EU, Facebook Plan High-Level Contacts Over Data Scandal
- Facebook responded to EU letter, showed willingness to engage
- EU justice chief vows to keep close eye on ongoing probes
EU's Jourova Says Facebook Case Is a Threat to Democracy, Will Set Precedent
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Facebook Inc. expressed a “willingness to engage” with European Union regulators in the wake of fresh evidence showing that data on most of the social network’s 2 billion users could have been accessed improperly.
Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova is in touch with Facebook “to arrange for high-level contacts in the coming days,” her spokesman Christian Wigand told reporters at a briefing in Brussels Thursday. Wigand said the Menlo Park, California-based company contacted the EU in response to a letter from Jourova last month.