Apr 10 Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Congress today. What you need to know By Saher Khan Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress for the first time this week, starting with a hearing on Tuesday. Here's a guide to his appearance on Capitol Hill. Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch 9:33 How should Facebook change to protect privacy? By Hari Sreenivasan Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, will face a grilling on Capitol Hill Tuesday. The company has been in damage control mode since news broke about a major breach of Facebook users’ personal information. Hari Sreenivasan reports and William Branham… Continue watching
Apr 09 WATCH: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Senate committee By Barbara Ortutay, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to speak at 2:15 p.m. ET Tuesday in a joint hearing before two Senate committees. Watch live here. Continue reading
Apr 09 As many as 146 million people on Facebook may have received information from Russian agency, Zuckerberg says By Associated Press The Facebook CEO says his company found about 470 accounts and pages linked to the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency, which generated around 80,000 Facebook posts over roughly a two-year period. Continue reading
Apr 09 At Facebook, ‘I’m responsible for what happens’: Read Mark Zuckerberg’s prepared House testimony By Joshua Barajas Amid mounting criticism over Facebook's handling of users' private data, the social media giant's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said "we didn't do enough" to prevent the massive platform from being manipulated. Continue reading
Apr 06 Facebook ‘moving ahead’ with ad regulation before scheduled Congressional testimony this week By James Blue Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced plans to require people running political ads on the social network to verify their location and identity. Continue reading
Apr 06 Did Cambridge Analytica get your data? You’ll know soon By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Anyone who's been wondering if their private Facebook data might have been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal will soon get their first clues. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 2:53 New Facebook revelations over user privacy deepen crisis and invite scrutiny By PBS News Hour Social media giant Facebook says it now believes that up to 87 million people had their data improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, the political consulting firm that worked for the Trump campaign, and that public profiles for most of the… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 14:04 Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook ‘made big mistakes’ on protecting user data By Judy Woodruff, Jaywon Choe Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg apologized Thursday for the social media giant’s data breach and admitted the company failed to do enough to protect the data of tens of millions of its users. In an interview with Judy Woodruff,… Continue watching
Apr 04 Zuckerberg admits to mistakes on Facebook By Associated Press Referring to the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, he said that it isn't enough for Facebook to believe app developers when they say they follow the rules. He says Facebook has to ensure they do. Continue reading