2 minutes agoFacebook to testify about Russian interventions in Brex referendum
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Facebook has until January 18th to provide information it possesses about a possible Russian intervention in the Brex referendum, on the contrary it will face sanctions, the chairman of a British parliamentary commission threatened today. We've been looking for this information from Facebook for over a month and we want [...]
We've been looking for this information from Facebook for more than a month and we want to see concrete”, Damian Collins said, citing January 18th as the last date where beyond this giant social networks could become the target of sanctions.
The commission he heads in charge of digitisation, culture, media and sport (DCMS) in the House of Communities has no competence to act, but Collins stressed that he has the minister's support in charge of digitisation, Matthew Hancock.
The “Commission is not the only one seeking to see Facebook's commitment, the government also”, he told the media, confirming statements made in the daily “The Guardian”.
DCMS asked Facebook and Twitter to provide the necessary elements in connection with possible Russian interventions, following publication related to “Internet Research Agency”. This company in St. Petersburg, linked to Russian secret services, is accused of publishing thousands of messages to influence the American presidential election in 2016.
