Facebook documents seized by MPs investigating privacy breach

as declared in / Updated By Saphora Smith and Olivia SolonLONDON — British lawmakers have obtained documents that could be "highly relevant" to a parliamentary inquiry that has been looking into Facebook's response to disinformation, a spokesperson told NBC News on Sunday. The documents reportedly contain revelations Facebook has been fighting to keep out of the public domain relating to the company's data and privacy policies that led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, The Observer newspaper in London reported Saturday. The British parliament's seizure of the documents comes after Zuckerberg declined to appear before an international coalition of elected officials investigating disinformation and election interference that is scheduled to meet in London on Tuesday. Representatives from the U.K., Canada, Australia, Ireland, Argentina, Brazil, Singapore and Latvia invited Zuckerberg to give evidence at a meeting at the Houses of Parliament, but Zuckerberg declined. Facebook has offered Richard Allan, vice president of policy solutions, to attend next week's hearing in Zuckerberg's place.

Facebook documents seized by MPs investigating privacy breach

Image copyright Getty Images/FacebookA cache of Facebook documents has been seized by MPs investigating the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The Observer, which first reported the story, said the documents included data about Facebook's privacy controls. The firm is involved in court action against Facebook in the US, where the documents were obtained through legal procedures. Last month the UK data watchdog fined Facebook £500,000 following its investigation into the Cambridge Analytica affair. Some of this was subsequently shared with the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, which used it to target political advertising in the US.

Internal documents Facebook has fought to keep private obtained by UK Parliament

as declared in New York (CNN) The British Parliament has obtained a set of internal Facebook documents the company has fought for months to stop from being made public, according to Facebook and a lawyer involved in a suit against the company. Kramer told CNN he wants the US Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general in the United States to investigate the allegations Six4Three is making. A Facebook spokesperson told CNN on Saturday that Six4Three's lawsuit is without merit. The letter was sent to the central London hotel where Kramer was staying, court documents reviewed by CNN show. Kramer told CNN that he views his fight with Facebook as a "David versus Goliath" battle.

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