7-nation panel to grill Facebook over data scandals
IANS | Nov 25, 2018, 07:22 IST
SAN FRANCISCO: After attending grilling sessions this year with lawmakers over data breaches and failure to tackle political interference, Facebook is set to face an committee consisting 22 members from seven countries.
Richard Allan, vice president of Policy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), will face in London elected members from the Parliaments of Britain, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Latvia and Singapore next week. “An unprecedented international committee comprising 22 representatives from seven parliaments will meet in London next week to put questions to Facebook about the online fake news crisis and... string of data misuse scandals,” TechCrunch reported on Friday.
“The Committee offered the opportunity for (Mark Zuckerberg) to give evidence over video link, which was refused,” a spokesperson for Britain’s digital, culture, media and sport parliamentary committee was quoted as saying.
Richard Allan, vice president of Policy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), will face in London elected members from the Parliaments of Britain, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Latvia and Singapore next week. “An unprecedented international committee comprising 22 representatives from seven parliaments will meet in London next week to put questions to Facebook about the online fake news crisis and... string of data misuse scandals,” TechCrunch reported on Friday.
“The Committee offered the opportunity for (Mark Zuckerberg) to give evidence over video link, which was refused,” a spokesperson for Britain’s digital, culture, media and sport parliamentary committee was quoted as saying.
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