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addition to European Competition and Digital Commissioner
Margrethe Vestager and Internal Market Commissioner Thierry
Breton, Zuckerberg will also meet justice chief Vera Jourova,
the officials said.
Facebook said: "Next week, Mark Zuckerberg will travel to Europe
to participate in the Munich Security Conference, and meet with
European decision-makers in Brussels to discuss a framework for
new rules and regulation for the internet."
Vestager and Breton are set to announce proposals on Feb. 19 to
create a single European data market aimed at challenging the
dominance of U.S. tech giants such as Facebook, Google and
Amazon, according to a European Commission proposal seen by
Reuters.
They will also propose rules to govern the use of artificial
intelligence. The Commission is expected to seek feedback before
finalizing the rules.
Facebook is already in Vestager's crosshairs over its use of
data collected by the company over the years from classified ads
players and its right to use their data for any purpose
including to launch competing products, according to a
questionnaire seen by Reuters.
Zuckerberg's last public appearance in Brussels was in 2018 when
he met European Parliament leaders to answer questions on how
the data of 2.7 million European users was improperly shared
with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; editing by David Evans)
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