Mark Zuckerberg 'Not Able' To Attend International Disinformation Hearing

Mark Zuckerberg is 'not able' to attend a joint disinformation hearing in London, Facebook says. 'In a letter to the UK's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the company declined to say why Zuckerberg couldn't attend, but said it remains 'happy to cooperate' with the inquiry,' reports CNET. 'The letter also laid out some of the efforts Facebook has made over the last year in areas like fighting fake news and striving for transparency in political ads.' From the report: Damian Collins, chair of the committee, is leading the charge and noted that the social network's response is 'hugely disappointing.' 'The fact that he has continually declined to give evidence, not just to my committee, but now to an unprecedented international grand committee, makes him look like he's got something to hide,' he said in an emailed statement.'

Facebook declined the initial invitation from the British and Canadian politicians in October, prompting them to send another with additional signatures from their Argentinian, Australian and Irish counterparts. This came after Zuckerberg turned down a spring invitation to give evidence to the UK Parliament about Facebook's role in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, since he'd already answered questions from the European Union's Parliament and the U.S. Congress.

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