UK wants Zuckerberg to give evidence amid Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal
Luxembourg — UK lawmakers have requested that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg give evidence as part of an ongoing inquiry into how the world’s largest social media platform handles fake news. The formal request arrives as privacy watchdogs across Europe plot their next steps in the wake of a scandal over the British firm accused of harvesting Facebook user profiles in its work for Donald Trump’s US presidential campaign. British Conservative lawmaker Damian Collins, head of a committee investigating the impact of social media on recent elections, wrote to Zuckerberg on Tuesday to request he answer for a "catastrophic failure of process" regarding the handling of user data. Separately, the EU justice commissioner Vera Jourová said she also plans to meet with Facebook during a visit to the US this week and seek answers to claims that Cambridge Analytica kept information on tens of millions of the social network giant’s users. "From an EU perspective, the misuse for political purposes of ...
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