Quick, somebody friend Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He's having a tough couple of days

Amid the fallout from the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica revelations in recent weeks, two US Senate committees questioned Zuckerberg on Tuesday and Wednesday. With 44 senators in attendance from both sides of the aisle, the questioning was understandably tense.

But as Twitter users watched live, it was easy to turn the grim images of Zuckerberg into comic relief.

*record scratch*



*freeze frame*



Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation. pic.twitter.com/AyJ6GeadU9 — Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) April 10, 2018

MAINTAIN YOUR HUMAN FORM. pic.twitter.com/9vzqt5MwH3 — Jonathan Hickman (@JHickman) April 10, 2018

Senator: “Are you a human?”



Mark #Zuckerberg: "This an important question. My team will get back to you on that." pic.twitter.com/9C6uUDpQeD — Mark Zuckerberg Memes (@ZuckerbergMemes) April 10, 2018

If you are watching Zuckerberg's testimony and giving him a pass because he's such a young man, just look at this picture and listen to the audio. You're welcome. https://t.co/HeKf1q6dFz pic.twitter.com/iLSA6hxPvW — Adam Mordecai (@advodude) April 10, 2018

deer in headlights are like 'are you okay my guy' pic.twitter.com/adQq827I0A — Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) April 10, 2018

"They're probably watching me. Well, let them. Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are watching. They'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, 'Why, he wouldn't even harm a fly...'" pic.twitter.com/FtPt54N2gb — Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) April 10, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t slept since MySpace pic.twitter.com/njLhS0NbM9 — Mark Zuckerberg Memes (@ZuckerbergMemes) April 10, 2018

When you know that you have enough information to destroy everyone questioning you pic.twitter.com/XqHk4Re0yI — Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) April 10, 2018

gonna have to untag a lot of photos pic.twitter.com/Ni3Bnskhba — Kevin Townsend (@kevinstownsend) April 10, 2018

Senators mystified by technology

“Mr. Zuckerberg, a magazine i recently opened came with a floppy disk offering me 30 free hours of something called America On-Line. Is that the same as Facebook?” pic.twitter.com/U7pqpUhEhQ — Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) April 10, 2018

WHY WON'T MY GRANDSON ACCEPT MY FRIEND REQUEST? pic.twitter.com/WEXonYDzKS — David Mack (@davidmackau) April 10, 2018

Grassley: Would it be possible to run your server farms on corn? — pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) April 10, 2018

Chuck Grassley stop saying consarnit into the mic. — pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) April 10, 2018

Senator: and if I wanted to print out my Facebook, how would I do that?



Zuckerberg: well, I, um



Senator: could you slow down the funniest videos?



Zuckerberg: I don't really



Senator: and if I need to Like a post anonymously how do I do that?



Zuckerberg: that's not — Chris Hardie (@ChrisHardie) April 10, 2018

The CEO of Facebook got grilled on tech matters by a dude who can't even figure out glasses. I'M DYING. pic.twitter.com/ukEUuMNeHG — Tuxedo Mask (@TheLoveBel0w) April 10, 2018

I'm waiting for Senator Leahy to ask Zuckerberg if he is, in fact, "the Batman." pic.twitter.com/dA2MsSZ0Tm — Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) April 10, 2018

"Now, Mr. Zuckerberg, is the Constitution a 'face book?'" pic.twitter.com/zCNStn3DKm — jordan (@JordanUhl) April 11, 2018

Almost feel bad for Zuckerberg. There’s no way he left that room full of old people without having to set up their wifi. — Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) April 11, 2018

Some of this Zuck testimony sounds a lot like me providing technical support to my relatives over Thanksgiving. — Dennis Crowley (@dens) April 10, 2018

If I were questioning Zuckerberg about Facebook I'd just ask him to explain different Minions memes. "Why is the Minion in the marines, and also in your opinion how does that relate to the broader observation about 'fake friends?'" — David Roth (@david_j_roth) April 10, 2018

That seat cushion

Zuckerberg as Data

Mark Zuckerberg’s manner has always reminded me of someone, but I could never quite grasp hold of it.



Just now it hit me, watching him testify about data. pic.twitter.com/4Zs2eGlsHD — Matthew Teague (@MatthewTeague) April 10, 2018

Same same but different but still same pic.twitter.com/Kc0HLP5KHW — Jason Lim (@jas0nsg) April 10, 2018

Congress: Have you been mining data?



Zuckerberg: What?



Congress: Have you been mining, Data?



Zuckerberg: pic.twitter.com/jOK5wUj2yq — The Cultured Ruffian (@CulturedRuffian) April 11, 2018

The Social Network

anyway, here's zuckerberg's arrival set to the radiohead cover from "the social network" trailer pic.twitter.com/wsuA8GaVFY — David Mack (@davidmackau) April 10, 2018

live look at zuck on capitol hill pic.twitter.com/8z9GJ4EYeQ — it me jeff meltz (@thecultureofme) April 10, 2018

Every time I see Mark Zuckerberg in real life, I like Jesse Eisenberg's performance in The Social Network more and more. pic.twitter.com/1ynZcT8Aye — Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) April 10, 2018

Artificial intelligence

Just landed in the US - every screen in customs has the Zuckerberg hearing live. Guy behind me in line says: 'Damn, this AI thing he keeps talking about better be real smart, because it's got a huge mess to clean up.' 😶 — Kate Crawford (@katecrawford) April 11, 2018

Zuckerberg is trying to explain AI and machine learning to the cast of the movie Cocoon. This will be fascinating. — Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) April 10, 2018

Zuckerberg has now repeatedly said that Facebook will increasingly move toward AI automatically taking down and even *blocking* posts. Because that's what our policymakers want: in one breath they complain of Facebook's unchecked power and in another demand they use it even more. — Kevin Bankston (@KevinBankston) April 10, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg in your future, using AI to report your thoughts to The Bot Overlord. pic.twitter.com/gflHOtixtQ — Satiria (@SatiriaNews) April 11, 2018

Say AI one more time, Zuckerberg. — Amit Serper (@0xAmit) April 10, 2018

First published, April 10, 2:07 p.m. PT.

Update, April 10 4:48 p.m. PT: Adds more memes.

Update, April 11 2 p.m. PT: Adds more memes.