Founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has been called before the British Parliamentary committee to answer questions involving improper access to user data around the 2016 US Presidential election

This comes as Alexandra Nix, CEO of  data mining company Cambridge Analytica was suspended after he was captured on camera bragging about manipulating elections through Facebook.

Pressure is mounting for Zuckerberg to testify before the US congress over the reported 50 million accounts targeted for political advertising during Donald Trump’s 2016 Presidential campaign.