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October 10, 2021 02:14 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/10/22719157/saturday-night-live-facebook-whistleblower-myspace-haugen-zuckerberg
SNLs take on the Facebook whistleblower hearing reminds us of the good old MySpace days
Last week Saturday Night Live poked fun at Jeff Bezos and the billionaire space race, and this week it took aim at the senators who conducted this week’s Facebook whistleblower hearing, portraying them as mostly confused by the social media platform, and the memes they found online (or “mem-ays” as Aidy Bryant’s Ted Cruz pronounces it).
Cecily Strong reprises her role as Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who asks Heidi Gardner’s Frances Haugen about an Animorphs post, and Kyle Mooney as Sen. John Kennedy asks about Facebook’s algorithm: “do you have it with you now?” while proudly showing off his Jitterbug flip phone (aw).
Bryant as Sen. Cruz asks whether posts that say “Ted Cruz sucks” should be flagged as misinformation, to which “Haugen”...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/10/22719157/saturday-night-live-facebook-whistleblower-myspace-haugen-zuckerberg
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