Court Testimony Looms for Zuckerberg in Cambridge Analytica Case

Summoning Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg to the D.C. Superior Court will force the tech executive to answer questions he allegedly evaded in prior congressional hearings, privacy lawyers say.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine on Wednesday announced he would add Zuckerberg to a consumer protection lawsuit against Facebook. The District of Columbia is suing Facebook for allegedly mishandling personal user information that was transferred to Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm hired by former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

“Based on the evidence we gathered in this case over the past two years and the District’s investigation more generally, ...