Facebook’s Zuckerberg Clashes With Republican on Company’s Clout
- Senator Hawley urged Facebook to sell WhatsApp, Instagram
- CEO also pressed on privacy, independent content audits, bias
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Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg clashed with Republican Senator Josh Hawley over his company’s record on privacy and safeguarding user data as the social media platform comes under unprecedented scrutiny in Washington.
“I said to him, ‘prove that you are serious about data, sell WhatsApp, and sell Instagram.’ That’s what they should do,” Hawley said to reporters after meeting with Zuckerberg in Washington Thursday. “I think it’s safe to say he was not receptive to those suggestions.”