Mark Zuckerberg is going to a very busy week in Washington.
In Facebook founder and CEO, will testify at a joint hearing of the Senate judiciary and the Senate Commerce, science and transportation committees on Tuesday, April 10 at 2:15 p.m. Eastern time. He will return to Capitol Hill the next day for another hearing before the energy and house Commerce Committee on Wednesday, April 11, at 10 I et.
Zuckerberg will answer questions about working with Facebook for users ‘ information and privacy. The appearance occurs as a result of the scandal, the Cambridge analyst who gave information of tens of millions are users of Facebook and on the background of long-term questions about how Russia and the other group used the platform to influence policy.
Senator Chuck grassli (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate judiciary Committee, said in a statement that the meeting “will examine the approaches to privacy that satisfy consumer expectations, encouraging innovation”. Senator John Thune (R-SD), Chairman of the Commerce Committee, said in a statement that deputies ask Zuckerberg for his vision “of solving problems, which cause serious concern about Facebook’s role in our democracy, bad actors using the platform and users ‘ privacy.”
Zuckerberg will probably get grilled with a lot of the same questions the next day on the house side. The house energy and Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden (R-l) And ranking member Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., (Democrat, new Jersey) in a statement on Wednesday said that their hearing all the Cheese will be “an important opportunity to shed light on the most important consumer privacy issues and to help all Americans better understand what is happening with their personal information online.”
The press-Secretary of Facebook confirmed the rumors Senate and the house of Zuckerberg in the email.
Scandal in Cambridge Analytics and Facebook in the spotlight
Facebook and Zuckerberg came under harsh scrutiny after it emerged that Cambridge intelligence, and Analytics firm data used trump campaign for the 2016 elections, secretly collected personal data from 87 million of its users. Facebook’s early efforts to contain the scandal fell short, and Zuckerberg has been quiet about it for five days before issuing a statement on it.
Zuckerberg, 33, has since spoken to the media about the scandal and questions about the processing of Facebook data from its users and information. In tandem, he and the Facebook team is also working to address the questions continued for his role in promoting Russian intervention in elections in 2016. Facebook on Tuesday showed that uncovered and removed more Content from the power farm the trolls who sought to influence the campaign of 2016.
Representatives of Facebook, Twitter and Google testified before Congress on Russian disinformation last fall. Zuckerberg and top managers of other companies was not present.
Ezra Klein, VOX talked to Zuckerberg in a recent podcast, in which the tech Executive has admitted the company still has a lot of work to do. “I think we’re going to dig in this hole, but it will take several years,” said Zuckerberg. “I would like to address all these issues within three months or six months, but I just think the reality is that addressing some of these issues will take a longer period of time.”
He may not have much time to act — at least, not in anticipation of Committee hearings of the Congress.
How to watch the joint hearings mark Zuckerberg in front of the Senate and the committees for trade
When: Tuesday, April 10, at 2:15 PM et
Where: Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
How to watch: Senate judiciary Committee
How to watch Zuckerberg hearings before the Committee on energy and Commerce chamber
When: Wednesday, April 11, at 10 a.m.
Where: Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
How to watch: on YouTube, “C-SPAN”
Sourse: vox.com
