Capitol Hill will be abuzz today with sightings of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is meeting with a series of lawmakers amid the greater likelihood of regulation and antitrust scrutiny of the so…
, who is meeting with a series of lawmakers amid the greater likelihood of regulation and antitrust scrutiny of the social media giant.
He already met last night with a group of senators for a dinner, which Sen. Mark Warner helped organize at Facebook’s request. Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, has introduced or co-authored legislation that would require greater disclosure of the sources of online political ads and add greater restrictions to platforms’ collection of consumer data.
in which he said that, among other things, “regulation could set baselines for what’s prohibited and require companies to build systems for keeping harmful content to a bare minimum.” Since then, federal regulators have honed in on questions of Facebook’s power in the marketplace, as the Federal Trade Commission is conducting an investigation along with a group of attorneys general from eight states and the District of Columbia.
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