Facebook COO To Meet With Hatch on Big Data, High-Skilled Immigration

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, will hold a closed Wednesday briefing with Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg about big data, computer science education, cross-border data flows, free speech, high-skilled immigration, intellectual property protections, privacy and other issues. Hatch, chairman of the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force, said in a news release that the briefing with Republican senators is planned for 2:30-3:30 p.m. Facebook has come under scrutiny in recent weeks over accusations it tamped down conservative views on the social media site (see 1605190029) and also what it knew about the Orlando mass shooter's postings before and during the June 12 incident (see 1606160037).