Article 3NQQT 'Facebook is a morality-free zone’: tech chief lambasted by MP

'Facebook is a morality-free zone’: tech chief lambasted by MP

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Executive apologises over Cambridge Analytica scandal as Tory MP accuses Facebook of bullying

Facebook has been accused of being a "morality-free zone" that bullies journalists and threatens academics, as one of its executives appeared in front of MPs.

The Conservative MP Julian Knight told the social network's chief technical officer, Mike Schroepfer, that the company's reaction to the Cambridge Analytica scandal suggested a "pattern of behaviour" that included "bullying journalists, threatening academic institutions, and potentially impeding investigations by lawful authorities".

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