According to media reports, Mark Zuckerberg is prepared to inform US Congress about misuse of data on Facebook. As CNN and Washington Post rely on Facebook employees to report, company’s boss is currently working on a suitable strategy. Zuckerberg is said to have come to conclusion that such a step is necessary, writes CNN. With Zuckerberg’s testimony will be expected in coming weeks.
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The US Congress has invited Zuckerberg to testify to parliamentarians on 10 April. Members of or parliaments, including United Kingdom, Germany and EU, have also asked Zuckerberg and or representatives of Facebook in Europe to explain mselves in data affair.
However, Zuckerberg does not want to testify in front of British Parliament. The Committee on Digital, Culture, media and sport of British Parliament had asked him to appear in person. Now, Parliament has made a public letter in which Facebook offered on Monday to send technology chief Mike Schroepfer or product manager Chris Cox instead. Both have asked Zuckerberg “personally” to take time for deputies. Committee chairman Damian Collins n called on Cox to appear before committee. On Twitter, he added: “Given importance of se questions, we still believe that Mark Zuckerberg is right person to testify.”
Zuckerberg apologizes in Germany
A good week ago it was known that data analysis company Cambridge Analytica has unauthorized access to data from more than 50 million Facebook users. This data is intended to selectively influence voters in US presidential election campaign in favor of Donald Trump. The EU wants to see wher Brexit referendum has been affected.
In meantime, Zuckerberg apologized to German users and chose analogue way of displaying newspaper. In several German daily newspapers it was read in full-page advertisements on Tuesday: “It is our responsibility to protect your information. If we cannot, we do not deserve this responsibility. ” The Facebook boss apologized for breach of trust and promised “that we will do our work better in future.” In British newspapers, Zuckerberg had already apologized on Sunday.
