It’s game on: UK Parliament versus Facebook on Russia


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 14 Dec 2017

A woman waits for an elevator in front of a logo at Facebook's headquarters in London, Britain, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Facebook Inc tried to dismiss concerns of Russian meddling in the Brexit vote. But the chairman of an important committee in Parliament begs to differ and is escalating the fight in the UK. 

Damian Collins, a member of Parliament who chairs the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, attacked the social media giant for failing to address his questions about possible Russian interference in the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union and the June election. 

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