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 B次元官网网址� and possibly representatives from other countries B次元官网网址� 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 B次元官网网址� as well as subsequent breaches B次元官网网址� 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 B次元官网网址渨ith sufficient authorityB次元官网网址� to give an accurate account of recent problems, says the letter.
B次元官网网址淵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,B次元官网网址� the letter says.
B次元官网网址淲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 B次元官网网址� directly, via yourself.
B次元官网网址淲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.B次元官网网址�
The Canadian Press
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