- Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg was a no-show before a committee of British lawmakers today, prompting consternation among legislators from the UK and other nations.
- The UK committee tweeted a link to a picture of Zuckerberg's empty seat with the text "9 countries. 24 official representatives. 447 million people represented. One question: Where is Mark Zuckerberg?"
- The panel hammered Facebook's Richard Allan, who did appear, over Zuckerberg's absence.
- The committee head there says a memo he reviewed shows Facebook knew Russian-linked entities were using a network feature to let advertisers harvest large amounts of data as early as October 2014. Facebook has said it was unaware of such activity until after the 2016 election.
- Allan refused to discuss particular documents which have been sealed by a California court. He did say Facebook would welcome clear laws globally around political communication, while maintaining Facebook hasn't violated existing laws nor an FTC consent decree concerning user privacy.
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