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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe need to talk, Brit Parliamentary committee tells Mark Zuckerberg
The Parliaments Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has demanded Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg appear before us to give oral evidence in the fallout over Cambridge Analytica while an ex-Facebooker is due to spill the beans tomorrow.
After the DCMS committee chairman Conservative MP Damian Collins announced on Sunday that he would drag Zuckerberg in front of the committee for a grilling, he has since followed through on that threat with a strongly worded letter.
It is now time to hear from a senior Facebook executive with the sufficient authority to give an accurate account of this catastrophic failure of process. There is a strong public interest test regarding user protection. Accordingly we are sure you will understand the need for a representative from right at the top of the organisation to address concerns, said Collins letter, which we reproduce below.
Theres just one small snag. Zuck is an American citizen, meaning he can safely ignore any such summons. If a British or Commonwealth citizen, or someone living in the UK, did that, they would risk being jailed for committing contempt of Parliament.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/20/dcms_zuckerberg_summoned/
Can Zuckerberg be extradited to the UK for breaking the EU data privacy laws?
Me.
(35,454 posts)But I believe they can hurt him economically if he doesn't show.
Maybe Sheryl Sandberg can go over and wave her arms around.
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(3,377 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,065 posts)Do people even realize how powerful this is? They used Facebook and the data collected there to create propaganda that was strong enough to get a monster like Trump elected. Imagine if they had had a good candidate?
If you can't stop this power, you have to harness it for good.