Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg Need to Come Clean About 2016. Now.
A new report raises deeply troubling questions about the platform
By Helaine Olen
Over the weekend, the New York Times and The Observer of London posted a blockbuster investigative piece revealing that Cambridge Analytica, the firm brought on by the Trump campaign to target voters online, used the data of tens of millions of people obtained from Facebook without proper disclosures or permission.
In the wake of this report, it’s more than past time for Mark Zuckerberg to testify to Congress about Facebook’s role in the 2016 election and why he believes existing privacy laws are adequate to protect Americans from misuse and abuse of technology platforms.
And I mean Mark Zuckerberg. Not a Facebook lawyer, like the company sent to Congress last year for hearings were held on how fake news swamped tech platforms like, oh, Facebook. As Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar tweeted:
“Facebook breach: This is a major breach that must be investigated. It’s clear these platforms can’t police themselves. I’ve called for more transparency & accountability for online political ads. They say ‘trust us.’ Mark Zuckerberg needs to testify before Senate Judiciary.”
