U.S. and European officials on Sunday called for Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to explain how personal information about tens of millions of users ended up in the hands of a data analysis firm that worked for President Trump’s 2016 campaign — without the permission or knowledge of the vast majority of those affected.
How a confused, defensive social media giant steered itself into a disaster, and how Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fix it all.
In the wake of revelations that thousands of Russian-backed 2016 political ads were taken out on Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg pledged that the platform will strengthen its review process. He said that Facebook will also increase transparency for the political ads its receives in the wake. “Not only will you have to disclose which page paid for an ad, but we will also make it so you can visit an advertiser’s page and see the ads they’re currently running to any audience on Facebook,” he wrote.
The platform is facing questions from lawmakers and others looking to rein in its enormous power, and speculation is high that its top execs, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, could be called to testify before Congress. New regulations could be in the cards for the company.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is vowing to take down hate speech from his social media platform in light of the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. In a statement posted to his Facebook page, Zuckerberg committed to actively “keep working to make Facebook a place where everyone can feel safe.”
“No one single event triggered this,” said the Facebook CEO and co-founder in an interview, noting the heightening of ugly political discourse in the U.S. under President Donald Trump was not the impetus for a nearly 6,000-word opus on his world view for the social giant’s future that he released today. “I have been thinking about these things for a long time … my views have just become more nuanced.”
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Facebook Needs To Stand Up For 1st Amend.
After news of how Facebook compiles its “Trending” stories broke, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune sent Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter in which he tries to probe deeply into Facebook editorial processes. Zuckerberg needs to put on his publisher hat and decline. Thune has no more business making such demands of Zuckerberg than he does making them of New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger. Thune’s letter is an affront to all First Amendment speakers.
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Speaking at the EG8 technology forum in Paris, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said that TV, music and books are the next “media experiences” that will be revolutionized by social media. “I hope we can play a part in enabling those new companies to get built, and companies that are out there producing this great content to become more social,” he said.
