Ryan ‘hopeful’ that Zuckerberg will attend ‘fake news’ hearing

Zuckerberg has been criticised for not engaging directly with the international grand committee on disinformation and ‘fake news’, which is made up of politicians from nine parliaments

The video of Mark Zuckerberg being verbally destroyed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is still fresh in the memory

Green Party TD Eamon Ryan has said he is hopeful that Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will attend a hearing on misinformation in Dublin this year.

Zuckerberg has been criticised for not engaging directly with the international grand committee on disinformation and ‘fake news’, which is made up of politicians from nine parliaments. Ryan is a member along with Fine Gael’s Hildegarde Naughton and Fianna Fáil’s James Lawless.

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