MY MISTAKE, ZUCKERBERG TESTIMONY TO US CONG
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said he accepted responsibility for the social network’s failure to protect private data and prevent manipulation of the platform, according to testimony released on Monday on the eve of his first Congressional appearance. “It was my mistake, and I’m sorry,” Zuckerberg said in his written testimony released by a House of Representatives panel. “I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible for what happens here,” he added.
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, in prepared testimony for the US House of Representatives, said all of Facebook’s problems are his mistake.
The world’s largest socialmedia company didn’t do enough to prevent its tools from being used for harm, especially in terms of fake news, foreign interference in elections, hate speech, developer policies and data privacy, Zuckerberg, Facebook’s co-founder, said.
“It was my mistake, and I’m sorry,” Zuckerberg added, according to a copy of the prepared testimony ahead of his appearance in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday. “I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible for what happens here.”
Zuckerberg is due to testify to Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday in the midst of the worst privacy crisis in Facebook’s history. He will try to explain how much Facebook contributes to the world, while saying he didn’t take a broad enough view of the consequences the company’s technology.
The prepared testimony recounts many of the updates Facebook has made to improve security since revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a political consultant with ties to President Trump’s campaign, obtained information on as many as 87 million users without their consent. It also confirms Facebook knows little about what Cambridge Analytica did with the data, or even whether it still has the information.
On the other hand, in an interview with Atlantic Magazine, Zuckerberg announced the formation of an independent election commission for research while referring to the upcoming polls in countries across the globe, including India, the US and Pakistan.
“It is the time to fix it. It is the time for the CEO to really take it seriously. I think the problems will be solved” JACK MA Co-founder, Alibaba “The profits (made by Facebook) are all based on the users info, but the users get none of the profits back” STEVE WOZNIAK Co-founder, Apple
(He is shutting his Facebook account)