Social Media Giants in Hot Seat as Politicians Consider Regulations

Social Media Giants in Hot Seat as Politicians Consider Regulations
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook Inc's annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S. May 1, 2018. Reuters/Stephen Lam
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OTTAWA—Tech giants will be in the hot seat this week as politicians from Canada and 10 other countries gather to consider how best to protect citizens’ privacy and their democracies in the age of social media.

The international grand committee on big data, privacy and democracy is meeting in Ottawa for three days, starting Monday.