Zuckerberg told Reuters in a phone interview that Facebook was working on a version of the law that would work globally, bringing some European privacy guarantees worldwide, but the 33-year-old billionaire demurred when asked what parts of the law he would not extend worldwide. "We're still nailing down details on this, but it should directionally be, in spirit, the whole thing," Zuckerberg said. His comments signal that US Facebook users, many of them still angry over the company's admission that political consultancy Cambridge Analytica got hold of Facebook data on 50 million members, could find themselves in a worse position than Europeans. Push for data privacyPrivacy advocacy groups have been urging Facebook and its Silicon Valley competitors such as Alphabet Inc's Google to apply EU data laws worldwide, largely without success. Companies' promises are less reassuring than laws, she said: "If user privacy is going to be properly protected, the law has to require it."

Source: The Star April 04, 2018 04:52 UTC