Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has admitted 10 social media firms snubbed his invitation for talks and the Government lacks the power to tackle them. The 14 largest companies were invited to a meeting with the Cabinet minister but just four turned up. “The fact that only four companies turned up when I invited the 14 biggest in gave me a big impetus to drive this proposal to legislate through.”Hancock said he “hopes we get to a position” where all users of social media users has to have their age verified. It comes as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is due to appear before the European Parliament to discuss privacy. Damian Collins, the chair of the Commons’ culture, media and sport select committee, called on MEPs to challenge Zuckerberg to appear before MPs.

Source: Huffington Post May 20, 2018 13:52 UTC