DAVID KIRKPATRICK, WHO LITERALLY
WROTE THE BOOK ON THE FACEBOOK
EFFECT, HE HAS BEEN STUDYING
THIS FOR OVER A DECADE.
WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE SENATE
JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN CHUCK
GRASSLEY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TONIGHT.
TELL ME WHAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO
YOU TODAY?
WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED TODAY, DO
YOU THINK IN THIS HEARING?
>> I WOULDN'T SAY THIS HAS BEEN
ACCOMPLISHED, BUT IT'S PRETTY
CLEAR THAT FACEBOOK DOES NOT
HAVE ANY SORT OF RECORD OR A
TOTAL AMOUNT OF INFORMATION
THAT'S BEEN TRANSFERRED.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE AN AUDIT
OF WHAT'S GOING ON OR AT LEAST
IT HASN'T BEEN AUDITED TO THIS
POINT.
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT
INFORMATION HAS BEEN SHARED WITH
THIRD PARTIES AND THE THIRD
PARTIES, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE
WITH IT.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS
PRETTY ESSENTIAL FOR NOT ONLY
FACEBOOK, BUT OTHER PLATFORMS TO
GET THIS UNDER CONTROL IN ORDER
TO ESTABLISH OR REDUCE THE
SKEPTICISM AND CYNICISM PEOPLE
HAVE ABOUT THESE PLATFORMS IN
THE PRIVACY AND FOR THE
PROTECTION OF PRIVACY.
>> Martha: THERE IS SOME
DISCUSSION THAT FACEBOOK KNOWS
SOME REGULATION IS OBVIOUSLY
COMING FOR THEM.
IT'S PROBABLY LONG OVERDUE, THAT
THEY'RE ALREADY TRYING TO FIGURE
WAYS TO WORK AROUND IT.
ARE YOU CONCERNED, I GUESS, THAT
THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO
COLLECT DATA WILL OUTPACE
CONGRESS' ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT?
>> THERE IS SOME LEGISLATION IN
ON THIS AND I WOULD NEVER TRY TO
TELL YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S
PASSING A BILL IS GOING TO SOLVE
ANY PROBLEMS.
THERE IS TWO THINGS TO GO IN
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
ONE IS THIS ORGANIZATION CAN DO
THE THINGS THEY NEED TO DO TO
MAKE SURE PEOPLE'S PRIVACY IS
PROTECTED AND OF COURSE, PEOPLE