Mark Zuckerberg to face public grilling at European Parliament after rejecting Commons invitation

Mark Zuckerberg will face a public grilling at the European Parliament on Tuesday, after a rebellion by MEPs over plans to hold the meeting in private. The Facebook founder is coming to Brussels to answer questions about his company's policies on personal data, privacy, and the social network's impact on elections – facing an interrogation by leaders of the assembly's political groups. The tech boss has so far refused similar requests to appear at the UK Parliament– prompting British MPs to warn that they might issue a formal summons for him to appear. In April he spent two days testifying before the US Congress. Antonio Tajani, the president of the European Parliament, had announced last week that the meeting would be held behind closed doors.