New York (CNN Business) It can be hard to comprehend however, fortunately for Congress they were able to understand the The whistleblower on Facebook Walk them through it on " Saturday Night Live ."
The NBC variety show premiered on Saturday, with Franceshaugen who was who is played by Heidi Gardner, giving testimony on Capitol Hill about the internal workings of Facebook. For Gardner's Haugen the testimony quickly turned to Congress asking questions regarding the way social media functions.
"I would like to express my gratitude to the Facebook whistleblower for coming forth," Mikey Day's Sen. Richard Blumenthal said.
Gardner's Haugen replied by saying that it was nice to work in a place of work with "no skateboards."
Day's Blumenthal allowed his colleagues pose questions to Haugen and the senator. Dianne Feinstein, played by Cecily Strong, going first.
"What Facebook has done is embarrassing and you should be confident that Congress will take steps," she said. "Right after we approve legislation to improve infrastructure, we will we'll raise your debt limit, bring charges against the perpetrators of the January 6th protests and prevent Trump from taking executive privileges, even though he's no more president. However, after that, keep an eye on Facebook!"
Then she asked if having over 2,000 friends who are on Facebook can be considered "good."
"How many of them does Drake have? 4,00?" Strong's Feinstein asked.
"I believe he's got around 50 million,"" Gardner's Haugen claimed.
"Oh the Lord, I'm so sorry I never got a response to my question," Strong's Feinstein responded.
The conversation then moved to Senator. Ted Cruz, played by Aidy Bryant.
"I was especially interested in your story of online bullying," Bryant's Cruz said. "How teens and even men of all ages, are constantly bullied."
Bryant's Cruz later asked him to disable the bullying feature . He also said he was concerned by the gangs Gardner's Haugen has mentioned.
"I've seen groups with sexist names, such as "Ted Cruz is a suck'" Bryant's Cruz declared. "Now should you not declare them to be false?"
Gardner's Haugen explained Bryant's Cruz that these groups were not false information, but one person's perspective.
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"Well it's more than one person's view," he said.
The show was concluded with two social media's chiefs joining the discussion.
The first was Facebook's founding father, Mark Zuckerberg played by Alex Moffat.
"No We do not need any more information from him," Day's Blumenthal said.
Instead, he visited the "O.G. social media king" Tom from Myspace, who was played by Pete Davidson.
"Remember me? I was innocent," Davidson's Tom said. "I'm not involved in any of the strange algorithm things. We barely manage the website."
Then he said "Come to the venue, and check out your buddy's band that was 20 years old" and "let's get America top 8 once more."
Tom Davidson's Tom was the first to start the show with his trademark catchy catchy phrase, "Live, from New York... The show is on Saturday nights!"
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