Facebook data row: Zuckerberg to appear for Senate testimony on April 10

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will appear before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees next Tuesday, the chairmen of those panels said on Wednesday night.

“Our joint hearing will be a public conversation with the CEO of this powerful and influential company about his vision for addressing problems that have generated significant concern about Facebook’s role in our democracy, bad actors using the platform, and user privacy,” the Commerce Committee chairman, Senator John Thune of South Dakota, said in a statement.

Zuckerberg had already agreed to appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday, April 11, the chairman and top Democrat on that committee announced Wednesday.