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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.
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...
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
And why should anyone care what Russia does? They are on their way to becoming a third world country with a nuclear arsenal.
This is one of those depressingly common cases where you answer your own question, and still don't get it.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"