US regulator considering oversight of Facebook’s Zuckerberg: report


  • TECH
  • Monday, 22 Apr 2019

FILE- In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference, in San Jose, Calif. Federal regulators are reportedly considering seeking some kind of oversight over Mark Zuckerberg's leadership of Facebook over the social network giant's mishandling of users' personal information. The Washington Post reported Friday, April 19, 2019 that discussions between Facebook and Federal Trade Commission officials about its data-handing lapses have touched on holding the CEO personally accountable. Zuckerberg controls a majority of Facebook's voting stock. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

WASHINGTON: Federal regulators are reportedly considering seeking some kind of oversight of Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership of Facebook over the social network giant’s mishandling of users’ personal information. 

Discussions between Facebook and the US Federal Trade Commission officials about its data-handing lapses have touched on holding the CEO personally accountable, The Washington Post reported April 19. Zuckerberg controls a majority of Facebook’s voting stock and has run the company since starting it at Harvard in 2004. 

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