Meta's Zuckerberg, Sandberg to sit for questions in long-running data lawsuit
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Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg will face hours of attorney questions in a proposed federal class action lawsuit over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
Plaintiffs had filed suit four years ago, saying Facebook broke privacy laws by sharing personal data with Cambridge Analytica and others.

Now their attorneys and Facebook's attorneys have agreed that Zuckerberg can be deposed for six hours, and Sandberg for five hours.
They've also agreed that plaintiffs' attorneys can depose Javier Olivan - Meta's chief growth officer, set to take over Sandberg's COO role - for three hours.
Lengthy discovery in the case has been marked by plaintiffs' allegations of litigation misconduct, Reuters notes. Plaintiffs' counsel has filed a sanctions motion seeking $854,000 in fees and cost from Facebook's side.
The D.C. attorney general has also been pursuing Zuckerberg personally over the data scandal.