Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before US House Energy and Commerce panel on 11 April

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the US House Energy and Commerce Committee on 11 April, the panel said on Wednesday. [caption id=“attachment_2488730” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Mark Zuckerberg at his townhall at IIT Delhi. PTI[/caption] Facebook has come under fire in recent weeks after it was revealed that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked for US President Donald Trump’s campaign, gained access to the personal data of **50 million Facebook users.** “This hearing will be an important opportunity to shed light on critical consumer data privacy issues and help all Americans better understand what happens to their personal information online,” the panel’s Republican chairman Greg Walden and top Democrat Frank Pallone said in a statement. (Also Read:  Facebook-Cambridge Analytica row: Whether on FB or Aadhaar, societal need for privacy trumps the individual ) Facebook said last month that it hired forensic auditors to probe whether Cambridge Analytica still had the data. The technology company has also faced pressure to do more to stop “information warfare” on its platform. In February, **13 Russian nationals were indicted** for using the website, along with other social media sites, to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. American spy agencies have warned Russia would again try to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections by using social media to spread propaganda.