Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is facing calls from US and European legislators to explain how a consultancy that worked on President Donald Trump’s election campaign gained access to data on 50 million Facebook users. It was not clear whether Republicans who hold congressional committee gavels would announce any hearings related to Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. But the calls reflected mounting bipartisan concern in Washington over whether internet firms are operating as fair trustees of the massive amounts of user data they collect. Cambridge Analytica and its chief executive were not immediately available to comment on Monday. It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to stop hiding behind his Facebook page,” Mr Collins said in a statement.

Source: The Irish Times March 19, 2018 19:52 UTC