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Ethics committee votes to subpoena Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to testify on Cambridge Analytica | CBC News

Parliament's ethics committee voted Tuesday to subpoena Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg and its CEO Sheryl Sandberg to testify earlier than a world committee of parliamentarians assembly later this month to probe the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Parliament's ethics committee voted Tuesday to subpoena Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg and its CEO Sheryl Sandberg to testify before an international committee of parliamentarians meeting later this month to probe the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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  3. "Advertisers are able to write their own copy, when sharing a link as an advertisement on Facebook, potentially opening the door for misleading ads to spread". (September 16, 2019)
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  5. "Facebook's lead regulator in the European Union is seeking information over how it handled data during the manual transcription of users' audio recordings, Ireland's Data Protection Commision said on Wednesday". (August 14, 2019)
  6. "Facebook says it is aware of outages on its platforms including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram and is working to resolve the issue". (March 14, 2019)
  7. "Facebook promised to open a data centre in Canada to create jobs, in exchange for the federal government offering assurances that it would not impose its jurisdiction over the company's non-Canadian data". (March 4, 2019)
  8. "While some see Facebook's ban of far-right political commentator Faith Goldy and several Canadian groups promoting white nationalism as encouraging, others, including the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, warn there's a fine line between free expression and hate speech". (April 14, 2019)
  9. "Canadian MPs are warning that Facebook's top officials could be found in contempt of Parliament if they continue to ignore a subpoena to testify in Ottawa this week". (May 27, 2019)
  10. "A former Facebook adviser is urging governments around the world to shut down social media platforms until they can be reformed". (May 28, 2019)
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