On Monday, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called on the Facebook CEO to appear at an April 10
hearing about data privacy.
Not exact matches
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently testified at two Congressional
hearings at which he fielded lawmakers» questions
about the company's continued stumbles with
data privacy and how it intended to prevent future disasters.
Facebook's recent
data privacy missteps and closely watched Congressional
hearings about the topic does not appear to have significantly impacted the company's latest quarterly earnings.
Kara Swisher, Recode executive editor, discusses what she expects to
hear about data from Alphabet when the tech giant reports quarterly earnings post-Facebook
data privacy scandal.
The incident comes as Facebook faces global concerns
about personal
data privacy, including Congressional
hearings at which Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg testified.
The
hearing was supposed to be
about social media
privacy and the use and abuse of
data.
The
hearing was, at least in theory, supposed to be
about Facebook's
data privacy practices and the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The
hearings didn't reveal new information
about Facebook's practices, but they suggested that many members of Congress are ready to move on from the status quo of weak
privacy protections and unfettered
data collection by companies in the U.S. Below, we break down some of the top hits, misses, and unanswered questions from the
hearings.
While the
hearings were ostensibly primarily
about data security and
privacy, Zuckerberg's own words indicate he was not necessarily limiting them to the
privacy issue, and lawmakers» questions covered everything from content censorship to Facebook's responsibility for illegal pharmaceutical ads.
Washington — Members of Congress weighed the concerns of parents, researchers, and educators
about the sensitive intersection of education
data and student
privacy at a House education committee
hearing Tuesday.
They are updating Google Play Services in the L release and adding
Privacy Controls and Universal
Data Controls, as well as the kill switch we've all been
hearing about.
If you're in the «what are you talking
about» category, GDPR is the General
Data Protection Regulation rule in the EU that will govern data protection and privacy for individuals within the European Union.Today's guest is author BL (Barb) Berry, and as you'll hear in the interview, her job forced her to take a hard look at GDPR, and then to take an even deeper look at how it might impact her career as a romance aut
Data Protection Regulation rule in the EU that will govern
data protection and privacy for individuals within the European Union.Today's guest is author BL (Barb) Berry, and as you'll hear in the interview, her job forced her to take a hard look at GDPR, and then to take an even deeper look at how it might impact her career as a romance aut
data protection and
privacy for individuals within the European Union.Today's guest is author BL (Barb) Berry, and as you'll
hear in the interview, her job forced her to take a hard look at GDPR, and then to take an even deeper look at how it might impact her career as a romance author.
Zuckerberg plans to speak at a jpint
hearing of two Senate panels Tuesday and a House panel Wednesday
about Cambridge Analytica and Facebook's
data privacy practices.
3:45 p.m.: This article was updated with details
about a Senate Judiciary Committee
hearing on
data privacy and Facebook stock's closing price.
They are updating Google Play Services in the L release and adding
Privacy Controls and Universal
Data Controls, as well as the kill switch we've all been
hearing about.
Following revelations that emerged last week
about Facebook's misuse of user
data, the company today said it has «
heard loud and clear» that it needs to make it easier for users to know how to control their own
privacy settings and
data.