Parliament ‘waiting’ to talk to Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg
DCMS committee chair Damian Collins has said MPs are ready to speak to the billionaire after he pledged to take part in more public discussions.
The head of a parliamentary committee examining Facebook’s data scandals and business practices has again called on Mark Zuckerberg to appear before MPs.
Writing in the New York Times, Damian Collins, chair of the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee, said he would welcome the Facebook chief executive before the committee after the billionaire said his personal pledge for 2019 was to “host a series of public discussions” related to the technology industry’s future.
Mr Zuckerberg has previously declined several invitations to appear at UK parliamentary committees looking into fake news, instead sending other executives from the social network.
The Facebook boss was also empty chaired by a special international grand committee which included politicians from Britain and seven other countries when it met in November.
“Last year, Facebook lashed out instead of opening up,” Mr Collins wrote.
