Fact-checking Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony about Facebook privacy
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg remained calm and composed as he sat through more than 10 hours of questioning by members of congress on Tuesday and Wednesday. His strategy appeared to be to show remorse and deference, highlight the changes Facebook had already made and pledge to … Read More
Congress doesn’t know how Facebook works and other things we learned from Mark Zuckerberg’s …
Mark Zuckerberg answered questions about Facebook's data collection and privacy policies this week from almost 100 different politicians in nearly 10 hours of public testimony. The hearings had it all. One lawmaker literally held up the U.S. Constitution at Zuckerberg and recited the First Amendment. Read More
Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Collects Internet Data on Non-Users
Mark Zuckerberg, under stern questioning by U.S. lawmakers, said Facebook Inc. collects information on consumers who aren't registered as users, acknowledging something that's been reported but not publicly spelled out by the company. “In general we collect data on people who are not signed up … Read More
How Facebook compares to other tech companies in diversity
Mark Zuckerberg has been in the hot seat this week, testifying in front of the Senate and House about how Facebook handles user data. But questions were much further afield than just issues of data privacy, as lawmakers asked the Facebook CEO about diversity in tech and what the social …
Black members of Congress criticize Zuckerberg: Facebook “does not reflect America”
As Vox's Emily Stewart and Jen Kirby note, he has been criticized in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal that left the information of tens of millions of Facebook users exposed and raised questions about how Russia and other groups have used the platform to influence US politics. Read …
Five things we learned from Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook hearing
Facebook is refusing to explicitly confirm that this malicious third party is GSR, the company started by the Cambridge University researcher Alexsandr Kogan. But since – as Zuckerberg has also repeatedly said – the investigations into other companies are not yet complete, it is hard to think who else it … …
Zuckerberg put on back foot as House grills Facebook CEO over user tracking
The Democratic congresswoman Anna Eshoo, reading questions from her constituents at a hearing of the House energy and commerce committee, asked Zuckerberg whether his data was “included in the data sold to the malicious third parties”. After a brief hesitation, the Facebook CEO replied: “Yes.” … Read More
Shadow profiles are the biggest flaw in Facebook’s privacy defense
Called before Congress this week, Mark Zuckerberg tried to present Facebook's approach to user data as open and transparent. In question after question, he focused on the privacy choices available to users, and their ownership over all the data they share — and it wasn't all wrong. Facebook has data … …
Your Facebook data scandal questions answered
For five hours on Tuesday, the Facebook CEO and founder was questioned by members of Congress on its role in allowing Cambridge Analytica, a UK-based political data firm that worked for Donald Trump's presidential campaign, to improperly access data on 87 million people. (He's before Congress … Read More
Congressman presses Zuckerberg on Facebook’s poor diversity record
In today's hearing before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) decided to take the opportunity to press Mark Zuckerberg on the subject of racial diversity in Silicon Valley. After rebuking him for the Cambridge Analytica data leak, he changed the topic. “I want to go … …