Sen. Thune says Cambridge Analytica and ‘similar firms’ to be subject of a future hearing

In his opening statement in today’s Senate hearing with Mark Zuckerberg, Senator Thune (R-SD) noted that Cambridge Analytica, the company most associated with the ongoing privacy debacle, will be examined separately at another time.

“There are plenty of questions about the behavior of Cambridge Analytica and we expect to hold a future hearing on Cambridge and similar firms,” the Senator said.

Thune chairs the Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee, which is one of several that combined for today’s hearing, but he did not indicate whether it would be that or another committee, or another group of them, that will talk to Cambridge Analytica and whichever other companies are deemed to be alike to it.