A Canadian MP and his British counterpart are asking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear before an international committee they have formed to examine disinformation and fake news.
Bob Zimmer, a British Columbia Conservative who chairs the House of Commons committee on information, privacy and ethics, and Damian Collins, who heads a similar parliamentary committee in the United Kingdom, want Zuckerberg to appear Nov. 27 in London.
They say the hearing at Westminster will allow members of the two parliaments 91裸聊视频 and possibly representatives from other countries 91裸聊视频 to ask the social-media executive about digital policy, vulnerabilities in cyberspace and potential threats to their democracies.
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Both committees have previously asked Zuckerberg to appear before their respective members to discuss the breach of personal information involving Cambridge Analytica and Facebook 91裸聊视频 as well as subsequent breaches 91裸聊视频 but he has not done so.
There is also troublesome evidence of online Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential vote by means of advertisements on Facebook.
In their joint letter to Zuckerberg, dated Wednesday, Zimmer and Collins request a reply by Nov. 7.
Over the last year, the Canadian and British parliamentary committees have both sought evidence from a Facebook executive 91裸聊视频渨ith sufficient authority91裸聊视频 to give an accurate account of recent problems, says the letter.
91裸聊视频淵ou have chosen instead to send less senior representatives, and have not yourself appeared, despite having taken up invitations from the U.S. Congress and Senate, and the European Parliament,91裸聊视频 the letter says.
91裸聊视频淲e understand that it is not possible to make yourself available to all parliaments. However, we believe that your users in other countries need a line of accountability to your organization 91裸聊视频 directly, via yourself.
91裸聊视频淲e would have thought that this responsibility is something that you would want to take up. We both plan to issue final reports on this issue by the end of this December, 2018. The hearing of your evidence is now overdue, and urgent.91裸聊视频
The Canadian Press
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