DA calls for Facebook to be summoned to Parliament
15 February 2021
Note to Editors: Please find attached a soundbite by Phumzile Van Damme MP.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will be requesting that Facebook be summoned to Parliament to account on several matters including its role in misinformation and the protection of the digital privacy of its South African users.
Tomorrow the committee will have its first meeting of the year where the draft programme of the first term of the 2021 parliamentary calendar will be discussed.
While the programme includes necessary procedures Parliament needs to be engaged in, it is way past overdue that the committee proactively takes steps in considering matters related to the “Digital Technologies,” aspect of the portfolio.