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Rep. Senator Asks FTC To Interview Past Facebook Employees

By  |  November 12, 2020

Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican and a tough critic of the big tech companies, urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday, November 12, to interview some former employees of Facebook Inc as part of its probe of the social media giant, reported Reuters.

Both the FTC and groups of state attorneys general are widely believed to be planning litigation against Facebook for breaking antitrust law.

In her letter to FTC Chairman Joe Simons, Blackburn referred to an FTC deposition of Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, adding: “While that is promising, I encourage you to also speak to other Facebook executives and engineers who can reveal the company’s real agenda. Many of them fear letting Facebook’s dominance go unchecked can hold dark consequences for competitors and consumers alike.”

Blackburn specifically urged the FTC to interview such Facebook critics as company co-founder Chris Hughes, former chief security officer Alex Stamos, and Yael Eisenstat, former head of Facebook’s elections integrity effort.

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