Chief Executive of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg met with nearly six United Stated senators on September 18. Zuckerberg went on a dinner with senators in order to improve company's reputation in Washington DC. Recently, social media company was confronted by various state attorneys general as well as numerous legislative proposals that have certain restrictions on how company shall operate. social media giant has been facing antitrust investigations for nearly a year w. 

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Reportedly, Warner spokeswoman Rachel Cohen said that it was Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat and also vice-chair of Intelligence Committee, who provided his help to organize dinner for Facebook CEO with or senators at his request. However, restaurant has t been named. Evidently, role and responsibility of social media platform in protecting democracy, and steps that Congress should take to defend elections, protect consumer data, along with encouraging competition in social media were main topic of discussions between senators and Zuckerberg. 

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Zuckerberg's Washington trip

This is first time, Zuckerberg traveled to Washington since April 2018. After he was subjected to questions over span of two days for 10 hours by nearly 100 U.S. lawmakers mainly on privacy issues, election security, and potential regulation. Zuckerberg is also prepared to be on Capitol Hill on September 19 and will hold ditional meetings. He will meet Mike Lee, Utah Senator, and a Republican. Facebook CEO will be in Washington to have a talk with policymakers about future of internet regulation. However, according to a statement me by Facebook, Zuckerberg has t planned any public events. Wednesday. Reportedly, Zuckerberg might also have a meeting scheduled with ministration of Trump. A White House spokeswoman has t me any statement and declined to comment.

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Facebook h agreed for a settlement with Federal Tre Commission (FTC) over privacy practices in July with a record-setting $5 billion. company is currently facing antitrust investigations by FTC and a group of state attorneys general. In 2018, social media giant shared information of 87 million users with a British political consultancy, Cambridge Analytica. This violated 2012 consent decree and fueled FTC privacy probe. Cambridge Analytica's main clients included people involved in election campaign by Donald Trump.

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