >> what was facemash, and is it still up and running? put up pictures of two women and decide which one was the better, the more attractive of the two, is that right? >> i'm communicating with my friends on facebook, and indicate that i love a certain kind of chocolate. >> let's say i'm emailing about "blac"black panther" within wha. do i get a "black panther" banner ad? >> trevor: okay, first of all, you don't email in whatsapp. that's like saying-- second of all, who is emailing about "black panther"? like, what are you writing about? "to whom it may concern, is this your king! is this your king?" to be fair, some lawmakers didn't know what questions to ask, and that's when zuckerberg suddenly became the person who didn't know how facebook works. >> there have been reports that facebook can crack track an int user's browsing activity, february after that user has logged off of the facebook platform. you can confirm whether or not this is true. >> um, senator, i want to make sure i get this accurate, so it would probably be better to ha

. >> what was facemash and is it still up and running?vation groups that assert there's so much ivory being sold on facebook that it's literally contributing to the extinction of the elephant species? >> you recognize these folks. >> is that diamond and sill income. >> that is diamond and silk, biological sisters from north carolina, i might point out they're african-american. >> diamond and silk is not terrorism. >> thank you for coming before us, mr. zuckerman. >> it's the world's nerdiest superhero, zuckerman. z zuckerman hung in there, almost managed to replicate a legal smile. >> was it the legal opinion of your do you were under no obligation to notify the ftc even with the 2011 order in place? >> congressman in retrospect it was a mistake and we should have and i wish we had -- [ laughter ] >> turn it on, turn it on! >> -- the reason why we didn't -- >> did you think the rules were kind of lax? >> jimmy: i think he's okay. [ cheers and applause ] i'm going to tell you something, that wasn't real, that was fake news. but this is rea

and the claim that facemash was somehow connected to the development of facebook -- it isn't. it wasn't -- >> just coincidental, the timing was the same, right, just coincidental? >> it was in 2003. i took it down -- actually, it has nothing to do with facebook. >> you put up two pictures of women and decide which was the more attractive of the two, is that right? >> congressman, that is an accurate description of the prank website that i made when i was a sophomore in college. >> but from that beginning, whether it was actually the beginning of facebook or not, you've come a long way. jan schakowsky, congressman schakowsky said self-regulation simply does not work. mr. butterfield, representative butterfield said that you need more african-american inclusion on your board of directors. if i was you, a little bit of advice -- congress is good at two things, doing nothing and overreacting. so far, we've done nothing on facebook since your inception in that harvard dorm room many years ago. we've done nothing on facebook. we're getting ready to overreact, so just take that as a