Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the social network “made mistakes” that led to millions of Facebook users having their data exploited by a political consultancy.<\/p>\n
Cambridge Analytica is accused of improperly using the data on behalf of political clients.<\/p>\n
In a statement,\u00a0Mr Zuckerberg said a “breach of trust” had occurred.<\/p>\n
In a later interview with CNN he said he was “really sorry”, and pledged to take action against “rogue apps”.<\/p>\n
He added that he was “happy” to testify before Congress “if it’s the right thing to do”.<\/p>\n
In his statement posted on Facebook, he promised to make it far harder for apps to “harvest” user information.<\/p>\n
“We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can’t then we don’t deserve to serve you,” Mr Zuckerberg said.<\/p>\n
What has Zuckerberg pledged to do?<\/strong><\/p>\n To address current and past problems, Mr Zuckerberg said his company would:<\/p>\n In future, he said Facebook would:<\/p>\n Mr Zuckerberg added: “While this specific issue involving Cambridge Analytica should no longer happen with new apps today, that doesn’t change what happened in the past.<\/p>\n “We will learn from this experience to secure our platform further and make our community safer for everyone going forward.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the social network “made mistakes” that led to millions of Facebook users having their data exploited by a political consultancy. Cambridge Analytica is accused of improperly using the data on behalf of political clients. In a statement,\u00a0Mr Zuckerberg said a “breach of trust” had occurred. In a later […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":393318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[106],"tags":[339,3461],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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