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Heritage committee wants Zuckerberg’s answers

News | 03/29/2021 7:53 pm EDT
Facebook Canada's Kevin Chan speaks with reporters after appearing before the International Grand Committee on Big Data, Privacy and Democracy in Ottawa on May 28, 2019./ Photo by Andrew Meade.

During a hearing on Facebook, Inc.’s relationship with the federal government Monday, multiple members of the  House of Commons Heritage committee questioned the social media giant’s Canadian boss, Kevin Chan, on why CEO Mark Zuckerberg has so far declined to appear.

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