Franken to make first public appearance since resignation
Former Sen. Al Franken (D) will make his first public appearance since he resigned after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
Franken is set to speak at Cyber Scout's Privacy Xchange Forum in Lisbon, Portugal on May 1, according to the Washington Examiner.
He is expected to discuss Russian interference in the 2016 election and the importance of consumer privacy, according to a press release obtained by the Examiner.
The former senator said in a statement that the Cambridge Analytica scandal that exposed millions of people’s private data without their permission was not surprising.
“As a Senator, I fought to implement laws that would protect users’ personal information and raised the alarm about the growing influence of these new corporate giants,” Franken said. “Now, I’m coming to Lisbon to talk about what went wrong in the leadup to these scandals — and what we need to do to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/384292-franken-to-make-first-public-appearance-since-resignation
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We need him now.
He will be back.
Unlike some people's kids, he wants no part of folks being hurt, regardless of who's doing the hurting. And I'm sure he knows the John L. Lewis (of the Mine Workers) quote:
"A leader is just someone trying to stay ahead of the mob!"
Hey, I want President Franken!!!!
Al!! Al!! Al!!
I just want him to avoid catching typhoid from the rats swimming in the swamp.
They've done a lot of damage in Europe too. The alarming thing is CA has already seeded other start-ups doing the same thing, since they know they'll be shut down eventually. How is Cambridge Analytica in bed with the Russians, that's what we need to know. The European countries are completely aware of the damage Putin has done and is trying to do. We need to stick with our Allies and force the Russians to stop messing with local politics.
Al Franken is the perfect person to shine a spotlight on this abuse.
