Mark Zuckerberg, meet the U.S. government. Citing anonymous sources, CNNMoney reports that the Facebook CEO is “currently planning the strategy for his testimony.” The news comes amid an ongoing data-privacy scandal and follows revelations earlier this month about how the social network handled users’ data. Zuckerberg has refused to speak directly to British politicians, and instead plans to send senior-level executives in his place. Still, his agreeing to testify before Congress, says CNNMoney, could put added pressure on other tech leaders to also follow suit. You can read the full report here.CGW … [Read more...] about Report: Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress
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Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly preparing to testify before Congress
source Getty Facing increasing pressure to testify on the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal, CNN reports that Mark Zuckerberg is now preparing to speak to Congress about the issue. The Facebook CEO has been invited to an April 10th hearing on data privacy. Mark Zuckerberg is preparing to testify before Congress, CNN reported Tuesday, citing anonymous sources. Over the past week, the Facebook CEO has faced increasing pressure to speak to Congress, and now he is reportedly readying his testimony regarding how Facebook handles its privacy and user data in wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Zuckerberg, who remained silent on the matter for five days following the first reports from The New York Times and The Guardian about the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, has since apologized and given multiple interviews on the matter, in addition to publishing a post on Facebook detailing upcoming changes to … [Read more...] about Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly preparing to testify before Congress
Mark Zuckerberg refused to explain Facebook’s data scandal to British politicians — and wants to put senior execs in the firing line instead
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has refused calls from British politicians to appear before a parliamentary enquiry and explain his firm’s role in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Zuckerberg has instead offered up two senior executives, CTO Mike Schroepfer and chief product officer Chris Cox instead. The executives will have to explain how Facebook allowed Cambridge Analytica to scrape huge amounts of Facebook data without the company’s or users’ knowledge. Mark Zuckerberg has refused to appear directly before British politicians to explain Facebook’s role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal – and is offering to put senior executives in the firing line instead. Rebecca Simon, Facebook’s head of public policy in the UK, responded to calls from Conservative politician Damian Collins that Zuckerberg appear before a select committee enquiry into fake news. She wrote to Collins: “Facebook fully recognises the level of public and Parliamentary … [Read more...] about Mark Zuckerberg refused to explain Facebook’s data scandal to British politicians — and wants to put senior execs in the firing line instead
‘It’s horrifying how much they know’: An anonymous Facebook employee explained what it’s like to go face to face with Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘secret police’
An anonymous Facebook employee has explained in a new interview with The Guardian what it’s like to be under investigation by Facebook’s internal investigations team. The anonymous employee said that they received a message from their manager saying they would receive a promotion. They said their manager walked them down a corridor, praising their work, and then directed them into a meeting room. Inside the meeting room were several members of Facebook’s internal investigations team, The Guardian reported. The investigators accused the employee of leaking information to a journalist, and the employee said they had records of screenshots, links clicked, and potentially the conversation with a journalist. “It’s horrifying how much they know,” the anonymous employee told The Guardian, “you go into Facebook and it has this warm, fuzzy feeling of ‘we’re changing the world’ and ‘we care about things’. But you get on … [Read more...] about ‘It’s horrifying how much they know’: An anonymous Facebook employee explained what it’s like to go face to face with Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘secret police’
Mark Zuckerberg takes out full-page newspaper ads to say ‘sorry’
source Win McNamee/Getty Images Facebook has been rocked by a scandal in which a data firm affiliated with President Donald Trump was able to obtain Facebook data for 50 million users. Now Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologized again in a full-page ad in several newspapers, including The New York Times. “I promise to do better for you,” Zuckerberg wrote. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took out full page ads in several British and American newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal that has roiled the company over the past two weeks. “We have a responsibility to protect your information. If we can’t, we don’t deserve it,” says the ad, which ran in papers including The New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. One ad also ran in The Observer, the British publication that broke the story. Facebook took out full page ads in the … [Read more...] about Mark Zuckerberg takes out full-page newspaper ads to say ‘sorry’