Parliament backs S&D’s call for full investigation into Cambridge Analytica scandal
Jeudi 31 mai 2018
Communiqué de presse du groupe S&D
Following pressure from the S&D Group, the European Parliament will launch a series of three hearings into the misuse of millions of people’s data by Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. The hearings follow the meeting between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the leaders of the political groups in the Parliament. The hearings will be led by the Parliament’s civil liberties, justice and home affairs committee, with the first one taking place on Monday 4 June 2018.
Speaking after the confirmation of the follow up hearings, S&D Group vice-president Josef Weidenholzer, said:
“We have been calling for a full and transparent investigation into the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal since the story first broke two months ago.