#zuckerberg to meet UK minister after damning ‘digital gangsters’ report

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will finally meet with a representative of the UK government after a UK parliamentary report this week excoriated the social media site for behaving like “digital gangsters.”

According to The Guardian, the UK’s culture secretary Jeremy Wright has flown out this Thursday to Facebook’s headquarters in California to talk with Zuckerberg in person. The Facebook CEO has refused repeated requests by the UK Parliament to answer questions in person over issues including misinformation and data privacy.

“The British public have legitimate concerns about their safety and security online and, as a responsible government, we are taking action,” said Wright, head of the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media &…

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