--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Picks Best Parts of Mark Zuckerberg Testimony description: Jimmy Kimmel realized that he didn't even need to change the footage from Day 2 of Mark Zuckerberg's testimony for it to be hilarious. canonical: https://time.com/5237674/jimmy-kimmel-mark-zuckerberg-testimony-day-2/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-12T14:45:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:05:57.479Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Has the Best Parts of Mark Zuckerberg's Testimony og:description: So you don't have to og:url: https://time.com/5237674/jimmy-kimmel-mark-zuckerberg-testimony-day-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb147faf1e7d943cc/69892d7a0a4a2255759d260e/screen-shot-2018-04-12-at-10-01-12-am.png?branch=production&width=937&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 937 og:image:height: 527 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-04-12 at 10.01.12 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Has the Best Parts of Mark Zuckerberg's Testimony twitter:description: So you don't have to twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb147faf1e7d943cc/69892d7a0a4a2255759d260e/screen-shot-2018-04-12-at-10-01-12-am.png?branch=production&width=937&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Picked Out the Funniest Parts of Mark Zuckerberg's Testimony So You Don't Have to > Sponsored content. 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Mark Zuckerberg Admits His Data Was Part of the Cambridge Leak_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 12, 2018 2:45 PM UTC Mark Zuckerberg Admits His Data Was Part of the Cambridge Leak  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 12, 2018 2:45 PM UTC After creating an [edited version](http://time.com/5236160/mark-zuckerberg-testimony-cambridge-analytica-jimmy-kimmel/) of the first day of [Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony](http://time.com/5236871/zuckerberg-congress-testimony-facebook-cambridge/) before Congress, [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5232706/jimmy-kimmel-apology-sean-hannity/) realized that he didn’t even need to change the footage from Day 2 for it to be hilarious. During Wednesday’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, the late-night host aired a pared-down rendering of Zuckerberg’s questioning before the House Energy Commerce Committee. The clip focused on the most comical statements made and inquiries posed to the Facebook CEO, including a few about [Diamond and Silk](http://time.com/5236280/diamond-and-silk-facebook-mark-zuckerberg/), two sisters known for their pro-Trump beliefs who have garnered a large conservative fanbase. “The lawmakers who questioned him seemed confused,” Kimmel explained. “I think some of them think he’s the mayor of FarmVille. I don’t know if they know what Facebook is.” However, Kimmel went on to say that he thought Zuck had been a good sport about the proceedings, noting that he “almost even managed to replicate a human smile.” Watch the full clip below. ## Transcript Do you think you have a moral responsibility. To run a platform. The protects our democracy. Yes or no are so yes. Heavy users of FaceBook who were caught up in the Cambridge analytical and debacle been notified. Yes we are starting to notify people this week we started. Monday. We'll FaceBook offered to all of its users a blanket opt and to share their privacy data with any third party users. Congresswoman yes that's our platform works you have to opt in to sign into any app before you use it. Well let me just add that it is a minefields. In order to do is act. And you have to make transparent. Clear. In pedestrian language just once this is what we will do with your data do you want this to happen or not. So I I I think that this is being blurt. I think you know what I mean by it are you aware of other third party information missed and leaves that have not been disclosed. Congresswoman. No. Although we are currently going through the process of investigating every day you're not sure that had access to a large amount of data what does that mean. It means that we're going to look into. Every happened at a large amount of access to data in the past before we locked on the platform. I you're not a player as there are tens of thousands of apps you'll find right I only have one minutes. With no data included in the data sold to the malicious third parties. Your personal data. 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