EU Tech Chief Threatens Facebook’s CEO With Regulation
- The two men discussed internet rules in live-streamed debate
- Talk comes as Brussels prepares more tech platform rules
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The European Union’s tech chief Thierry Breton said Facebook Inc. will face more regulation if Mark Zuckerberg fails to assuage concerns about business practices, including around market power, as the two men went toe-to-toe in a live-streamed debate.
Zuckerberg and EU Industry Commissioner Breton on Monday discussed internet governance as well as the role of platforms in managing the coronavirus pandemic, in a debate hosted by CERRE, the Center on Regulation in Europe. The conversation followed a face-to-face meeting between the two in Brussels in February.