Luján Questions Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Statement

Today, during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, Congressman Ben Ray Luján questioned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's collection of non-user data and his company's failure to effectively protect the data of Facebook's two billion users. Following the hearing, Luján released the following statement:

"Today was an important discussion. However, it's not enough for the Committee to merely ask tough questions of CEOs every quarter or so. Whether it's Facebook or Equifax or Best Buy or Uber, there seems to be no end to the privacy breaches, leaks of personal information, and data mining. As a result, the people we represent are being harmed by Congress's failure to step in and take real action to protect their privacy and personal information.

"I know that these are hard, complicated issues without simple answers. I know we have strong ideological differences in how we approach these problems. Let me be clear though: doing nothing is not an option. The Committee must begin the process of moving legislation that meaningfully responds to these issues. Doing anything less would, as Mr. Zuckerberg said about Facebook's failures, represent a "massive breach of trust.'"

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