Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, on April 10 began a testimony before a mixed US Senate committee on the illegal use and misuse of personal information by consumers.
According to Reuters, the opening of the hearing, Illinois senator Dick Durbin immediately prompted Facbook's boss to be embarrassed to ask, "Mr. Zuckerberg, would you be comfortable sharing with us the hotel name that he last night? " Tremendously halted for about 5 seconds, Mark Zuckerberg laughed and replied, "No."
Before Zuckerberg's indecisive reaction, everyone in the auditorium laughed. But Senator Durbin calmly continued to ask, "If you text someone this week, would you like to share the name of the person you texted?" Facebook boss replied: "Senator, no, maybe I do not choose to publicize it here."
Senator Durbin calmly concluded: "Perhaps this is the problem. Your personal freedom as well as the limitations of personal freedom."
With simple questions and close to everyday life in the digital age, the Illinois senator pointed out that social networking sites such as Facebook could seriously infringe on the privacy of individuals. Check-in feature on Facebook is able to accurately record the location of the user.
During the five-hour hearing before the 44 MPs, Mark Zuckerberg was constantly put on the defensive with difficult questions and repeatedly promised to work with his colleagues later.
Facebook bosses also apologized and acknowledged "did not act enough to stop" the information of customers is turned into tools for some organizations and individuals to spread fake news, saying Enforcement of the Internet, as well as the creation of conditions for foreign governments to intervene in national elections.
"We made a lot of mistakes in running the company. It's hard to set up a company in the dorm room and grow it to the size we have today without making a few mistakes." , Facebook boss said.
Last week, Facebook acknowledged that about 87 million Facebook users had been illegally collected by Cambridge Analytica, a UK-based political consulting firm. In March, Facebook said it had suspended Cambridge Analytica and parent companies' accounts, and hired network investigators to verify whether Cambridge Analytica kept the data.
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