GAINING A FOOTHOLD: China's Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management has added three western business heavyweights to its advisory council, including Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook Inc founder who has long sought to enter the Chinese market where his social network is currently banned. — Reuters
WASHINGTON: Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg meets May 18 with leading US conservatives to try to head off a storm over allegations that the social network suppressed right-leaning political viewpoints.
Zuckerberg proposed the meeting after technology news outlet Gizmodo last week reported allegations that Facebook was deliberately omitting articles with conservative viewpoints from a sidebar that lists popular stories.
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