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‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver Drags Senator Richard Blumenthal Over “Finsta” Flub

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In his usual form, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver wasted no time in catching up with Twitter’s latest laughing stock. This time, it was Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal.Last week, a video clip of Blumenthal in a Senate hearing concerning Facebook and Instagram’s effects on teenagers’ mental health went viral showing the senior senator asking a Facebook safety executive if she was committed to “ending Finsta,” a portmanteau of fake and Instagram account.

The executive replied the company does not actually provide a “Finsta” service and that users create fake accounts on their own accord.

Blumenthal then asked if Facebook would commit to ending that type of account. The Facebook executive then responded she doesn’t fully understand

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