WHO IS INVESTIGATING FACEBOOK?
* Australia
- Australian authorities are investigating whether Facebook breached the country's privacy law, which requires organisations to ensure personal information is held securely.
* United States
- Congress: Zuckerberg is set to testify on April 10 in a joint hearing of the Senate commerce and judiciary committees and April 11 before the House energy and commerce committee.
- Federal Trade Commission: The agency's probe will include whether the company engaged in "unfair acts" that cause "substantial injury" to consumers. Facebook reached a settlement with the FTC in 2011 offering privacy assurances.
- Individual states: The attorneys-general for 37 US states and territories have written a letter seeking details on how Facebook monitored what app developers did with data collected on FB users and whether FB had safeguards to prevent misuse.
* Europe
- European Union: The EU is contacting data protection authorities in its member nations and in the US to better follow up investigations into whether FB breached EU privacy laws.
* Britain
- UK Information Commission: Britain's information regulator has seized evidence from the London office of Cambridge Analytica. The prime allegation against Cambridge Analytica is that it acquired personal data in an unauthorised way.
- UK Parliament: The UK parliamentary media committee has summoned Zuckerberg to testify.
