Watch. Canada first sent Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg a summons to testify nearly two years ago. It’s incredible Facebook can still send in this guy yesterday to make statements like this to Parliament. Of course, when UK pressed too hard, Zuckerberg threatened them. 1/2
Just watch. Another from yesterday. 2/2
They sent him in 2019 to answer Parliaments from around the globe, too.
I would argue this is the most important line of questioning connecting data policy to competition. ETHI (ethics committee) also arrived there in 2019 and it’s why FB is so freaked out by data protection changes from Apple and govts. ht @juliedabrusin
Related to the previous tweet is this important testimony by Zuckerberg last week.
Here is another one from last week with Zuckerberg. I actually think @USRepKCastor will appreciate @juliedabrusin questions above and vise versa.

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30 Mar
whew, ok, I made it thru this new class action suit vs Google.
1) like state AGs, focused on ads at intersection of data policy and competition policy
2) lead also brought impressive suit vs Facebook in 2018 (still active)
3) feels more like racketeering👀
documentcloud.org/documents/2053… Image
there is an interesting claim how Google and Facebook mutually benefited each other enriching data. Reminder, Google merged cookies in Fall 2016 ahead of AG's alleged Facebook+Google collusion in 2017. Cites 🙏🏾WSJ/NYT reporting by @ryanjtracy @JeffHorwitz / @tiffkhsu @daiwaka. ImageImage
Very interesting point: "Through this amendment, Google explicitly takes the position that nonconsensual surveillance of 'browsing history' is 'dishonest behavior.'" Image
Read 6 tweets
29 Mar
another Facebook hearing underway, this one in Canada. Same pattern of the last few years. Facebook's Canada govt relations' exec (Kevin Chan) filibusters, summons to Zuckerberg, Chan comes back with colleagues to spin some more. parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/Pow…
Chan using prior narratives so far and then heavily leans into a case study with a publisher (Globe and Mail) which doesn't seem available to review. Keep you posted.
Canadian MP @AHousefather asks Chan good governance questions about why Zuckerberg won't answer to Canada. Chan states Facebook never threatens governments..I would have asked Chan about documented and reported threat of UK govt in demanding he testify. techcrunch.com/2020/12/08/mar…
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25 Mar
Honest test: if you closed your eyes, would you even know if it was a Republican or Democrat, asking the questions? Let’s do four clips here: (1 of 4)
Honest test: if you closed your eyes, would you even know if it was a Republican or Democrat, asking the questions? Let’s do four clips here: (2 of 4)
Honest test: if you closed your eyes, would you even know if it was a Republican or Democrat, asking the questions? Let’s do four clips here: (3 of 4)
Read 7 tweets
25 Mar
Hearing involving CEOs of Facebook and Google starting now. Livestream here (or use cspan here (c-span.org/video/?510053-…) in U.S. if watching Congress grill CEO of Google on issues caused by YouTube on YouTube is understandably awkward to you). /1 energycommerce.house.gov/committee-acti…
here is a link to their written testimonies published last night. I'll be threading here starting around 12:45pm once they get past opening statements. /2
ok, I'm here. Just in time for @RepJeffDuncan's point of order on why the witnesses aren't being sworn in and their ability to also ask questions of counsel during the sessions. Next @USRepMikeDoyle gets straight to heart of the matter. /3
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25 Mar
OK, I’ve read written testimony for CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google. Most remarkable, as @zamaan_qureshi noted, Zuckerberg elects to not discuss Facebook’s moves or role around January 6th. This will prove to be a bad way to start to hearing; Google has an entire section.
Zuckerberg spends a lot of time on fact-checking process. It’s too in the weeds for hearing but a reminder how Facebook gives Russia Today and other state actors the benefit of doubt over hundreds of legitimate local news organizations. digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2020/11/1…
Also BREAKING: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg supports new regulations for platform liability, privacy, data portability, and elections. All of them!
As long as he gets to write them. Pretty please. 🤦🏽‍♀️
Read 6 tweets
24 Mar
This German antitrust hearing appeal tmw frightens Facebook (and Google) as it combines antitrust enforcement with data protection. Canada MP @beynate smartly asked FB about it in 2019. Watch the discomfort. ps @davidcicilline gets it, new FTC nominee @linamkhan gets it, too.
Here is the release from German Federal Cartel Office explaining events up until hearing. bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Mel…
I picked the wrong month to not know German as this looks to be a fabulous set of resources from a class that has been focused on the Facebook German Cartel Office case.
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