Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said Facebook will audit thousands of apps in response to the “breach of trust” created by Cambridge Analytica — the chief executive's first comments since a crisis erupted Friday over data siphoned by the political marketing firm used by the Trump campaign. In a post on his personal Facebook page, Zuckerberg said the company would investigate thousands of apps that used large amounts of data at the time. While this specific issue involving Cambridge Analytica should no longer happen with new apps today, that doesn't change what happened in the past. If that’s me, then I am happy to go.”He also acknowledged making a mistake in trusting app developers to use Facebook data properly. Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica on Friday for having obtained data on as many as 50 million users in an unauthorized way.

Source: Washington Post March 21, 2018 20:10 UTC