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Disinformation Nation: Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation

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Questioner: Lisa Blunt RochesterWitness: Mark Zuckerberg

Harm: Targeted advertisingOther Topics: Behavioral Targeting
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Lisa Blunt Rochester

A. · Response

Mark Zuckerberg

QuestionCiting her DETOUR Act targeting "dark patterns" — deceptive interface tactics used to extract personal data — Blunt Rochester asks whether Zuckerberg would oppose legislation banning such manipulative design, and whether he'll commit to including deceptive design choices in Meta's own internet-regulation proposals.

ResponseZuckerberg says the anti-dark-patterns principle "makes sense" but declines to commit, saying he'd need to think about it and that other regulatory areas feel more urgent to him.