Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified during FTC antitrust inquiry  

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at congressional hearing

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified during a hearing conducted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of its investigation into whether the social network giant violated antitrust laws.

Zuckerberg answered FTC’s questions remotely for two days this week, according to Politico based on information from three people familiar with the matter.

It is the first time the Commission directly interviewed the CEO of a tech company that is a target of an antitrust investigation.

The move to seek Zuckerberg’s testimony comes after the FTC suffered a backlash for not seeking Zuckerberg’s testimony during its investigation into the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, in which 87 million Facebook users’ information was compromised.

The FTC investigation into Facebook’s data breach involving the bankrupt British political consulting firm resulted in the social network giant paying $5 billion to settle its consumer privacy violations.

On Thursday, the sources, who requested Politico not to disclose their identity because the inquiry is confidential, said interviewing Zuckerberg under oath doesn’t mean it will eventually pursue an antitrust lawsuit.