"Instead of Zuckerberg, Facebook said it would send either its Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer or Chief Product Officer Chris Cox, to appear in front of U.K. lawmakers.
On Wednesday, Collins said he accepted the offer of evidence from Cox, and suggested the Facebook executive answer U.K. lawmakers' questions on April 24.
"However, given the seriousness of these issues we still believe that Mark Zuckerberg himself is the right person to give evidence," he said in a letter to Rebecca Stimson, Facebook's head of public policy.
"Mr Zuckerberg has stated in interviews that if he is the right person to appear, he will appear. He appears to have acted on this belief with respect to appearing before Congress. We now request confirmation as to whether he will make the same decision for us."
"Facebook wont confirm whether CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress, even though he already said he was open to it.
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Officially, Facebook says that it is still undecided, and a spokesperson declined to confirm CNNs story, which states Zuckerberg has come to terms with the fact that he will have to testify before Congress within a matter of weeks, and Facebook is currently planning the strategy for his testimony."
"Subsequent to the launch of this market and on or before June 30, 2018, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg shall testify in person, under subpoena or otherwise, before an open hearing of any committee or subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives or U.S. Senate. A hearing officially described by such a committee as "open in a closed space" and/or otherwise not accessible by the public or press in a manner typical for an open hearing will not qualify as an open hearing.
Should Mr. Zuckerberg appear at such a hearing, but decline to answer any and all substantive questions asked by committee members upon invoking his 5th Amendment rights, this market will resolve as No, whether or not Mr. Zuckerberg submits a sworn statement or reads all or part of such statement aloud during the hearing."
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"Instead of Zuckerberg, Facebook said it would send either its Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer or Chief Product Officer Chris Cox, to appear in front of U.K. lawmakers.
On Wednesday, Collins said he accepted the offer of evidence from Cox, and suggested the Facebook executive answer U.K. lawmakers' questions on April 24.
"However, given the seriousness of these issues we still believe that Mark Zuckerberg himself is the right person to give evidence," he said in a letter to Rebecca Stimson, Facebook's head of public policy.
"Mr Zuckerberg has stated in interviews that if he is the right person to appear, he will appear. He appears to have acted on this belief with respect to appearing before Congress. We now request confirmation as to whether he will make the same decision for us."
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/28/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg...
"Facebook wont confirm whether CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress, even though he already said he was open to it.
...
Officially, Facebook says that it is still undecided, and a spokesperson declined to confirm CNNs story, which states Zuckerberg has come to terms with the fact that he will have to testify before Congress within a matter of weeks, and Facebook is currently planning the strategy for his testimony."
https://www.recode.net/2018/3/27/17168614/facebook-mark-zuck...
"Subsequent to the launch of this market and on or before June 30, 2018, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg shall testify in person, under subpoena or otherwise, before an open hearing of any committee or subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives or U.S. Senate. A hearing officially described by such a committee as "open in a closed space" and/or otherwise not accessible by the public or press in a manner typical for an open hearing will not qualify as an open hearing.Should Mr. Zuckerberg appear at such a hearing, but decline to answer any and all substantive questions asked by committee members upon invoking his 5th Amendment rights, this market will resolve as No, whether or not Mr. Zuckerberg submits a sworn statement or reads all or part of such statement aloud during the hearing."
https://www.predictit.org/Contract/9916/Will-Mark-Zuckerberg...