Social media platform Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to give statements to US Congress. That is, Zuckerberg will be present in front of the American Congress. The cause of Zuckerberg's problem is data scandal. Data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica has broken the data of more than 5 million Facebook users in the US and used it to influence the US presidential elections.
The role of Facebook, in this case, is in the realm of suspicion. There is an allegation of selling the data on it. Due to this breach, the shares of the company declined sharply and Facebook is facing many types of investigation. According to report, Zuckerberg has accepted to appear in front of House Energy and Commerce Committee.
However, it is not yet certain when Zuckerberg's will be there. The House Committee spokesperson also dismissed reports that the hearing on this case will be on April 12. The Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committee has also asked Zuckerberg to appear during the hearing.
Facebook sources say that after Zuckerberg's comments about appearing before the US Congress will put pressure on Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to do the same. Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Chuck Grassley asked these three CEOs to appear in a hearing on data privacy. The trial of this case is to be held on April 10. This means that the center of the trials of technology sector veterans will not be London but rather Washington. Zuckerberg had refused to appear before the British Parliament on Tuesday.
The chairmanship of the British Committee of MPs described Zuckerberg's decision to be absolutely shocking. Zuckerberg had spoken of sending two senior executives instead of himself in the British Parliament. The #deletefacebook was trending on Twitter in the past days and people across the world have deleted their Facebook accounts.
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