European lawmakers pilloried Mark Zuckerberg Tuesday for Facebook’s privacy and misinformation failings and raised the possibility of regulation, a threat that is more realistic than what the social media giant faces in the U.S. “However, democracy should never become a marketing operation where anyone who buys that data buys a political advantage.”In response, Zuckerberg apologized to European lawmakers, much as he had done during his testimony to the U.S. Congress in April. Experts anticipate that members of the European Parliament might use the opportunity to brandish their soon-to-be new powers. Twin hearings before the U.S. Congress in April, where lawmakers grilled Zuckerberg about Cambridge Analytica, received ridicule from experts who felt that policymakers weren’t well prepared. Some members of the body then urged participating members of Parliament to take a tough tack with Zuckerberg.

Source: Washington Post May 22, 2018 03:56 UTC