US Speaker Pelosi accuses Facebook of 'schmoozing' Trump administration

United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed social media giant, Facebook on January 16 for 'misleing American people'. During weekly press briefing at Washington, while replying to a question wher Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg have too much power, Pelosi also accused company of 'schmoozing' US President Donald Trump's ministration out of anti-trust action. 

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Furr escalating tiff between Democratic leer and Facebook, Pelosi said all company wants is ir tax cuts with antitrust campaign against m. She also said that social media giant misles people “with money from God kws where”. While calling out monetary issues, Pelosi also ded that Facebook did t even check on money from Russia in previous Presidential elections in US. Congress speaker slammed Facebook furr by calling it 'shameful'. 

While Facebook has yet to make a statement on Pelosi's comments, US Speaker believes company's business model is 'strictly to make money' without taking into consideration about 'impact on children' and impact on truth'. 

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US actor deletes Facebook in protest

Star Wars actor Mark Hamil has joined list of celebrities who have quit Facebook in protest against social media for allowing political s and spre of misinformation.  68-year-old actor took to Twitter on Sunday to anunce his decision. Many of his followers have lauded his decision to quit Facebook while many ors followed suit and deleted ir personal Facebook accounts. Many ors shared ir reasons behind deleting ir accounts years back.  

Meanwhile, Ministry of Justice in Brazil slapped US tech giant Facebook Inc with a hefty charge of 6.6 million reais ($1.6 million) on December 31 for improperly sharing user data with apps. This comes after ministry clarified that ir consumer protection department has found that data from 443,000 Facebook users was shared with an app called  "thisisyourdigitallife". ministry in a statement asserted that data was being shared for "questionable" purposes. 

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