Grassley Asks Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs to Attend April 10 Hearing

The Senate Judiciary Committee invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Congress April 10 about the company's past and future policies on consumer data protection, Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, announced Monday. Grassley also invited Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The discussion will involve privacy standards for the “collection, retention and dissemination” of consumer data for commercial use, Grassley said. Measures for preventing misuse and improper data transfer also are expected to be discussed. Facebook didn’t comment.