Facebook Chief Zuckerberg to Testify April 11 Before House Commerce

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the House Commerce Committee April 11 at 10 a.m., the committee announced Wednesday. Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., and ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., said the hearing “will be an important opportunity to shed light on critical consumer data privacy issues and help all Americans better understand what happens to their personal information online.” The social media giant announced Wednesday that data of as many as 87 million people, mostly in the U.S., may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. Original estimates were around 50 million. Pallone and other members of Congress penned a letter to the FTC last month asking for details on the agency’s investigation into the matter. Facebook announced Tuesday it removed 70 Facebook and 65 Instagram accounts created by Russia’s Internet Research Agency. IRA “has consistently used inauthentic accounts to deceive and manipulate people,” Facebook said. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., expects Zuckerberg to continue to identify Russian troll activity and work with Congress.