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Now Even Russian Lawmakers Want a Piece of Mark Zuckerberg (qz.com)
PolygamousRanchKid shares a report from Quartz: In an ironic twist in the saga of Facebook's troubles, Russian lawmakers have declared that they, too, would like to question Mark Zuckerberg. According to the Moscow Times, senator Anton Belyakov yesterday offered to invite the Facebook CEO to address the upper chamber of the Russian parliament. "After all, he spoke about information security, not giving access to personal data, preventing the dissemination of harmful content," Belyakov reportedly said, referring to Zuckerberg's meetings with the U.S. Congress and European Parliament. Another reason for those meetings was to discuss whether the social network facilitated Russian meddling in foreign elections.
The U.S. company is in trouble with Russian authorities for disobeying a 2015 law that requires it to store the data of Russian citizens on the country's soil. In April, the state communications watchdog threatened that if Facebook didn't comply, it would face the same fate as LinkedIn, which was banned in the country last year. Much to the chagrin of UK politicians, he (Zuckerberg) has not agreed to multiple calls, and even a mild threat, to testify in front of a UK parliamentary committee.
The U.S. company is in trouble with Russian authorities for disobeying a 2015 law that requires it to store the data of Russian citizens on the country's soil. In April, the state communications watchdog threatened that if Facebook didn't comply, it would face the same fate as LinkedIn, which was banned in the country last year. Much to the chagrin of UK politicians, he (Zuckerberg) has not agreed to multiple calls, and even a mild threat, to testify in front of a UK parliamentary committee.
That Facebook is too big to care about the Russian requirement, and that it is effectively calling Russia's bluff by realising that too many Russians 'depend' on Facebook and the act of blocking it would be hugely unpopular. To some extent all this is true with the UK too; it is so ingrained that most action against it would be deeply unpopular.
In short, Facebook doesn't really need Russia and doesn't really care what it's legislators think. It's perhaps slightly different matter with the EU, which is a more serious source of revenue.
In any event, Zuckerberg turning up to answer questions on Facebook operations is just theatre. Whilst I'm sure he has an some overview, many of the questions which parliaments want answered are technical and much better answered by their Facebooks legal department after they have presumably gone round and asked the right people in the company.
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FB know that they are the primary propaganda method for Russia to influence American politics. Posting some aggressive Alt-right ads while also posting some pro SJW/BLM message is genius. The Russian continue to divide Americans for their own gain and FB gets rich while America and it's western Allies lose.
And we all sit by and let it happen...
I go for the bank accounts.
Slashdot, fix the reply notifications... You won't get away with it...
Oh shut the hell up already. Trump is YOUR President! Now grow up.
Support your local school shooter, give them your firearms.
Hey, do you have any proof that this changed the course of the election at all?
Also, why were you made an editor here? This is a tech site. Why would they enlist a poltiical hack?
Why would Markdroid Zuckerberg testify before the UK? The EU I understand since it is an important entity. Russia I understand as well since they are also big and important. UK however? It's a little shithole that's becoming smaller with each decade, run by retards for retards. A shithole full of incresing acid attacks, underage sex slave grooming gangs, porn blocks while broadcasting shit like Naked Attraction, a shithole where pirating a song nets you more years in prison than raping a child. It's an irrelevant shithole. Why is any credence given to it as if appearing before their broken down tiny asses has any significance?
The Anglorats should not be given any validation.
good point ap who the frank made BeauHD an editor here !?
They just want to thank him in person for providing a propaganda platform during the election.
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Russia doesn't have rule of law. They are run by a fucking mob, and the mob pick the judges. They kill whoever speaks ills of them.
Of course, the slashdot neckbeards love them because they somehow think that allies with their dumbass conservatism/libertarianism. You're just traitors. Some republicans aren't complicit - Mueller for example. The rest? Scum actively working against US interests.
He's coming for Moscow Donnie, don't worry about that. Bigly fucking so.
Dickheads.
Only idiots believe the russians had anything to do the election. But you know that already.
-geekpoet
Inviting Zuckerberg to bore him with toothless pointless questions and then have a selfie with him. The EU crew were a bunch of undereducated sissies and whimps, no better than US congress. They should've grilled him and put him on the spot with regards to privacy.
Bottom line: I am very disappoint with my legislators right now. That the russians want to have a big nothing-sandwich with his highness Grandmaster of Zuck is just as fitting.
We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca
If you call someone a traitor for supporting a lawfully elected leader of the country, you should leave.