Mark Zuckerberg: The EU would have a few more questions

He was already in the US Congress, now the group leaders in the EU parliament are also questioning Mark Zuckerberg on the data scandal on Facebook. What's he got to worry about?

Mark Zuckerberg: The EU would have a few more questions
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    Wochenlanghat asked European Parliament for a public hearing with Mark Zuckerberg – and has been repeatedly disconsoled. First it was said by Facebooks, you are happy to answer questions, but appear will only DerVizeöffentlichkeitschef JoelKaplan. Then Facebook said that Mark Zuckerberg comes in person, but questioning solleunter exclusion of public. On Monday Derüberraschende change of Heart: CEO of social network Wirdnicht only testify in front of group leaders of EU parliament in Brussels, DieAnhörung will also be broadcast live on Internet from 18.15 pm.

    "I personally discusses Möglichkeiteines Webstreams with Mark Zuckerberg," wrote Antonio Tajani, President of European Parliament, on Twitter on Monday. I am pleased to announce that he has agreed to this erneutenAnfrage. " Deritalienische politicians celebrate public Übertragungals "great news for EU citizens". Previously Hattendie Greens on a public livestream of hearing Gedrängtund a Onlinepetitiongestartet. They signed more than 30,000 EU citizens. "Pressure works!", Twitterteder initiator and Green politician Sven Giegold.

    DieAnhörung on Tuesday evening will bring clarity to data scandal around DieAnalysefirma Cambridge Analytica. The British Unternehmenhat 2014 stores 87 million Facebook users illegally acquired and with ir help alleged US citizens in presidential campaign 2016beeinflusst. It was possible to use data on EineSchnittstelle, which scientist Aleksandr Kogan took advantage of: built an app called this is your digital life and attacked not only profile information of participants, but auchihrer friends. The subsequent sale of personal information violates terms of use of Facebook.

    Rectedbefore interface that Kogan has been using has been closed for four years, scandal raises question of how Facebookmit bypasses user's data. Although DasNetzwerk was already informed about 2015 scandal, contented DerZusicherung that data would not be used furr. Presumably, Cambridge Analytica GMM's of Facebook users but still used until 2017. The parties concerned should be 2.7 million EU citizens.

    The European parliamentarians are fighting for front hearing. DerFacebook boss is supposed to explain how scandal could come about – and how he intends to protect information SeinerNutzerinnen and users in future. "We expect Mark Zuckerberg to provide explanations of how Cambridge Analytica reafter could manipulate undWahlen by millions of Europeans," said chairman DerSozialdemokraten in European Parliament, Udo Bullmann, to DPA. According to news, Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht hopes to learn more about "what Facebook actually plantmit look at data protection of users and how, above all else, a business model can be operated, which is not only on Exploitation of data and human privacy.

    Date Of Update: 23 May 2018, 12:03
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