Congress Keeps Asking Zuckerberg to Connect Rural America to the Internet

Congress Keeps Asking Zuckerberg to Connect Rural America to the Internet

6 years ago
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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xkk9k/facebook-hearings-rural-internet-broadband

Mark Zuckerberg has made no secret about his goals to operate internet infrastructure through Facebook, and at least a few members of Congress are keen on the idea. So keen that, in between questioning Zuckerberg about how his company failed to keep its users personal data secure, they asked the Facebook CEO if he would be interested in building their internet infrastructure.

“Next time you visit [West Virginia], if you would please bring some fiber because we don't have connectivity in our rural areas like we really need, and Facebook could really help us with that,” said Senator Shelley Moore Capito during Tuesday’s data security hearing with a joint Senate committee.