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"That was my fault". Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before the US Congress published
On April 9, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce released testimony from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg about the data breach of Facebook users.
Zuckerberg's testimony details not only the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but also the story of alleged Russian interference in the US election. It also describes what steps the social network has taken to avoid a repetition of these situations.
In addition, in the testimony, Zuckerberg admitted his personal guilt that the functionality of the social network could be used for such purposes as spreading false information, inciting hatred, foreign interference in elections and illegally obtaining user data.
“We did not understand our responsibility well enough, and this was a big mistake. It was my mistake and I apologize. I founded Facebook, I run the social network and I am responsible for everything that happens on it, ”Zuckerberg said.
- On April 10 and 11, Mark Zuckerberg will testify in the US Congress about the data breach of Facebook users. Earlier, Zuckerberg refused to testify in the UK Parliament, offering to send one of the deputies instead of himself. British parliamentarians were outraged by this decision.
- Cambridge Analytica collected data from Facebook users to use in political ads. According to the latest data, the company could access the information of 87 million users of the social network. Earlier, Zuckerberg pleaded guilty to the social network in the leak; he bought out advertisements in British newspapers to apologize to users.
- In the fall of 2017, Facebook reported on the identification and blocking of the accounts of the Internet Research Agency (known as the “troll factory”), which could influence the US presidential election. According to the social network, the posts of the "troll factory" about American politics were seen by 126 million Facebook users.