UK not OK with Facebook’s Zuckerberg sending deputies to speak about data breach
London — British MPs renewed a demand on Tuesday to interview Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally over a data privacy row, after he responded to an earlier request by offering to send one of his deputies. Damian Collins, the chair of the House of Commons digital, culture and media committee, said that the seriousness of the allegations meant it was "appropriate" for Zuckerberg to offer an explanation himself, whether in person or via video link. In a letter published by the committee on Tuesday, a senior British Facebook executive offered to send chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer or chief product officer Chris Cox to London next month. "We’d be very happy to invite Mr Cox to give evidence," Collins said at the start of a committee hearing on Tuesday. "However we would still like to hear from Mr Zuckerberg as well. We will seek to clarify with Facebook whether he is available to give evidence or not, because this wasn’t clear from our correspondence, and if he is available...
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