Culture, Media & Sport Committee <CMSCOM@parliament.uk>
To:
Culture, Media & Sport Committee
3 Jun at 14:42
House of Commons
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Sub-Committee on Disinformation
Evidence session: Wednesday 5 June, The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Former Harvard peer of Mark Zuckerberg questioned over claim of fake Facebook accounts
Aaron Greenspan, who studied at Harvard at the same time as Mark Zuckerberg, will give evidence to the second meeting of the Sub-Committee on Disinformation as part of its on-going scrutiny of social media and how it is regulated.
Earlier this year Greenspan published a report which claimed that more than half of Facebook’s user accounts are fake. His estimate is based on a review of two reports by Facebook itself.
Campaigners estimate that 550 suspect Facebook pages and groups in European countries, followed by almost 32 million people, were operating during the run-up to the European elections on 23-26 May. Most of these pages promoted far-right or populist parties in the build-up to the EU elections.
Aaron Greenspan, currently President and CEO of Think Computer Corporation, reached a formal settlement with Facebook in a dispute under patent and trademark law ten years ago. The dispute centred on a web-based portal that he developed in 2003 called houseSYSTEM which included a feature called ‘the Face book’.
The session will also consider his claim that he personally raised concerns with Mark Zuckerberg about a Facebook security flaw in 2005.
Witness from 14.30:
Aaron Greenspan, President and CEO of Think Computer Corporation
The session will be available to be viewed live
To:
Culture, Media & Sport Committee
3 Jun at 14:42
House of Commons
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Sub-Committee on Disinformation
Evidence session: Wednesday 5 June, The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Former Harvard peer of Mark Zuckerberg questioned over claim of fake Facebook accounts
Aaron Greenspan, who studied at Harvard at the same time as Mark Zuckerberg, will give evidence to the second meeting of the Sub-Committee on Disinformation as part of its on-going scrutiny of social media and how it is regulated.
Earlier this year Greenspan published a report which claimed that more than half of Facebook’s user accounts are fake. His estimate is based on a review of two reports by Facebook itself.
Campaigners estimate that 550 suspect Facebook pages and groups in European countries, followed by almost 32 million people, were operating during the run-up to the European elections on 23-26 May. Most of these pages promoted far-right or populist parties in the build-up to the EU elections.
Aaron Greenspan, currently President and CEO of Think Computer Corporation, reached a formal settlement with Facebook in a dispute under patent and trademark law ten years ago. The dispute centred on a web-based portal that he developed in 2003 called houseSYSTEM which included a feature called ‘the Face book’.
The session will also consider his claim that he personally raised concerns with Mark Zuckerberg about a Facebook security flaw in 2005.
Witness from 14.30:
Aaron Greenspan, President and CEO of Think Computer Corporation
The session will be available to be viewed live
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