“I wish to thank the Fb whisleblower for coming ahead,” Mikey Day’s Sen. Richard Blumenthal stated.
Gardner’s Haugen responded by saying that it was good to be in an workplace with “no skateboards.”
Day’s Blumenthal then let his colleagues ask inquiries to Haugen, with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, performed by Cecily Sturdy, going first.
“What Fb has performed is disgraceful and also you higher imagine that Congress can be taking motion,” she stated. “Proper after we go the infrastructure invoice, increase the debt ceiling, prosecute these chargeable for the January sixth riot and cease Trump from utilizing govt privilege, though he is not president. However in any case that, you be careful, Fb!”
She then requested if having 2,000 pals on Fb is “good.”
“What number of does Drake have? 4,000?” Sturdy’s Feinstein requested.
“I feel he has like 50 million,” Gardner’s Haugen stated.
“Oh my God, no marvel he by no means answered my poke,” Sturdy’s Feinstein responded.
The questioning then shifted to Sen. Ted Cruz, performed by Aidy Bryant.
“I used to be notably drawn to your testimony about bullying on-line,” Bryant’s Cruz stated. “How some youngsters, and even some grownup males, are bullied nearly always.”
Bryant’s Cruz then requested find out how to flip off the bullying characteristic and stated he was involved concerning the poisonous teams Gardner’s Haugen talked about.
“I’ve seen teams with hateful names, like ‘Ted Cruz sucks'” Bryant’s Cruz stated. “Now, should not you flag these as misinformation?”
Gardner’s Haugen defined to Bryant’s Cruz that these teams weren’t misinformation, however quite only one individual’s opinion.
“Properly, it is a couple of individual’s opinion,” he stated.
The sketch got here to an finish with two of social media’s leaders becoming a member of the questioning.
The primary was Fb’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg performed by Alex Moffat.
“No, no, we do not want any extra from that man,” Day’s Blumenthal stated.
As an alternative, he went to the “O.G. social media king,” Tom from Myspace, who was performed by Pete Davidson.
“Bear in mind me? I used to be innocent,” Davidson’s Tom stated. “I am not doing something of that bizarre algorithm stuff. We barely preserve the web site.”
He then stated, “Come on by, take a look at your good friend’s band from 20 years in the past” and “let’s make America high 8 once more.”
Davidson’s Tom then kicked off the present with its signature catchphrase, “Dwell, from New York… It is Saturday night time!”
