Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg conceded that the company failed to inform the FTC that Cambridge Analytica had gained improper access to personal data belonging to millions of Facebook members, despite its 2011 settlement with the commission over earlier complaints of unauthorized data sharing. Zuckerberg made the admission at a joint hearing of the U.S. Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committees. Zuckerberg said Facebook did not disclose the Cambridge Analytica data breach to the FTC because “we considered it a closed case.”
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Zuckerberg Bobs, Weaves at Senate Hearing
Posted by: David Jones April 11, 2018 04:00 AMFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg conceded that the company failed to inform the FTC that Cambridge Analytica had gained improper access to personal data belonging to millions of Facebook members, despite its 2011 settlement with the commission over earlier complaints of unauthorized data sharing. Zuckerberg made the admission at a joint hearing of the U.S. Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committees. Zuckerberg said Facebook did not disclose the Cambridge Analytica data breach to the FTC because “we considered it a closed case.”