Current location:travel >>
Facebook CEO apologizes for data misuse in prepared testimony to Congress
travel94People have gathered around
IntroductionMark Zuckerberg (Xinhua file photo/Lino De Vallier)WASHINGTON, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Facebook CEO Mark ...
Mark Zuckerberg (Xinhua file photo/Lino De Vallier)
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress in written testimony on Monday that he is "responsible for" not preventing the social media platform from being used for harm, including fake news, foreign interference in elections and hate speech.
"We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake," he said in the prepared testimony released by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.
"It was my mistake, and I'm sorry. I started Facebook, I run it, and I'm responsible for what happens here," he said in the remarks he is expected to deliver in a hearing on Wednesday.
His apology came after Facebook is embroiled in a widening scandal that a British data firm called Cambridge Analytica had improperly gathered detailed Facebook information on 87 million users, up from a previous estimate of more than 50 million.
Also, Facebook revealed on Wednesday that outsiders took advantage of search tools on its platform, making it possible for them to collect personal information on most of its 2 billion users worldwide without the users' explicit permission.
This was Zuckerberg's latest apology for the personal data leak and he vowed to plug the vulnerabilities while attempting to defend himself by listing the company's measures to protect user privacy in past years.
He said Facebook had changed the entire platform in 2014 to "dramatically limit the Facebook information apps could access."
Moreover, Facebook banned Aleksandr Kogan, a Cambridge University researcher who leaked the data to Cambridge Analytica, from using Facebook data in 2015, and certified that "they had deleted all improperly acquired data," according to Zuckerberg.
But he didn't explain why and how Cambridge Analytica still managed to misuse the personal data afterwards.
Zuckerberg pledged to limit the information the platform developers can access and they have to get users' approval.
The leaked data was said to be inappropriately used by Cambridge Analytica in activities allegedly connected with U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign in 2016.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Global Grid news portal”。http://libya.triple-v.org/content-02e399898.html
Related articles
Justin Timberlake set to bring his The Forget Tomorrow World Tour to Australia in 2025
travelJustin Timberlake is set to bring his The Forget Tomorrow World Tour to Australia next year.Daily Ma ...
【travel】
Read moreDespite numbers showing a healthy economy overall, lower
travelNEW YORK (AP) — Cracks are showing in one of the main pillars keeping the economy out of a recession ...
【travel】
Read moreLabour MP Jess Phillips admits she could LOSE her Birmingham seat if a pro
travelEx-Labour frontbencher Jess Phillips has warned she is at risk of losing her seat at the next electi ...
【travel】
Read more
Popular articles
- Kate Hudson hits the stage to debut songs from her new album Glorious at star
- World Food Prize goes to 2 who helped protect vital seeds in an Arctic Circle vault
- British Olympian James Ellington wins six
- Can YOU afford to become a stay
- Rangers are undefeated at .500 to keep World Series champs from a losing record with Bochy
- US says Rafah offensive would jeopardize cease
Latest articles
Kristin Cavallari, 37, ignores critics of her age
Bride calls out wedding guest's 'disrespectful' RSVP: 'This is not how invitations work'
Iowa law allows police to arrest and deport migrants. Civil rights groups are suing
How safe is AstraZeneca's Covid jab? What are the side effects? And why do victims only have a 3
Target to lower prices on basic goods in response to inflation
Sanchez grabs biggest career win on Giro Stage 6 and Pogacar stays in front
LINKS
- Khloe Kardashian's daughter True Thompson is 6! The child gets heart
- Ministry of Health proposes 134 job losses
- Bernie Sanders wants to spend $10BILLION on long Covid 'moonshot' operation
- Through the palace keyhole... by those who were there
- Busy Philipps' look
- OJ Simpson dead at 76 after cancer battle: Football legend turned accused double
- Michael Douglas, 79, reveals the moment he realised his wife Catherine Zeta
- Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh step in for cancer
- Colin Firth's Pride and Prejudice wet shirt up for auction
- China eyes US