Comment on A British lawmaker used a famous quote about Goldman Sachs being a 'vampire squid' to describe Facebook during a brutal interrog

A British lawmaker used a famous quote about Goldman Sachs being a 'vampire squid' to describe Facebook during a brutal interrog

parliamentlive.tv Facebook's Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer endured a bruising encounter with British lawmakers on Thursday as he was questioned about data and fake news crises. One parliamentarian said Facebook reminded him of Matt Taibbi's famous "vampire squid" quote about Goldman Sachs in a 2009 Rolling Stone article. Schroepfer said: "We feel a deep responsibility to solve these problems." Facebook's Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer was subjected to a brutal interrogation at the hands of British lawmakers on Thursday. Schroepfer appeared before the parliamentary Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee to explain Facebook's response to a sequence of data, privacy, and fake news scandals.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: The top 10 games coming in 2018See Also:Intel may be flying high, but it faces plenty of challenges aheadGoogle's stock clobbering shows just how freaked out Wall Street is about the online ad business right nowInstagram is rolling out a feature that will let you download all of your photos and past searches in one fell swoopSEE ALSO: Facebook has found 'connections' between Canadian ad firm AggregateIQ and Cambridge Analytica

 

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