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Because Facebook is registered in Ireland, it is subject to regulation by the EU Parliament.

Mark Zuckerberg finally agrees to appear before the European Parliament

[Photo: Flickr user Anthony Quintano]

BY Mark Sullivan

It took 57 days for the Facebook CEO to make up his mind, but Zuckerberg will indeed face the EU Parliament to answer questions about data privacy and the Cambridge Analytica affair. He’ll also be asked about how Facebook plans to comply with the data privacy requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will come into effect May 25. Because Facebook is registered in Ireland, it is subject to regulation by the EU Parliament. Here’s the tweet from European Parliament President Antonio Tajani:

https://twitter.com/EP_President/status/996766251765682176

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Mark Sullivan is a senior writer at Fast Company, covering emerging tech, AI, and tech policy. Before coming to Fast Company in January 2016, Sullivan wrote for VentureBeat, Light Reading, CNET, Wired, and PCWorld More


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