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EU parliament asks Facebook's chief to clarify data use

Xinhua,March 21, 2018 Adjust font size:

BRUSSELS, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The European Parliament announced on Tuesday that it has invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to speak at the institution following revelations that his company's data was massively misused for political purposes.

"We've invited Mark Zuckerberg to the European Parliament. Facebook needs to clarify before the representatives of 500 million Europeans that personal data is not being used to manipulate democracy," European Parliament president Antonio Tajani tweeted. Enditem