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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.
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.
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.
This March 28, 2018, file photo shows the Facebook logo at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook is asking users whether they think it's "good for the world" in a poll sent to an unspecified number of people.
The leaders of a House oversight committee say Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the panel on April 11. In an announcement Wednesday, Reps. Greg Walden and Frank Pallone say the hearing will focus on the Facebook's "use and protection of user data."
Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committee have requested that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testify before their committees. The letter from the House Energy and Commerce Committee came from chairman Greg Walden, an Oregon Republican, the committee's top Democrat Frank Pallone Jr., Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection subcommittee chairman Bob Latta, ranking Democrat Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, Communications and Technology subcommittee chairman Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, and ranking member Mike Doyle, a Pennsylvania Democrat.
In this Feb. 21, 2016, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2016 event in Barcelona, Spain. Breaking more than four days of silence, Zuckerberg admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm.
The Republican chairman and top Democrat of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee said on Thursday they will in the coming days formally ask Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to testify, saying the company has left many questions unanswered about its data privacy practices. "The latest revelations regarding Facebook's use and security of user data raises many serious consumer protection concerns," Committee Chairman Greg Walden and Frank Pallone, its top Democrat, said in a statement.
Three New Jersey House Republicans -- more than any other state -- were among the 10 lawmakers who most often broke away when a majority of their party and a majority of Democrats were on opposite sides, according to Congressional Quarterly 's annual vote studies. Likewise, Garden State Republicans lined up against President Donald Trump 's policies more often than those from all other states, even as they supported him more than three-fourths of the time.
A leading House Democrat announced his opposition Monday to a Republican bill making it easier for some terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs, clouding the measure's fate. Republicans are hoping for House approval today, seven months after a similar package cleared the Senate.
The internal watchdog at the Federal Communications Commission opened an investigation into whether changes made by the agency last year improperly helped to grease the skids for Sinclair's purchase of Tribune, The New York Times reported. At issue is the timing.
The Federal Communications Commission's top internal watchdog has opened an investigation into whether agency chair Ajit Pai and others improperly changed rules governing ownership of TV stations in order to benefit Sinclair Broadcasting. The New York Times reported today that just weeks after Pai spearheaded rule changes last April that resulted in companies like Sinclair being able to own significantly more stations, the broadcasting giant said it had agreed to purchase Tribune Media for $3.9 billion.
Earle Naval Weapons Station, where the Navy loads some of America's most sophisticated weapons onto warships, suffered $50 million worth of damage in Superstorm Sandy. Now the naval pier is fortifying itself with some decidedly low-tech protection: oysters.
WASHINGTON -- Funding for KC-46A refueling tankers at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst would speed up and President Donald Trump would be barred from beginning a new round of base closings under legislation setting defense policy for the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2018.
Emboldened by election wins, Democrats are starting to see a political edge in health care, particularly widening Medicaid access for more low-income people. In Virginia, Democrat Ralph Northam promised a vigorous push as governor to expand Medicaid.
A Democratic U.S. congressman is asking the Energy Department's watchdog to investigate Energy Secretary Rick Perry's travel on chartered aircraft, the congressman said at a hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday. U.S. Representative Frank Pallone said Perry's trips on chartered planes need scrutiny in light of the "extreme" budget cuts the department faces in a 2018 federal budget proposed by President Donald Trump.
Congressional Democrats are accusing Energy Secretary Rick Perry of pushing an energy plan that unnecessarily helps the coal and nuclear industries. Perry told a House energy subcommittee Thursday that his proposal would strengthen the country's energy supply so it can withstand storms and other crises.
Red Bank Regional senior Willow Martin of Little Silver will have her short play "Late Shift" performed by the professional actors of New Jersey Repertory Company October 8. When New Jersey Repertory , the acclaimed professional stage company in Long Branch, inaugurates its new West End Arts Center facility in October, it will be with a multi-media Theater and Arts Festival organized around the theme "All About Eve." At the heart of the eight-day festival will be the world premieres of 28 short plays - a select group winnowed from over 450 submissions - and a collection that includes a one-act drama authored by a 16 year old high school senior who attends the Visual and Performing Arts Academy at Red Bank Regional .