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Zuckerberg declines joint Canada-UK committee appearance

Briefs | 11/07/2018 1:50 pm EST
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a live-streamed address on Sept. 21, 2017./ Screenshot via Facebook.

Facebook Inc.’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has declined a joint-request by Canadian and UK members of Parliament to appear at an international committee to testify about ‘fake news’ and disinformation.

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