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Washington, April 11 : There is an online propaganda "arms race" with Russia and the most important thing right now is to make sure no one interferes in the upcoming elections globally, vowed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during the five-hour marathon session at the US Congress. "The most important thing I care about right now is making sure no one interferes in the various 2018 elections around the world," he testified before a 44-Senator panel.
With the eyes of Silicon Valley, Washington and Wall Street focused on him, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday successfully stood up to sometimes tricky questions from senators on topics from privacy scandals to foreign election interference to the tech industry's political leanings. Zuckerberg remained confident and prepared - far from the sweaty, nervous mess he became during another public appearance about privacy issues eight years ago - during several hours of testimony before a joint session of the Senate's Judiciary and Commerce, Science and Transportation committees.
Despite facing bipartisan criticism for allowing data from up to 87 million people to be improperly shared without their knowledge, the Facebook CEO had mostly glided through questioning during his highly anticipated appearance Tuesday afternoon before the Senate. However, Zuckerberg got into a contentious back-and-forth with Markey after the Massachusetts senator and longtime privacy advocate repeatedly tried to get the 33-year-old billionaire to commit to supporting specific legislation to regulate how Facebook treats user data.
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One Silicon Valley star witness, 44 media-hungry senators, and more than five hours of mostly tough questions and often ambiguous answers. Here are the highlights.
On Tuesday, Facebook's CEO will make his long-anticipated appearance on Capitol Hill, where he will testify before the Senate's Judiciary and Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees. Zuckerberg will speak about Facebook's data privacy policies, which have come under fire in the wake of Cambridge Analytica , as well as the social network's role in combating election interference.
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Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg faced sharp criticism in the opening comments of Tuesday's highly anticipated congressional hearing, as he prepared to apologize for a series of missteps that, he acknowledges, have imperiled the privacy of tens of millions of Americans and helped spread both phony news and Russian disinformation. "Mr. Zuckerberg, in many ways you and the company that you've created, the story you've created, represent the American Dream," said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the Commerce Committee, in his opening remarks.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg began a two-day congressional inquisition Tuesday with a public apology for a privacy scandal that has roiled the social media giant he founded more than a decade ago. Zuckerberg opened his remarks before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees by taking responsibility for failing to prevent Cambridge Analytica, a data-mining firm affiliated with Donald Trump's presidential campaign, from gathering personal information from 87 million users to try to influence elections.
If you got a friend request from Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., on Facebook on Tuesday, it most likely was from one of the fake pages set up in his name just hours before he will sit down with other senators to question Mark Zuckerberg, the social media site's founder and CEO. "First thing this morning, I got a number of messages from longtime friends who asked if I had a new family, because there was a new Facebook page for Chris T. Coons that had my face, but the family of Sen. Dan Sullivan and a whole lot of Russian friends," the Delaware Democrat told MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports."
Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify today on Capitol Hill amid the burgeoning scandal about how the voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica harvested the data of more than 87 million Facebook users, without their permission, in efforts to sway voters to support President Donald Trump. In prepared remarks ahead of his testimony today, he writes, "We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is in Washington Tuesday, where he will testify before a Senate hearing on the topic of consumer privacy, in hopes of reassuring the public amid growing concern that Facebook and other tech firms do not protect their users' information and that engage in intrusive business practices. Testifying before Congress is a rite of passage for many corporate chieftains but up until this month, Zuckerberg had refused calls from lawmakers to appear in a hearing, opting to send his top attorneys instead.
Lost amid a flurry of Facebook announcements about privacy settings and data ac... After a tough day before the Senate Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrapped up his two-day trip to Capitol Hill on Wednesday with testimony before a House committee. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrapped up his two-day trip to Capitol Hill with testimony before a House committee Wednesday.
The sound of the camera shutters told the story. On Tuesday, when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg entered Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees, dozens of photographers crowded the witness table, and the space filled with the sound of rain beating on a tin roof.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, arrives for a meeting with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., on Capitol Hill, Monday, April 9, 2018, in Washington. Zuckerberg will testify Tuesday before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election.
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's No 1 mission during his appearance before US lawmakers this week will be to defend against calls to regulate internet-based companies. The prospect of new laws that restrict Facebook and other internet companies, however, is extremely unlikely - not only because of a lack of political will and the effective lobbying of technology companies, but because few lawmakers want to grapple with the sheer complexity of the technical issues involved.
After privately assuring senators that his company will do better, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is undergoing a two-day congressional inquisition that will be very public - and possibly pivotal for the massive social networking company he created. Zuckerberg visited with senators in closed-door meetings Monday, previewing the public apology he plans to give Congress on Tuesday after revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a data-mining firm affiliated with Donald Trump's presidential campaign, gathered personal information from 87 million users to try to influence elections.
The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee says he believes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking congressional hearings seriously "because he knows there is going to be a hard look at regulation." Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida said Zuckerberg was "forthright and honest to the degree he could" be in a private meeting the day before Zuckerberg testifies before the committee.
Facebook is taking steps to protect users' privacy after revelations that Cambridge Analytica may have accessed information from up to 87 million users, leaving many users feeling 'creepy' about using Facebook and social media.
Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, in prepared testimony for the U.S. House of Representatives, said all of Facebook's problems are his mistake. The world's largest social-media company didn't do enough to prevent its tools from being used for harm, especially in terms of fake news, foreign interference in elections, hate speech, developer policies and data privacy, Zuckerberg, Facebook's co-founder, said.