Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., speaks during the F8 Developers Conference in San Jose, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Facebook Inc. unveiled a redesign that focuses on the Groups feature of its main social network, doubling down on a successful but controversial part of its namesake app — and another sign that Facebook is moving toward more private, intimate communication. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
WASHINGTON: With a multibillion-dollar settlement looming for Facebook over user privacy violations, chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg met with US lawmakers on Capitol Hill on May 7 to discuss legislation to protect users of the social network, officials said.
The meetings had been long planned and were not to discuss reports that Facebook will soon settle a probe by the US Federal Trade Commission into privacy lapses, according to a Facebook spokeswoman.
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