Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailTim Cook , CEO of Apple , has broken his silence on the recent Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, and has called for stronger privacy regulations. Speaking at the annual China Development Forum in Beijing on Saturday, Cook said that ‘well-crafted’ regulations are need to prevent the misuse of user data. According to Bloomberg , after being asked about the Facebook incident, Cook said: “I think that this certain situation is so dire and has become so large that probably some well-crafted regulation is necessary. This was passed to the secretive Cambridge Analytica firm which played a key role in the US presidential elections and, possibly, the EU referendum .

Source: Daily Mirror March 26, 2018 10:00 UTC