Facebook’s boss is still snubbing us: MP

MARK Zuckerberg has yet to respond to a request by MPs to appear before them to give evidence about Facebook’s links to political analysis consultancy Cambridge Analytica, an MP has said.

The Facebook chief executive has until today to reply.

Damian Collins, chairman of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport committee, accused Facebook of previously misleading MPs by understating the risks posed by firms who harvest vast swathes of personal data from

come after the EU agreed to the implementation period sought by the UK and cleared the way for talks on a future trade deal.

A Downing Street source said: “Hav- users of the social network.

In a letter to Mr Zuckerberg on March 20, Mr Collins said: “It is now time to hear from a senior Facebook executive with the sufficient authority to give an accurate account of this catastrophic failure of process. Given your commitment at the start of the New Year to ‘fixing’ Facebook, I hope that this representative will be you.”

Yesterday, Mr Zuckerberg took out full page advertisements in Sunday newspapers apologising for a “breach of trust”.

ing reached an agreement on the implementation period, businesses have the certainty they need to plan. “Crucially during that period we will