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Mark Zuckerberg Apologises As Facebook Admits To Cambridge Analytica Data Breach
Mark Zuckerberg. (Drew Angerer via Getty Images)
Facebook Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg has admitted to lapses in user data protection in light of the Cambridge Analytica breach and has promised a much stricter data protection system to make sure that such breaches don’t happen in the future, Mint has reported.
In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg has listed out the steps Facebook had taken before the breach, but also said that more steps need to be taken and the company recognises that. He also listed out the measures that will be put in place to ensure data safety.
Facebook has been under fire since last week with news of Cambridge Analytica having accessed data of 50 million Facebook users to influence the US presidential elections in 2016.
Facebook also said that it will notify the users whose data has been misused by applications linked to Facebook.
Cambridge Analytica’s role in influencing the US presidential elections, when Donald Trump came to power is now under scrutiny and is being investigated by the authorities.
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