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Here are all the questions Mark Zuckerberg couldn't answer during this week's congressional hearings

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had been preparing for the hearings for weeks, but some of the inquiries required responses he just couldn't give on the spot.

  • Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat through five hours of testimony in a joint session with two Senate committees on Tuesday, and he'll sit in front of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Wednesday.
  • Zuckerberg is facing questions about Facebook's involvement in various data-privacy scandals and how it can address those issues.
  • Zuckerberg's team has been

In the span of two days, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg answered questions from 44 senators from two committees and 55 representatives on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in two separate hearings that went for nearly five hours each.

He was answering questions about the role Facebook played in various data-privacy scandals and how it can address those issues.

Zuckerberg had been training for weeks to face the three congressional committees, but his talking points didn't prepare him to answer every question that came his way — some required specific figures or precise explanations that he wasn't able to provide on the spot.

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Even when prodded, Zuckerberg was careful not to promise a response, addressing questions he was unsure of with some variation of "If you'd like, I can have my team follow up with you after this."

  • Sen. Chuck Grassley
  • Sen. Chuck Grassley
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein
  • Sen. Maria Cantwell
  • Sen. Roger Wicker
  • Sen. Roger Wicker
  • Sen. Roger Wicker
  • Sen. Patrick Leahy
  • Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Dean Heller (Heller asked for Nevada specifically)
  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar
  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar
  • Sen. Roy Blunt
  • Facebook's "bug bounty" program
  • Sen. Jerry Moran
  • dismissal of a discrimination lawsuit against it
  • Sen. Cory Booker
  • Sens. Dean Heller and Cory Gardner
  • Sen. Gary Peters
  • Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Rep. Jan Schakowsky
  • Sen. Tammy Baldwin
  • Sen. Cory Gardner
  • Rep. Fred Upton
  • Rep. Michael Burgess, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, and Rep. Peter Welch
  • Rep. Steve Scalise
  • Diamond and Silk "mistake,"
  • Rep. Steve Scalise
  • Rep. Steve Scalise
  • Rep. Jan Schakowsky
  • Rep. John Sarbanes
  • Rep. Adam Kinzinger
  • Rep. Ray Luján
  • Rep. Bill Johnson
  • Rep. Scott Peters
  • Rep. Debbie Dingell
  • Rep. Ryan Costello

In addition to statistics and explanations, Zuckerberg told a few senators and representatives that his team would circle back to conversations about data-privacy legislation like the Honest Ads Act (Klobuchar), the My Data Act (Sen. Richard Blumenthal), the Consent Act (Sen. Ed Markey), the Broswer Act (Rep. Marsha Blackburn and Rep. Leonard Lance), and the Secure and Protect Americans' Data Act (Rep. Jan Schakowsky).

Sen. Thom Tillis asked that during Facebook's investigation Zuckerberg go back to "the first known high-profile national campaign that exploited Facebook data," but didn't require him to follow up.

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Others requested future discussions on the following:

  • Sen. Lindsey Graham
  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar
  • Sen. Cory Booker
  • Sen. Maggie Hassan
  • Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Rep. Buddy Carter
  • Sen. Shelley Moore Captio, Rep. Morgan Griffith, Rep. Bill Johnson, Rep. Dave Loebsack.
  • Sen. Todd Young
  • Rep. Frank Pallone
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo
  • Rep. G. K. Butterfield
  • Rep. G. K. Butterfield
  • Rep. Peter Welch
  • Rep. Richard Hudson
  • Rep. Buddy Carter

The record will be open for 14 days after the Senate hearing and for 10 days after the House hearing, meaning senators and representatives will still be able to submit written questions. Zuckerberg can make corrections to his testimony during this time too.

  • Business Insider's live blog of the entire hearing
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  • Zuckerberg says Mueller's office has interviewed Facebook employees in the Russia investigation
  • Zuckerberg claims no knowledge of Palantir's involvement with the Facebook, Cambridge Analytica scandal
  • Zuckerberg will not be under oath during his Senate hearing, but will still have a 'legal obligation to testify truthfully'

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