Zuckerberg will address MEPS on data use

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to give evidence to the European Parliament about the use of personal data, the parliament’s president has announced.

Antonio Tajani said Mr Zuckerberg would meet leaders of political groupings and the chairman of the parliament’s civil liberties committee in Brussels “as soon as possible” - maybe as early as next week.

The billionaire social media tycoon has resisted repeated requests from the UK parliament to answer MPS’ questions in person, despite a warning from the chairmanofthecommons Culture Committee Damian Collins that he could issue a summons requiring Zuckerberg’s attendance next time he is in the Uk.bothparliamentswant to question Mr Zuckerberg about the alleged use of Facebook users’ personal information.