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Comment: In DC privacy case, Zuckerberg becomes latest tech executive ordered to answer under oath for data protection lapses

By Mike Swift
  • 12 Jan 2022 18:09
  • 12 Jan 2022 18:09
With an order that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg must be deposed, a District of Columbia judge has ratcheted up the pressure on the company to resolve a case regarding a privacy breach that allegedly gave app developers access to the data of tens of millions of Facebook users without their consent.
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Mike Swift

Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent


Mike Swift is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage in the practice area. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.

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