Facebook boss trying to get out in front of regulatory wave

Mark Zuckerberg

Like blind men trying to describe an elephant, everyone describing the Zuckerberg 2018 Apology Tour seems to have found whatever they wanted to find.

Some members of Congress clearly believe they confronted the arrogant young billionaire and asked him the tough questions, while many observers — especially those in Silicon Valley — saw Congress demonstrating its ignorance about how Facebook works on even a basic level, proving themselves to be completely unprepared to handle the problematic aspects of a giant social network married to a one-of-a-kind surveillance engine.