EU says ‘thanks Mr Zuckerberg’ for highlighting new data rules

Brussels: The European Union (EU) on Wednesday thanked Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg for highlighting the bloc’s tough new data protection rules after he said the social media giant planned to follow them during grilling by US lawmakers.The Facebook CEO, however, says he does not know when the social media firm will launch new European privacy controls, “We’re working on it.”The EU’s justice and consumer commissioner Vera Jourova said it was “only good news” that Zuckerberg had acknowledged Facebook planned to follow the bloc’s strict new rules worldwide.“I was really desperate about thinking how to make the best possible campaign for GDPR so now this is well done, so thank you Mr Zuckerberg,” Jourova told reporters in Brussels. “His declaration that they want to expand our European rules globally, it’s only good news, it sounds very nice to me.” AFP