But the sudden move to invite journalists less than a month ahead seems timed to humanize Facebook's efforts to combat its ongoing data abuse and
election interference scandals.]
The Facebook data privacy and Russian
election interference scandals show that artificial intelligence is still not up to many critical jobs in the technology sector.
There have been plenty of calls from congress and critics to regulate Facebook following
the election interference scandal and now the Cambridge Analytica debacle.
Not exact matches
The opening statement largely reiterates what happened with the Cambridge Analytica
scandal and Facebook's plans to stop a similar event from happening, as well what the company has done in light of possible
election interference before leading into questions.
The statement also goes over both the Cambridge Analytica
scandal and Russian
election interference, thoroughly explaining what happened in each situation and what Facebook is doing to solve these problems.
Even before the Facebook data
scandal and the Nix video, Cambridge Analytica was under scrutiny in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian
interference in the 2016 presidential
election.
In these hearings, Democrats are expected to grill Mr. Zuckerberg about the privacy
scandals, and how the social network is guarding against possible
interference in this fall's midterm
elections.
But then came the fake news, News Feed addiction, violence on Facebook Live, cyberbullying, abusive ad targeting,
election interference and, most recently, the Cambridge Analytica app data privacy
scandals.
But with prominent fights flaring over Russian
election interference, data breaches and other
scandals, the biggest tech companies — no longer wishing to publicly oppose a bill fighting sex trafficking — retreated from their lobbying effort in recent weeks.
Facebook should have plenty to talk about, between augmented reality, new acquisitions, the Watch video tab and all its ongoing
scandals with Russian
election interference, fake news and News Feed reach.
Facebook should have plenty to talk about, between augmented reality, new acquisitions, the Watch video tab and all its ongoing
scandals with Russian
election interference, fake news and News Feed rea
The fake news
scandals and Russian
interference surrounding the 2016 U.S. presidential
election have landed Facebook, along with Twitter and Google, in the hotseats of congressional hearings.
In these hearings, Democrats are expected to grill Mr. Zuckerberg about the privacy
scandals, and how the social network is guarding against possible
interference in this fall's midterm
elections.