⁍ A U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing on a key social media legal protection was briefly delayed when Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg struggled to appear remotely.
⁍ ‘We are unable to make contact with Mr. Mark Zuckerberg,’ Senator Roger Wicker, who chairs the committee, said agreeing to a five-minute delay.
⁍ Facebook told the committee that Zuckerberg was alone. He was able to get connected in a couple of minutes.
– Mark Zuckerberg had to briefly delay his testimony on Capitol Hill on Tuesday because he couldn’t be there. “We are unable to make contact with Mr. Mark Zuckerberg,” Sen. Roger Wicker, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, said as the hearing was delayed for five minutes, Reuters reports. “I was just having a hard time connecting myself,” Zuckerberg said. Facebook told the committee that Zuckerberg was alone. “I was able to hear the other opening statements. I was just having a hard time connecting myself,” he said. Wicker responded: “I know the feeling Mr. Zuckerberg.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech-senate-facebook/facebooks-zuckerberg-struggles-to-connect-forcing-us-senate-hearing-to-pause-idUSKBN27D296