mr. kinzinger dropped off here. mr. zuckerberg, a search feature allowing malicious actors to scrape data on virtually all of facebook's 2 billion users. in 3030, brandon cop lip of ceo of gift nix demonstrated this feature could be used to gather information at scale? >> well the answer to that question is yes. >> yes or no, this issue of scraping data was again raised in 2015 by a cybersecurity researcher, correct? >> congressman, i'm not specifically familiar with that. the feature that we identified i think a few weeks ago or couple weeks ago at this point was a search feature that allowed people to look up some information that people had publicly shared on their profile. names, profile pick source. >> mr. zuckerberg i will recognize facebook turned feature off. the reason i'm asking this question about 2013 and 2015 and facebook knew about this in 2013 and 2015, but you didn't turn the feature off until wednesday of last week. the same feature mr. kinzinger talked about this is essentially a tool for malicious act

mr. kinzinger: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank you, i want to thank ranking member engel and the co-chair of the syria caucus with me, representative boyle. in the start of the syrian civil war in 2011, we thought it would be peaceful. since then 500,000 syrians are dead, 50,000 of which are children, at the hands of the assad regime. assad and his regime and russia and iran have committed genocide across syria, targeted hospitals and schools and destroyed critical infrastructure with indiscriminate bafrle bombs and air strikes. they reduced much of the country to rubble. and as long as assad is in power they should be fully responsible for rebuilding. the no assistance for assad act would place conditions on american nonhumanitarian assistance in syrian territories controlled by the assad regime or their allies. by limiting our reconstruction assistance to assad we send a strong message that the american people will not support any efforts to legitimize or bolster the barbaric assad regime. a regime that uses chem

mr. kinzinger dropped off here. facebook announced that a search feature allowing malicious actors to scrape data on all of facebook's two billion users. yes or no, brandon copley demonstrated this feature could easily be used to gather information at scale? the answer to that question is yes. yes or no, this issue of scraping data was again raised in 2015 by a cyber security researcher, correct? >> congressman, i'm not specifically familiar with that. the feature that we identified, i think it was a few weeks ago, or a couple weeks ago at this point, was a search feature that allowed people to look up some information that people had publicly shared on their -- so names, profile pictures -- >> i will recognize facebook did turn this feature off. my question and the reason i'm asking about 2013 and 2015, facebook knew about this in 2013 and 2015, but you didn't turn the feature off until wednesday of last week. it's the same feature that mr. kinzinger talked about where this is essential lie a toly a someone to stea

mr. kinzinger and which this committee voted to advance a few weeks ago. this bill would restrict reconstruction funding for any area still controlled by assad. one bill would help end the violence for yonow. the other would make sure when this crisis is ended no american tax dollars will help assad cling to power. we cannot overstate the scope of the tragedy in syria. assad has the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocent syrian men, women, and children on his hands. if this catastrophe is allowed to go on for so long, it's a global failure that will leave a black mark on this era of human history. but we cannot throw up our hands in resignation. if america is to remain a leader on the global stage we must continue to work to end the bloodshed. i again thank our witnesses, i thank the chairman. i look forward to hearing how the administration intends to tackle this problem and the range of other challenges with which we are grappling in the middle east. thank you, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank you, mr. engel. so this morning we're pleased to welc

kinzinger: you get away with that one then. i appreciate it. mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank you. norma torres of california. rep. torres: thank you, mr. chairman. ambassador, i, too, want to associate myself with some of the comments that my colleagues on this side have stated regarding that we need specific actions that you plan to take and specific outcomes that you expect to see in regards to the forces in syria. i would really hope you can follow up. like my of my colleagues, i'm very concerned. iran is provoking israel into conflict in syria. iran is intent on building a permanent presence inside syria. it's shocking that the trump administration has failed to articulate that strategy to deal with iran's growing presence in syria. while the most recent missile attacks on syrian area where they have the chemical weapons has been applauded, you know, by many, i'm very concerned at our lack of care for the children that have been injured. and i understand that you have stated already that is not within your jurisdiction to deal with refugee