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The question that stumped Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg completely
by Seva Lamberdar Wed Apr 11, 2018 3:34 pm
WASHINGTON: Of the hundreds of questions thrown at Mark Zuckerberg by US lawmakers Tuesday, none appeared to flummox the Facebook founder more than Senator Dick Durbin's pointed query about where he slept the previous evening.
"Would you be comfortable sharing with us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night?" Durbin asked during an intense and closely-watched hearing about online digital privacy, and Facebook's role in what happens to personal information once users join the platform.
Zuckerberg paused for a full eight seconds, chuckled, grimaced, and ultimately demurred.
"Um, uh, no," he said.
And "if you've messaged anybody this week would you share with us the names of the people you've messaged?" the Illinois Democrat persisted.
Again, a similar unwillingness to answer.
Perhaps more than any other senator during five hours of questioning, Durbin's everyman tactic put a finger on the crux of the issue surrounding Facebook's failure to maintain control of the private information of tens of millions of users, amid a scandal over the gathering of personal data used to target political advertising and messaging during the 2016 presidential race.
"I think that might be what this is all about," said Durbin, 40 years Zuckerberg's senior.
"Your right to privacy, the limits of your right to privacy, and how much you give away in modern America in the name of connecting people around the world."
Zuckerberg, who at 33 runs a multi-billion-dollar company with some two billion users, accepted personal responsibility for the leak of users' data and vowed that the company will do better in guarding such information.
He also conceded Durbin's point was a fair one. "I think everyone should have control over how their information is used," Zuckerberg said.
https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/the-question-that-stumped-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-completely/articleshow/63710873.cms
"Would you be comfortable sharing with us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night?" Durbin asked during an intense and closely-watched hearing about online digital privacy, and Facebook's role in what happens to personal information once users join the platform.
Zuckerberg paused for a full eight seconds, chuckled, grimaced, and ultimately demurred.
"Um, uh, no," he said.
And "if you've messaged anybody this week would you share with us the names of the people you've messaged?" the Illinois Democrat persisted.
Again, a similar unwillingness to answer.
Perhaps more than any other senator during five hours of questioning, Durbin's everyman tactic put a finger on the crux of the issue surrounding Facebook's failure to maintain control of the private information of tens of millions of users, amid a scandal over the gathering of personal data used to target political advertising and messaging during the 2016 presidential race.
"I think that might be what this is all about," said Durbin, 40 years Zuckerberg's senior.
"Your right to privacy, the limits of your right to privacy, and how much you give away in modern America in the name of connecting people around the world."
Zuckerberg, who at 33 runs a multi-billion-dollar company with some two billion users, accepted personal responsibility for the leak of users' data and vowed that the company will do better in guarding such information.
He also conceded Durbin's point was a fair one. "I think everyone should have control over how their information is used," Zuckerberg said.
https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/the-question-that-stumped-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-completely/articleshow/63710873.cms
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Re: The question that stumped Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg completely
by FluteHolder Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:42 pm
Just wondering why other such execs are silent! Esp Satya, Sundar, and other companies (your telephone/ISP/provider, mobile phone service, bank, insurance, your kid's school, credit card companies too)who source your data and they must be selling to others for profit (in the name of better serving their customers). So why no others is in hot seat or make a comment about this. Probably worried that they too will be called to testify in Congress.
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Re: The question that stumped Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg completely
by Seva Lamberdar Thu Apr 12, 2018 8:11 am
It's mostly a case that the users supplied data on FB got somehow entangled in the controversy of last U.S. Presidential election through a consulting British company working for a Presidential candidate.FluteHolder wrote:
Just wondering why other such execs are silent! Esp Satya, Sundar, and other companies (your telephone/ISP/provider, mobile phone service, bank, insurance, your kid's school, credit card companies too)who source your data and they must be selling to others for profit (in the name of better serving their customers). So why no others is in hot seat or make a comment about this. Probably worried that they too will be called to testify in Congress.
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