“The problem is Facebook,” lawmakers from nine countries tell Zuckerberg’s accountability stand-in
https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/27/the-problem-is-facebook-lawmakers-from-nine-countries-tell-zuckerbergs-accountability-stand-in/
A grand committee of international parliamentarians empty-chaired Mark Zuckerberg at a hearing earlier today, after the Facebook founder snubbed repeat invitations to face questions about malicious, abusive and improper uses of his social media platform — including the democracy-denting impacts of so-called ‘fake news’.
The UK’s DCMS committee has been leading the charge to hold Facebook to account for data misuse scandals and election interference — now joined in the effort by international lawmakers from around the world. But still not by Zuckerberg himself.
“The problem is Facebook,” lawmakers from nine countries tell Zuckerberg’s accountability stand-in
Nov 27, 2018, 5:52pm UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/27/the-problem-is-facebook-lawmakers-from-nine-countries-tell-zuckerbergs-accountability-stand-in/
> A grand committee of international parliamentarians empty-chaired Mark Zuckerberg at a hearing earlier today, after the Facebook founder snubbed repeat invitations to face questions about malicious, abusive and improper uses of his social media platform — including the democracy-denting impacts of so-called ‘fake news’.
> The UK’s DCMS committee has been leading the charge to hold Facebook to account for data misuse scandals and election interference — now joined in the effort by international lawmakers from around the world. But still not by Zuckerberg himself.