Senators Threaten to Regulate Facebook Unless It Makes Fixes
- Facebook has “a lot of explaining to do,” says Senator Coons
- CEO Mark Zuckerberg last testified on Capitol Hill in April
Senator Chris Coons.
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Senators Chris Coons and Bob Corker warned Friday that Congress would impose new regulations to rein in Facebook Inc. unless the social-media company addresses concerns about privacy and the spread of misinformation on its platform.
Speaking in a joint interview on the sidelines of a development forum in Wilmington, Delaware, the two senators said that Facebook probably wouldn’t like what Congress does, so it should come up with a solution first.