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Zuckerberg Apologizes For Facebook Debacle

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has apologized over the Cambridge Analytica scandal and vowed to tell Facebook users when their data is breached in the future.

In a rare television interview, Zuckerberg told CNN was “really sorry” for the “major breach of trust” that saw information from up to 50 million online profiles obtained by an outside company.

Zuckerberg said he was “happy” to answer questions about the scandal before US Congress - something he has never done before.

"The short answer is I'm happy to if it's the right thing to do," the Facebook CEO told CNN.

"What we try to do is send the person at Facebook who will have the most knowledge," Zuckerberg said. "If that's me, then I am happy to go."

Although Facebook employs a small army of lawyers and lobbyists in Washington, Zuckerberg himself has never testified before a congressional committee, according to CNN.

Reports indicate that the data firm, which allegedly has ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, reportedly accessed information from about 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.

Facebook says the data was initially collected by a professor for academic purposes in line with its rule, CNN reported. The information was later transferred to third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, in violation of Facebook's policies, Facebook has said.

In the interview with CNN, Zuckerberg suggested the question was not whether Facebook should be regulated so much as how best to do it.

"I'm not sure we shouldn't be regulated," Zuckerberg said. "There are things like ad transparency regulation that I would love to see."

He told CNN: "This was a major breach of trust, and I'm really sorry that this happened," Zuckerberg said.

"We have a basic responsibility to protect peoples' data."

Zuckerberg is now pledging to further restrict developers' access to user data, including automatically removing access for any app the user hasn't opened in at least three months. Facebook will also investigate all apps with access to large amounts of user data.

"It's hard to know what we'll find, but we are going to review thousands of apps," he told CNN. "This is going to be an intensive process."

 

Zuckerberg Apologizes For Facebook Debacle

In a rare television interview, the Facebook founder said he was “truly sorry” for the major breach of trust.

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has apologized over the Cambridge Analytica scandal and vowed to tell Facebook users when their data is breached in the future.

In a rare television interview, Zuckerberg told CNN was “really sorry” for the “major breach of trust” that saw information from up to 50 million online profiles obtained by an outside company.

Zuckerberg said he was “happy” to answer questions about the scandal before US Congress - something he has never done before.

"The short answer is I'm happy to if it's the right thing to do," the Facebook CEO told CNN.

"What we try to do is send the person at Facebook who will have the most knowledge," Zuckerberg said. "If that's me, then I am happy to go."

Although Facebook employs a small army of lawyers and lobbyists in Washington, Zuckerberg himself has never testified before a congressional committee, according to CNN.

Reports indicate that the data firm, which allegedly has ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, reportedly accessed information from about 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.

Facebook says the data was initially collected by a professor for academic purposes in line with its rule, CNN reported. The information was later transferred to third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, in violation of Facebook's policies, Facebook has said.

In the interview with CNN, Zuckerberg suggested the question was not whether Facebook should be regulated so much as how best to do it.

"I'm not sure we shouldn't be regulated," Zuckerberg said. "There are things like ad transparency regulation that I would love to see."

He told CNN: "This was a major breach of trust, and I'm really sorry that this happened," Zuckerberg said.

"We have a basic responsibility to protect peoples' data."

Zuckerberg is now pledging to further restrict developers' access to user data, including automatically removing access for any app the user hasn't opened in at least three months. Facebook will also investigate all apps with access to large amounts of user data.

"It's hard to know what we'll find, but we are going to review thousands of apps," he told CNN. "This is going to be an intensive process."

 

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