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Sen. Kennedy to Facebook: "Don't send your lawyers"

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to hear what CEO Mark Zuckerberg has to say in person about how the company let Cambridge Analytica harvest users' information without their permission.
Two senators want Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in front of Congress.
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How tech giants are like feudal lords and users are like serfs

Nov 27, 2012
An author compares users' relationships to companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft to that of serfs asking feudal lords for protection.