Congressional lawmakers delivered a broad lashing of Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday, sniping at his company’s plans to launch a digital currency, its pockmarked track record on privacy and diversity, and its struggles to prevent the spread of misinformation.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Facebook’s Zuckerberg takes broad lashing on Libra, 2020 election and civil rights at congressional hearing
The social media giant’s chief executive took an early lashing Wednesday over the company’s policies to spot and prevent the spread disinformation.
By Tony Romm
October 23, 2019 at 1:44 p.m. EDT