Mark Zuckerberg was mocked by lawmakers from across the world after refusing to attend a hearing on fake news. Committee members released an official photo showing an empty chair with the name-tag for the Facebook founder.
The picture was provocatively tagged: “Where is Mark Zuckerberg?”
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9 countries.
24 official representatives.
447 million people represented.One question: where is Mark Zuckerberg?
Top officials and politicians from nine countries – whose citizens on Facebook collectively total 500 million – gathered in London to question Facebook execs. Representatives from the UK, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Ireland, Latvia, and Singapore had to make do with Richard Allan, the company’s vice president on policy solutions.
The committee had invited Zuckerberg to give information via videolink, but the tech billionaire declined.
Allan risked the ire of Zuckerberg when he told the committee that it was “not great” that his boss failed to show up.
Over the weekend the UK parliament used its legal powers to seize internal Facebook documents in an attempt to hold the company to account. The seized papers – while having not been made public – reportedly contain confidential emails sent between Facebook’s senior executives, and a correspondence with Zuckerberg.
The seizure was invoked by MP Damian Collins, who also organized nine-nation ‘Grand Committee on Disinformation.’’
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