New Video Thread - Explosive day at the Commons committee rooms where Mark Zuckerberg was a no show and his stand in, Facebook employee, Lord Richard Allan, continued to treat @CommonsCMS with contempt. As ever Charlie Angus was up for the fight....1/6
Now @DamianCollins and @JoStevensLabour pursue the truth over access APIs had/have on the Facebook platform and Richard Allan painstakingly provides them with answers.....2/6
Richard Allan now adopts Facebook's classic delay, deny, deflect approach over facilitation of foreign actors influencing elections from overseas, explaining that "we all want free and fair elections"..you can watch the full 3 hours session here - 3/6
Ashkan Soltani, a primary technologist / chief technologist who has worked for the Federal Trade Commission on their Facebook investigation, drops the bombshell...continuing the Facebook tradition, Richard Allan's testimony had been less than honest....4/6
@DamianCollins asks Ashkan to confirm that Facebook users have no real control over their information being accessed and used by developers and Facebook, Ashkan's answer, "yes"....5/6
Ashkan explains, when companies make technically nuanced and deceitful statements, it gets under his skin as he's tested these apps and he knows the truth...if you'd like to watch Ashkan's and Elizabeth Denham's full testimonies you can do so here - 6/6
