UK parliament seizes confidential Facebook documents 4 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy the Associated PressBritain’s parliament has seized confidential Facebook documents from the developer of a now-defunct bikini photo searching app as it turns up the heat on the social media company over its data protection policies. Collins, a critic of social media abuses and manipulation, is leading the committee’s look into the rise of “fake news” and how it is being used to influence political elections. Lawmakers from seven countries are preparing to grill a Facebook executive, Richard Allan, at the committee’s hearing in London. Facebook wants the files to be kept secret and a judge in California ordered them sealed earlier this year.

Source: Manila Bulletin November 26, 2018 14:26 UTC