Zuckerberg To US Congress: Facebook Mistake Mine, I Am Sorry

According to the Daily Beast, Zuckerberg, who
will testify before Congress on Tuesday and
Wednesday, wrote that it was “clear now that we
didn’t do enough to prevent these tools from
being used for harm as well.
Under fire Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will
apologise to US Congress this week for not
“taking a broad enough view of our
responsibility,” according to a prepared
statement released Monday by the House
Committee on Energy and Commerce.
According to the Daily Beast, Zuckerberg, who
will testify before Congress on Tuesday and
Wednesday, wrote that it was “clear now that we
didn’t do enough to prevent these tools from
being used for harm as well. That goes for fake
news, foreign interference in elections, and hate
speech, as well as developers and data privacy.”
“It was my mistake, and I’m sorry,” he added.

“I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible
for what happens here.”
According to Zuckerberg’s testimony, he will give
lawmakers a rundown of how the Cambridge
Analytica scandal unravelled, and how the
company is investigating, auditing, and banning
Facebook apps that improperly used data.
He will also disclose that the Kremlin-backed
Internet Research Agency had “120,000 pieces
of content” on Instagram through a number of
accounts that reached about 20 million people
during the 2016 election.
Zuckerberg will testify in front of the Senate
Judiciary and Commerce committees on
Tuesday and House Energy and Commerce
Committee on Wednesday.