Zuckerberg says his five-year-old uses Messenger as lawmaker tells him platform is her ‘biggest fear as parent’

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<p>An effigy of Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg (C), dressed as a January 6, 2021, insurrectionist is placed near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2021</p> (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

An effigy of Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg (C), dressed as a January 6, 2021, insurrectionist is placed near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2021

(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says his five-year-old uses Messenger as a lawmaker told him the platform is her “biggest fear as parent.”

Mr Zuckerberg said that he allowed his eldest daughter, Max, to use the platform to “message her cousins” as he and other tech bosses came under fire from politicians in Congress.

The social media CEO was joined by Twitter boss Jack Dorsey and Google CEO Sundar Pinchai in fielding questions from the Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday.

Republicans on the committee took turns in their opening statements and questioning of the executives to criticise the social media platforms and their impact on users and extremist groups.

GOP congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, from Washington state, told the executives: “You have broken my trust….Your platforms are my biggest fear as a parent.”

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She then asked Mr Zuckerberg if he allowed his own children to use Facebook products.

“Congresswoman, My daughters are five and three and they do not use our products. Actually that is not exactly true my eldest daughter max, I let use messenger kids sometimes to message her cousins,” said Mr Zuckerberg.

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