Hearing on Facebook's Social Media Privacy and Data Use Concerns (Full Transcript)

Speaker 1: We welcome everyone to today's hearing on Facebook's Social Media Privacy. Welcome, everyone. We welcome everyone to today's hearing on Facebook's Social Media Privacy and the use and abuse of data. Although not unprecedented, this is a unique hearing. The issues we will consider range from data privacy.

Speaker 2: You promised that when Facebook discovers other apps that had access to large amounts of user data, you will ban them and tell those affected. And that's appropriate. But it's unlikely to be enough for the 2 billion Facebook users. One reason that so many people are worried about this incident is what it says about Plus, roughly 45% of American adults report getting at least some of their news from Facebook. In many respects, this incredible reach is why we're here today. We're here because of what you, Mr. President, have described as a breach of trust. A quiz app used by approximately...