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Acting consumer protection chief Mick Mulvaney on Wednesday defended the decision to put frosted glass on his office at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau against accusations that it sent the wrong message about transparency. Rep. Keith Ellison , Minnesota Democrat, confronted Mr. Mulvaney , a former member of Congress who is now the White House budget chief and the acting consumer chief, about the office during a hearing on Capitol Hill.
For five years, Sen. Ron Wyden has pushed Congress to address how U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management leaders often must divert money from other programs, including fire prevention and forest management budgets, to cover the increasingly high cost of fighting massive wildfires. The Wildfire Disaster Funding Act was a part of the $1.3 trillion federal spending package passed by federal lawmakers and signed by the president late last month.
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday sparred with lawmakers over how much control users of the world's largest social media network have over their data in a sometimes fractious five-hour hearing. Zuckerberg assured members of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee that users have ultimate control of their Facebook information, but undermined that by saying he was among the 87 million users whose data was improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that federal regulation of Facebook and other Internet companies is "inevitable" - an acknowledgement that comes as Congress is considering how to respond to a massive privacy breach at the social media giant. "The Internet is growing in importance around the world in people's lives; I think it's inevitable that there will be some regulation," the 33-year-old billionaire told members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Social media lives and dies on engagement. You serve your audiences such provocative content - news, political hot takes, baby pictures - that they keep their eyes on you as long as possible.
Zuckerberg is trying to restore public confidence after information from up to 87 million Facebook users was shared with Cambridge Analytica. As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes his first appearances before Congress Tuesday and Wednesday, lawmakers want more information about how the social network allowed the possible misuse of data belonging to 87 million Facebook users - and what steps are being taken to prevent it in the future.
Mark Zuckerberg, back for a second day of grilling from lawmakers in Washington after nearly five hours of questions from 44 senators Tuesday about the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal and a wide range of other issues, and faced a tougher crowd from the start. Wednesday, Facebook's CEO went before a House committee - made up of 55 members - and again apologized over the data leak, which may have affected up to 87 million Facebook users.
Facebook had access to 87 million people's data after Aleksandr Kogan, a lecturer at Cambridge University, sold the firm information stolen from an app called "thisisyourdigitallife." The app, disguised as a personality test, didn't just take data from people who took the quiz, but also from friends connected with the duped victims.
The Facebook CEO is testifying Wednesday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, his second and final hearing this week in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Zuckerberg repeated an apology offered in the previous hearing that Facebook made a "big mistake" by not taking "a broad enough view" of its responsibility.
White House lawyers are trying to dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from seeking to get rid of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, as Trump weighs options after the FBI raided his personal attorney's office and home, two U.S. officials said on Tuesday. White House lawyers Ty Cobb and Donald McGahn have been telling Trump that firing Mueller would leave the president vulnerable to charges of obstruction of justice and have said that he must have "good cause" to order Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to oust Mueller, the officials said.
Three Democratic senators on the committee that oversees the Environmental Protection Agency are asking for answers on reports that the agency granted significant raises to two aides and whether Administrator Scott Pruitt lied about his knowledge of the raises in an interview on Fox News. The Atlantic reported last week that Pruitt granted raises to two of his aides at the EPA under a provision of the Safe Drinking Water Act after the White House personnel office denied the raises.
FACEBOOK FOUNDER Mark Zuckerberg has faced a grilling from US senators over the social network's handling of data, though the 33-year-old billionaire seemed to bob and weave his way out of hot water. Zuck was probed be some 40 senators over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook's approach to privacy, its collection and use of data, it's potential monopoly, and its role in the influence of politics.
Thousands of law enforcement officers are expected to descend on Washington, D.C., next month for Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week. The annual mid-May observation pays tribute to America's fallen and wounded police officers.
Gov. Kay Ivey may believe she doesn't need to debate her opponents for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, but voters deserve every opportunity to be able to compare the candidates for the office. The Republicans are having a race to see who will be their party's nominee for governor come the Nov. 6 general election.
Illinois medical marijuana companies may have to deal in cash because the main bank serving them is withdrawing from the industry. The Bank of Springfield informed cannabis clients last month it would close their accounts May 21, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Washington, April 11 : There is an online propaganda "arms race" with Russia and the most important thing right now is to make sure no one interferes in the upcoming elections globally, vowed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during the five-hour marathon session at the US Congress. "The most important thing I care about right now is making sure no one interferes in the various 2018 elections around the world," he testified before a 44-Senator panel.
Despite facing bipartisan criticism for allowing data from up to 87 million people to be improperly shared without their knowledge, the Facebook CEO had mostly glided through questioning during his highly anticipated appearance Tuesday afternoon before the Senate. However, Zuckerberg got into a contentious back-and-forth with Markey after the Massachusetts senator and longtime privacy advocate repeatedly tried to get the 33-year-old billionaire to commit to supporting specific legislation to regulate how Facebook treats user data.
One Silicon Valley star witness, 44 media-hungry senators, and more than five hours of mostly tough questions and often ambiguous answers. Here are the highlights.
Republicans are pushing for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution because they are trying to convince voters they are concerned about the deficit, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said. "They're worried, and they're flailing about and this is part of the flailing about," Hoyer said Tuesday in the Washington Examiner.
On Tuesday, Facebook's CEO will make his long-anticipated appearance on Capitol Hill, where he will testify before the Senate's Judiciary and Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees. Zuckerberg will speak about Facebook's data privacy policies, which have come under fire in the wake of Cambridge Analytica , as well as the social network's role in combating election interference.