Mike Nizza, Columnist

38 Questions for Mark Zuckerberg

Congress has an incredible chance on Tuesday, when Facebook's CEO testifies. Here's how to make the most of it.

April 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM UTC

Mike Nizza is an executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. He was an editor at Esquire, The Atlantic and the New York Times.

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When lawmakers get their first chance to grill Facebook Inc. chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday and Wednesday, expect a good amount of grandstanding. Elected representatives love scoring political points in these sorts of hearings, especially because it can lead to videos that go viral on Facebook and Twitter. But they aren't always so well informed about how social media data collection works or how it is vulnerable to abuse. The columnists of Bloomberg View and Bloomberg Gadfly are here to help. We've assembled a list of suggestions for what members of Congress should ask Zuckerberg and the best way to extract serious responses to the serious issues at stake. — Shira Ovide

Stephen L. Carter: Facebook collects reams of data on its users. Would you say that the data belongs to Facebook or to the user from whom it is collected?