Almost a twelvemonth ago , UK phallus of sevens asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg totestify in personabout how Facebook handle information concealment and online misinformation . And like Neo dodging bullets in The Matrix , Zuckerberg has repeatedly wrestle his way out of it , opting to commit lackey in his place . But it seems like he finally has some free sentence in his schedule , as UK acculturation secretaire Jeremy Wright is set to meet with Zuckerberg at Facebook ’s headquarters today .
But before you rub your hand with glee , Wright is n’t going there for a lengthy one - on - one grill academic session with Zuckerberg over the societal media giant ’s multiple privacy violations . Wright , who heads the UK ’s Digital , Culture , Media & Sport Committee , is in reality on a tour of Silicon Valley to hash out the British government ’s upcomingInternet Safety White Paperwith Apple , Google , Facebook , and Twitter . And , accord to the BBC , Wright willonly be grant a 30 - minute windowin Zuckerberg ’s busy schedule of bungle seek to fix Facebook ’s public simulacrum .
The meeting also comes just a few twenty-four hour period after Wright ’s committee released a108 - Thomas Nelson Page reportconcluding its 18 - month investigating into disinformation on social media . In it , the citizens committee precipitously call down Facebook as behaving like“digital gangsters ” unequal to of patrol themselves . In particular , Zuckerberg ’s ongoing refusal to personally show before the commission was singled out as an example of his failed leading .
“ I remain a firm believer that engineering has the power to do goodness and positively impact our beau monde , ” Wright said in astatementon Monday . “ But it is clear that things require to change . With power total duty and the time has come for the technical school companies to be decent accountable . ”
In a instruction to Yahoo Finance UKpublished today , Wright said , “ The era of ego regulation is come to an final stage but I still want to see modern solutions on on-line hurt being put forward by the industry . I look forrad to meeting Mr. Zuckerberg to hash out what more Facebook can do to assist keep people safe on their platforms , as we prepare a new regulatory model that will reward Facebook ’s and other technical school firms ’ responsibility to keep us safe . ”
That ’s a hefty agenda for a bare 30 minutes . But hey , at least Zuckerberg will get some pattern in for his2019 challengeof talking more to masses .
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