He admitted, however, that Facebook had not done enough to prevent the social network from being used for harm, and apologised. “Whether it’s fake news, foreign interference in elections or developers misusing people’s information, we didn’t take a broad enough view of our responsibilities,” Mr Zuckerberg said. “That was a mistake, and I’m sorry.”He spoke within three days of the coming into force of powerful new EU legislation to protect data privacy, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Deeply committedMr Zuckerberg insisted the company is deeply committed to Europe. Mr Zuckerberg also insisted that Facebook “always paid all taxes required by law”.

Source: The Irish Times May 22, 2018 19:16 UTC