According to people familiar with the matter, Zuckerberg plans to meet with Senator Maria Cantwell. Canterwell is the head of the Democratic Party in the US Senate Business Council, which oversees several technical issues and is weighing privacy legislation.
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According to foreign media reports, social networking giant Facebook announced that the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg will visit Washington this week to meet with US lawmakers to discuss the future regulation of the Internet. Currently, Facebook is being reviewed more and more for privacy and market behavior.
According to people familiar with the matter, Zuckerberg plans to meet with Senator Maria Cantwell. Canterwell is the head of the Democratic Party in the US Senate Business Council, which oversees several technical issues and is weighing privacy legislation.
In addition, Zuckerberg is said not to meet with Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives. Earlier this year, after the company failed to delete a smashed Pelosi video, the Democrats attacked the company. Earlier reports said that Pelosi refused at least two chances to meet with Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg’s visit to Washington coincides with Facebook’s criticism of legislators’ handling of their personal information, the surge in violent content, and foreign intervention in elections. The company also faces antitrust investigations into the business practices of the US federal, congressional, and state states.
US local time on Wednesday, members of the Senate Commerce Committee questioned executives at Facebook, Twitter, and Apple companies such as Alphabet, questioning the spread of extremism and violence on these digital platforms.
In addition, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an antitrust investigation against Facebook, and the multi-state alliance that New York is leading is also conducting extensive investigations into the social media giant. In July of this year, Facebook agreed to pay $5 billion to settle the allegations of infringement of user privacy by the FTC.
The Anti-Monopoly Committee of the US House Judiciary Committee is also investigating competition issues in the technology industry. Last week, the committee sent a letter to Facebook asking for information about its acquisition, as well as Zuckerberg, chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, and former general counsel Colins Colin Stretch and Policy Director Kevin Martin(Kevin Martin) communication information.
Facebook is trying to win the support of lawmakers who have threatened to block the launch of its new cryptocurrency Libra. The company’s executives said the currency could cut costs and expand access to third-world national banking systems. The project was questioned by the two parties at the US Congressional hearing in July, and even prompted them to introduce legislative proposals to kill them.