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Vanity Fair
April 18, 2018
Even before the Cambridge Analytica breach turned Facebook into the poster child for growing concerns around user privacy, its photo-scanning technology may have violated state laws by gathering and storing biometric data about people on Facebook without their consent. That's the argument beingÃâà...
Vox
April 18, 2018
He's 30-some years old. He can answer questions if he's the CEO. ... Stop juvenilizing men here in Silicon Valley.” That's how Kara Swisher, co-founder and executive editor of the technology news website Recode, reacted to the treatment Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg received from lawmakers duringÃâà...
The Sydney Morning Herald
April 18, 2018
“That's it. It's over. Get your things, and get out.” I've thought about saying it. I have. But it's never that easy, is it? There's always the undoing to be done. The unwinding of things. I mean, I've been with him a long time. 14 years. No, it hasn't all been roses. I've been attacked. Criticised. Verbally abused.
CNBC
April 18, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg's 2004 CNBC interview shows how far he and Facebook have come. 10 Hours Ago. To view this site, you need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser, and either the Flash Plugin or an HTML5-Video enabled browser. Download the latest Flash player and try again. A young Mark Zuckerberg sat downÃâà...
CNBC
April 10, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress starting Tuesday in a pair of hearings on Facebook's user privacy policies and handling of the Cambridge Analytics data leak. It's the first time before Congress for the founder and CEO and comes amid a firestorm of user concerns and government probes.
New York Times
April 8, 2018
That's when Mark Zuckerberg, the company's chief executive, will swap out his trademark gray T-shirts for a suit and tie, and embark on a two-day marathon of testimony on Capitol Hill. His goal? To apologize for Facebook's missteps, reassure Congress that Facebook intends to stop foreign powers fromÃâà...
CNNMoney
April 4, 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will face questions from two congressional panels next week about how his company handles its users' data. He's set to appear before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees on Tuesday afternoon followed by a House Energy and CommerceÃâà...
Hollywood Reporter
March 31, 2018
You know nothing about me, Sucker-berg,” Colbert said, mocking the site's creator, Mark Zuckerberg. To further investigate Facebook's current woes, Colbert said that his show's staff members have downloaded their Facebook history and discovered that the site “keeps a record of some pretty crazy stuff,”Ãâà...
Daily Telegraph
March 31, 2018
I know you're on the back foot at the moment or as one tech investor put it — “on a slow roll into serious f---ery” — but I've thought of a way you can redeem yourself. Taking to the airwaves for a round of mea culpas might've been well intentioned but, seriously, could you grow up and put on a proper shirt.
NBCNews.com
March 31, 2018
Facebook has three groups it needs to mollify right now: shareholders, policymakers, and of course, consumers. The company needs a coordinated strategy to address concerns from each. Facebook has already been attempting to stop the bleeding. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has embarked on an apology tourÃâà...
New Haven Register
March 30, 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg denounced comments from one of his top executives on Thursday, following the publication of a 2016 internal memo in which the executive appeared to argue that the social network's growth objectives outweighed any harmful side-effects, including deaths, that could resultÃâà...
Quartz
March 30, 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is among the most prominent of Silicon Valley's billionaires. Now, his peers seems to be turning against him. In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, tech titans like Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk and Apple CEO Tim Cook have taken shots at Zuckerberg andÃâà...
WIRED
March 30, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg has never really understood privacy. From Facebook's earliest days, he figured people would eventually grow comfortable sharing everything with everyone—indeed, his business depended on it. Everytime Facebook rolled out a new feature, a subset of us questioned our ability to controlÃâà...
AOL
March 29, 2018
Facing increasing pressure to testify on the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal, CNN reports that Mark Zuckerberg is now preparing to speak to Congress about the issue. The Facebook CEO has been invited to an April 10th hearing on data privacy.
Fortune
March 29, 2018
Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once delivered an impassioned commentary on the importance of privacy—in front of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Speaking at the D8 Conference in 2010, Jobs was asked about privacy and how companies should responsibly handle user data. In response, he saidÃâà...
Business Insider
March 29, 2018
Then he was asked about Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook has been embroiled in a scandal since it became public earlier this month that the political data firm Cambridge Analytica, which has ties to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, stole data from 50 million users by abusing Facebook'sÃâà...
NPR
March 29, 2018
All of this is on the heels of news that CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify in Congress next month. I want to bring in Congressman Mike Quigley of Illinois. He's a Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, and he joins us. Congressman, good morning. MIKE QUIGLEY: Good morning. Thanks for havingÃâà...
NPR
March 28, 2018
Today the committee heard from a whistleblower from the London-based data mining firm. But their request to hear from Facebook's CEO was rejected. NPR's Joanna Kakissis has this update from London. JOANNA KAKISSIS, BYLINE: Lawmakers were hoping to question Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
CNBC
March 28, 2018
U.K. lawmaker Damian Collins wrote another letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking him if he will appear in front of a parliamentary committee. Collins chairs the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, is running an inquiry into fake news and is probing the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
CNNMoney
March 28, 2018
The Apple co-founder and tech titan told an audience in 2010 that privacy should be sacrosanct for tech companies like Google and Facebook. Lo and behold, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg was there. The video of Jobs discussing privacy issues has resurfaced and the statements lookÃâà...
Designboom
March 26, 2018
in an attempt to apologise for the controversy surrounding facebook's recent privacy breach, mark zuckerberg and his facebook team took out full-page ads in several key U.K. and U.S. newspaper publications to issue an apology. the social media channel's well-publicized privacy breach began earlier thisÃâà...
PhillyVoice.com
March 26, 2018
The letter asks Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg whether the social media website monitored what the developers did with the data, and what type of control Facebook had over the data collected. It also asks Zuckerberg whether Facebook had protective safeguards in place and whether its terms of serviceÃâà...
The Boston Globe
March 26, 2018
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg apologized for the Cambridge Analytica scandal with ads in multiple US and British newspapers Sunday. By the Associated Press March 25, 2018. NEW YORK — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg apologized for the Cambridge Analytica scandal with ads in multiple USÃâà...
The Courier-Journal
March 26, 2018
How could our good friend Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg take advantage of us like that? He told us when his company hit the 2 billion mark in June 2017 that the largest, most influential social network in the world was “making progress connecting the world, and now let's bring the world closer together.
CNNMoney
March 26, 2018
Yet another lawmaker wants Mark Zuckerberg to testify about the data mining scandal that continues to haunt Facebook. On Monday, Republican Senator Charles Grasley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called on the Facebook CEO to appear at an April 10 hearing about data privacy.
CNBC
March 25, 2018
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized for "a breach of trust" in advertisements placed in papers including the Observer in Britain and the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. "We have a responsibility to protect your information. If we can't, we don't deserve it," saidÃâà...
CBS News
March 25, 2018
NEW YORK -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took out full-page ads in several major newspapers in the U.S. and the U.K. on Sunday to apologize for the data privacy scandal involving Cambridge Analytica and the reported misuse of personal data from 50 million people. "You may have heard about aÃâà...
CNNMoney
March 25, 2018
Mark Warner says Mark Zuckerberg needs to testify: 'He can't send staff'. by Jackie Wattles @jackiewattles March 25, ... The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee really wants Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to start talking on Capitol Hill. "Mr. Zuckerberg needs to come and testify beforeÃâà...
PRWeek
March 24, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg posing the question, "Are there other Cambridge Analyticas out there?" sent the message that they're unsure what's going on in their own backyard. That's not the way to instill confidence. Facebook stumbled out of the gate from a communications standpoint, but they've built a platformÃâà...
Politico
March 24, 2018
The leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee Froday called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before their panel amid the controversy over reports that Trump-linked Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained data on 50 million Facebook users. Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) and rankingÃâà...
Motherboard
March 24, 2018
Folks, there is beef, and then there is beef. The beef between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg is one to savour, to contemplate, to remember; a feud between two men worth billions, but with the emotional dimension of toddlers fighting over who gets to drive the Cozy Coupe. It all began back in SeptemberÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 24, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg may wish he could forget the past week. Unfortunately for him, Facebook probably won't let him. On any given day, Facebook FB, -3.34% cherry picks a “memory” from your history and resurfaces it in your news feed — sometimes to less-than-desirable effect. This week ZuckerbergÃâà...
Business Insider
March 24, 2018
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Friday requested public testimony from Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder and CEO, adding to the list of congressional panels looking to haul in the company's top executives. "During our time leading the Commerce Committee, several questionsÃâà...
Quartz
March 24, 2018
Facebook's executives have spent much of the past week dealing with the fallout of reports claiming millions of its users had their data harvested from a quiz app without their consent. CEO and Founder Mark Zuckerberg issued a long non-apology on Facebook, and appeared on cable news to explain howÃâà...
New York Times
March 24, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO — For the past week, Mark Zuckerberg has grappled with a backlash from lawmakers, regulators and users over Facebook's mishandling of data privacy. He has also had to face another restive group: his own employees. The Facebook chief executive has taken multiple steps over theÃâà...
Variety
March 24, 2018
UPDATED WASHINGTON — House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders from both parties sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, calling for him to testify at an upcoming hearing in the wake of the scandal over how Cambridge Analytica accessed its user data. Hours later, the two leaders ofÃâà...
Money Magazine
March 24, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Oculus Connect 4 product launch event in San Jose, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. Facebook unveiled a cheaper virtual-reality headset that works without being tethered to a computer, rounding out itsÃâà...
CNBC
March 23, 2018
"If we trusted [Mark Zuckerberg], we wouldn't need to speak with him," said Cramer, whose charitable trust owns shares of Facebook. CEO Zuckerberg, COO Sheryl Sandberg and Facebook's board "have to recognize that they're nobody" now, Cramer said on "Squawk on the Street." Facebook's stockÃâà...
Complex
March 23, 2018
Not only did Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally apologize for the platform's recent data breach scandal, but he also had some words for the #DeleteFacebook movement that's gained steam as a result of it. When asked in a recent New York Times interview if he was worried about it the campaign, theÃâà...
AOL
March 23, 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is convinced that Russia is using his platform to try to meddle in the upcoming US midterm elections — and says that staying ahead of disruptive actors is a challenge that will never be complete. In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said it was inevitable thatÃâà...
Business Insider
March 23, 2018
But the photo has taken new meaning after Zuckerberg apologized on Wednesday for a scandal in which British data company Cambridge Analytica, which has ties to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, illicitly obtained information from as many as 50 million Facebook profiles by abusing Facebook's data-sharingÃâà...
HuffPost
March 23, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg Is Literally Asking Congress To Regulate Facebook. He once promised to move fast and break things. Now will Congress step in to fix his mess? By Paul Blumenthal and Arthur DelaneyÃâà...
CNBC
March 23, 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the best person to address the data scandal and therefore should testify in front of lawmakers, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., told CNBC on Thursday. Earlier in the day, Walden, along with Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., called on Zuckerberg to appear before the House EnergyÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 22, 2018
When Microsoft was under fire from the Justice Department in 1998 for forcing Internet Explorer down the throats of companies around the world, then-Chairman and CEO Bill Gates went into full bobbing-and-weaving mode. Or, as former Yahoo Finance host Jeff Macke describes it, Gates was a “total d—k,”Ãâà...
CNET
March 22, 2018
After five days, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally responded to the Cambridge Analytica scandal that began to unfold late last Friday. Naturally, it was done via a Facebook post. Unfortunately for Zuckerberg, many netizens didn't seem too impressed. "We have a responsibility to protect your data, andÃâà...
CNBC
March 22, 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's key comments on the data scandal. The Facebook chief executive finally speaks out on the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. In a Facebook post, he outlined new steps the company would take to boost the protection of user data. Zuckerberg also says he's "sorry" forÃâà...
CNBC
March 21, 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is an "emperor for life" and not accountable to anybody, says Yale's Jeff Sonnenfeld. Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg are hiding and should show accountability, he says. Facebook shares closed lower for the second day on Tuesday in the wake of the privacyÃâà...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
March 5, 2018
(JTA) — Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on the social media network a photo of himself and his wife holding a tray of homemade hamantashen. “Baking hamentashen. Chag sameach! — celebrating Purim with Priscilla Chan,” read the Friday night post. In response to a comment aboutÃâà...
Business Insider
March 5, 2018
"These small decisions, small conversations like the one I talk about in the book, where Mark Zuckerberg and I went on a walk a couple of months after Facebook had launched and we had an equity conversation," are all that it sometimes takes to separate the 1% from the rest. The night of that conversation, Hughes wasÃâà...
South China Morning Post
March 3, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg is nursing the biggest fall after losing US$3.2 billion as large cap stocks disappointed for a fourth straight day. Losses for the Facebook CEO topped those of Spain's Amancio Ortega and Mexico's Carlos Slim, who were both down US$2.4 billion as of 1pm in New York. The fortunes ofÃâà...
