In April 2018, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before a House panel about data privacy and the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 Election. Privacy experts were quick to note the timing of Zuckerberg’s memo, which arrived as regulators around the globe are circling. As Zuckerberg himself acknowledged, the idea the company will reorient itself around privacy will strike many users as improbable or paradoxical. Zuckerberg said that this aspect of impermanence could be extended to all private content, which may further diminish the Facebook app’s standing. “The framing is new for Facebook, talking about everything being private, said Justin Brookman the director of consumer privacy and technology policy for Consumer Reports.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2019 21:00 UTC