US Senators visibly had difficulty questioning Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, so WIRED has come to their rescue with the four questions they should ask (reproduced or paraphrased below):
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How does Facebook track users when they’re not on Facebook?
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Does Facebook behave like a monopoly?
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Show us (on a laptop here and now) how to change the privacy settings on a Facebook account.
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Has Facebook's focus on growth hurt users? How?
See the WIRED article by Natasha Tiku FOUR QUESTIONS CONGRESS SHOULD ACTUALLY ASK MARK ZUCKERBERG for a complete analysis. Of course, just because the question is asked doesn't mean it's answered, as Zuckerberg's non-answer to Senator Wicker's reasonable question shows:
(Was he testifying under oath?)