Lawmakers want answers about the misuse of Facebook data

Facebook "has been kind of getting into the foothills of creepy." No Images? Click here         Lawmakers Want Zuckerberg To Explain Misuse Of Facebook Data​ Lawmakers in the U.S. and U.K. are demanding that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explain reports that 50 million users’ data was secretly used by political research firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked for President Donald Trump’s campaign. “I think he should explain to the American people how this happened, how many people were hurt, and most importantly how they’re going to fix it,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said on CNN Tuesday. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), who signed a bipartisan letter with Klobuchar seeking a judiciary hearing with Zuckerberg and other media CEOs, expressed particular concern with the social media site’s handling of user data. Reports this week say Cambridge Analytica, hired by Trump’s presidential campaign, improperly collected personal data of millions of Facebook users without their knowledge. Facebook’s “behavior lately has been kind of getting into the foothills of creepy,” Kennedy said on CNN. READ MORE     WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? Lawmakers in Washington are racing against time to finalize a sweeping spending bill to fund the government through September and avert yet another government shutdown READ MORE The Supreme Court's first abortion case of the Trump era has arrived. The high court will decide whether Christian pregnancy centers have a right to mislead women. READ MORE Jury selection is beginning in the trial of three militia members arrested by the FBI for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack against Muslims in southwest Kansas. READ MORE    .     ICYMI President Donald Trump wants to execute drug dealers, build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and launch a new “just say no”-style advertising campaign to scare kids away from drugs in order to stem the opioid epidemic. Experts call those ideas little more than ineffective retreads of failed drug policies   Fewer than a quarter of Americans think history will judge the Iraq War as even a partial success.    How decades of U.S. war in Iraq shaped -- and scattered -- one family. “I used to be okay,” said Hilda Simonian, who regularly suffers from paranoia and flashbacks 20 years after reaching safety in Canada.    . Want more?  John Kelly Sure Seems Like A Jerk Former Tennessee Judge Allegedly Voided Traffic Fines In Exchange For Sex New York City Council Launches Probe Into Kushner Company’s False Tenant Records     How will Trump’s administration impact you? Sign up for our email and find out. Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. Like what you see? Share it. Want more? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: The Morning Email and Must Reads. ©2018 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe    . - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe