“I want to thank the Fb whisleblower for coming ahead,” Mikey Day’s Sen. Richard Blumenthal mentioned.
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 accomplished is disgraceful and also you higher consider that Congress might be taking motion,” she mentioned. “Proper after we go the infrastructure invoice, elevate the debt ceiling, prosecute these liable for the January sixth riot and cease Trump from utilizing govt privilege, though he is not president. However in spite of everything that, you be careful, Fb!”
She then requested if having 2,000 associates on Fb is “good.”
“What number of does Drake have? 4,000?” Sturdy’s Feinstein requested.
“I believe he has like 50 million,” Gardner’s Haugen mentioned.
“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 mentioned. “How some youngsters, and even some grownup males, are bullied virtually consistently.”
Bryant’s Cruz then requested learn how to flip off the bullying function and mentioned he was involved in regards to the poisonous teams Gardner’s Haugen talked about.
“I’ve seen teams with hateful names, like ‘Ted Cruz sucks'” Bryant’s Cruz mentioned. “Now, should not you flag these as misinformation?”
Gardner’s Haugen defined to Bryant’s Cruz that these teams weren’t misinformation, however slightly only one particular person’s opinion.
“Effectively, it is multiple particular person’s opinion,” he mentioned.
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 mentioned.
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 mentioned. “I am not doing something of that bizarre algorithm stuff. We barely preserve the web site.”
He then mentioned, “Come on by, try your pal’s band from 20 years in the past” and “let’s make America prime 8 once more.”
Davidson’s Tom then kicked off the present with its signature catchphrase, “Stay, from New York… It is Saturday evening!”
