Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg officially shot down the conspiracy theory that the social network has some way of keeping tabs on its users by tapping into the mics on people’s smartphones. During Zuckerberg’s testimony before the Senate this afternoon, Senator Gary Peters had asked the CEO if the social network is mining audio from mobile […]
View More Zuckerberg tells Congress Facebook is not listening to you through your phoneCategory: zuckerberg testimony
Sen. Kennedy to Mark Zuckerberg: ‘Your user agreement sucks’
As Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook testimony stretches on, a rough exchange with Senator John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana produced some of the day’s more memorable sound bites. “Mr. Zuckerberg, I come in peace. I don’t want to vote to have to regulate Facebook, but by God I will,” Sen. Kennedy began his short exchange. “In fact, […]
View More Sen. Kennedy to Mark Zuckerberg: ‘Your user agreement sucks’Cambridge Analytica may have accessed some Facebook users’ messages
The app permissions that led to 87 million Facebook users’ data being harvested and sold to Cambridge Analytica may have also allowed access to those users’ inboxes, the company confirmed today. This wasn’t achieved by any underhanded means, exactly, but people might not have realized that they were granting permission to read and record their private messages as well as more public data like location and interests.
View More Cambridge Analytica may have accessed some Facebook users’ messagesMark Zuckerberg: “We do not sell data to advertisers”
While many of us in the tech world are familiar with Facebook’s business model, there is a common misconception among people that Facebook collects information about you and then sells that information to advertisers. Zuckerberg wants everyone (especially the U.S. Senate) to know that’s not the case, and has laid forth the most simple example […]
View More Mark Zuckerberg: “We do not sell data to advertisers”‘You don’t think you have a monopoly?’ Read Sen. Graham’s delightful grilling of Zuckerberg
Today’s testimony by Mark Zuckerberg in front of a Senate joint committee was often boring or redundant with previous statements. But there was an exchange near the two hour mark that was pleasantly refreshing: Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) doggedly pursuing a common-sense answer from Zuckerberg on the question of whether it had any real competition.
View More ‘You don’t think you have a monopoly?’ Read Sen. Graham’s delightful grilling of ZuckerbergPalmer Luckey, political martyr?
In the middle of testimony over Facebook’s privacy scandal, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas took a moment to grill Mark Zuckerberg over his company’s political loyalties. In the course of a testy exchange between Sen. Cruz and Zuckerberg, the senator brought up the dismissal of Palmer Luckey, the controversial founder of virtual reality tech development […]
View More Palmer Luckey, political martyr?Facebook share price climbs as Zuckerberg gets grilled by the Senate
Shareholders seemed to have incredibly low expectations of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s ability to handle a Senate testimony, because Facebook stock climbed 4.5 percent Tuesday with the bulk of the gains coming during his televised testimony. Though the markets closed nearly an hour ago, Zuckerberg is still being peppered by Senators in an hours-long testimony […]
View More Facebook share price climbs as Zuckerberg gets grilled by the SenateIn Senate hearing, Zuckerberg faces blame over violence in Myanmar
While the recent Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal is the main focus for American lawmakers questioning Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg today, the company’s record beyond the U.S. raises even more alarms. During the hearing, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy brought up the company’s role in the ongoing ethnic violence in Myanmar, citing one incident where death threats […]
View More In Senate hearing, Zuckerberg faces blame over violence in MyanmarZuckerberg admits it was a mistake not to ban Cambridge Analytica’s ads
Facebook didn’t ban Cambridge Analytica when it found out in 2015 that it had received user data from Dr. Aleksandr Kogan, and Zuckerberg called that a mistake during his testimony before the Senate. Cambridge Analytica has since been banned. Zuckerberg explained that “I want to correct one thing that I said earlier in response to […]
View More Zuckerberg admits it was a mistake not to ban Cambridge Analytica’s ads‘Tens of thousands’ of Facebook accounts may be related to Russian intelligence
Facebook has previously officially noted that 470 accounts associated with Russia’s Internet Research Agency have been banned related to the 2016 election, plus 270 more in Russia just last week. But in today’s testimony Mark Zuckerberg also mentioned a much higher estimate of “tens of thousands,” though the confidence in this number would be also be much lower.
View More ‘Tens of thousands’ of Facebook accounts may be related to Russian intelligenceMark Zuckerberg: “There will always be a version of Facebook that is free”
Today during Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before the Senate, the Facebook CEO reiterated that “there will always be a version of Facebook that is free.” In the midst of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the user data of up to 87 million people was sold by a third-party developer to Trump Campaign-linked firm Cambridge Analytica, […]
View More Mark Zuckerberg: “There will always be a version of Facebook that is free”Zuckerberg confirms Facebook has been interviewed by Mueller’s special counsel
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into interference in to 2016 election interference has interviewed at least one employee of Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed today during his testimony before the Senate. Zuckerberg confirmed that he himself had not been interviewed, then declined to elaborate, citing the confidentiality of the investigation. Senator Leahy asked “I assume Facebook […]
View More Zuckerberg confirms Facebook has been interviewed by Mueller’s special counsel