The announcement came after TechCrunch revealed the day before that Facebook had been secretly deleting old messages sent by CEO Mark Zuckerberg from recipients» inboxes, sparking uproar over
breaches of user trust and double standards for the privacy of Facebook executives versus its users.
As the users weren't notified, TechCrunch says this raises the question of whether it was a «
breach of user trust», to which Zuckerberg declined to comment.
Cambridge Analytica and the resulting maelstrom dominated headlines in the past week, as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg placed full - page ads in newspapers apologising profusely for
the breach of user trust.
Not exact matches
The social network's Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer apologized for the
breach of users»
trust in a statement given to the U.K. parliament's media committee Thursday and admitted in a hearing that Facebook did not read all the terms and conditions
of the app that shared data.
The company's
breach of trust has sparked loads
of questions about how it protects
user information.
NEW YORK (AP)-- Breaking five days
of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized for a «major
breach of trust,» admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect
user data in light
of a privacy scandal involving a Trump - connected data - mining firm.
News about the data
breach sparked a public outcry and prompted many
of Facebook's 2.1 billion
users to reevaluate how they use the massive social media platform, and whether the company should be
trusted with so much personal information.
He also admitted the company had made mistakes; said it had
breached the
trust of users; and said he regretted not telling Facebookers at the time their information had been misappropriated.
In its blog posts, Facebook has repeatedly focused the blame on Kogan but conceded the data abuse that took place was a «
breach of trust» with its
users.
And while the beginning
of 2018 has seen the network's
trust put into question amid a large - scale data
breach, projections still see Facebook's
user base increasing well into 2019.
Zuckerberg last week apologized for the
breach of trust and outlined concrete steps the company would take to better protect
users.
He used the term a «
breach of trust» to describe the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a political data firm linked to Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign gained access to information on some 50 million Facebook
users.
Facebook's chief executive on Wednesday said that Cambridge Analytica's grab led to a «
breach of trust» with Facebook's
users, and that the company will investigate and audit thousands
of third - party app developers.
The Summit took place against the backdrop
of another turbulent week in US politics including the Stormy Daniels interview and the student «no guns in schools» march on the Capitol, as well as the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica revelations and Mark Zuckerberg's interview acknowledging that Facebook
breached its
users»
trust.
Earlier, and in this interview, he had called the mistakes a «
breach of trust» with its
users.
While not a direct
breach in the core sense
of the word, the leaked data was a considerable
breach of trust among Facebook's
users — and as Dropbox looks to crack into the enterprise and also continue to win over consumers, it'll likely continue to have to increasingly emphasize security and privacy going forward.
He also said that
users understandably can't help feeling like there's been a «massive
breach of trust».
Many
users are seeing that as a
breach of trust.
The Facebook (FB) CEO pledged Wednesday to take a series
of steps to protect data and fix what he called a «
breach of trust» between the social network and its
users.
The reporter who penned the story contacted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg using the Messenger app to ask if he thought tamper with
users» inboxes might constitute a
breach of trust.
Facebook's chief executive on Wednesday said that Cambridge Analytica's grab led to a «
breach of trust» with Facebook's
users, and that the company will investigate and audit thousands
of third - party app developers.
Mark Zuckerberg has apologized for «mistakes» and «a major
breach of trust» after it came to light that the data
of millions
of Facebook
users was compromised by a formerly little known consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologized for for a «major
breach of trust,» and outlined steps to protect
user data in light
of a privacy scandal involving a Trump - connected data - mining firm.
Zuckerberg last week called the leak a «
breach of trust» with
users in TV interviews and on his own Facebook page, and has said that if the company is unable to protect
user data «we don't deserve to serve you.»
That came across to many critics as defensive, and several (including me) pointed out that there was a more important kind
of breach here: a
breach of users»
trust.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted the company «made mistakes» in its dealings with Cambridge Analytica and a «
breach of trust» had occurred between the social media giant and its
users.
Zuckerberg apologized for a «major
breach of trust,» admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect
users following Cambridge's data grab.
In the post, Zuckerberg puts the blame on Cambridge Analytica and researcher Aleksandr Kogan, calling the retention
of user data a «
breach of trust.»
Zuckerberg also formally acknowledged that the
breach of trust wasn't just between Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, but also between Facebook and its
users.
Of course we asked Facebook why it pushed back against the DPC's recommendation in September 2012 — and whether it regrets not acting more swiftly to implement the changes to its APIs, given the crisis its business is now faced having
breached user trust by failing to safeguard people's data.
The scandal has also plunged Facebook into crisis, with founder Mark Zuckerberg admitting that «a
breach of trust» had occurred between the social network and its
users.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone on the defensive in the wake
of the CA revelations, appearing on news programs and taking out full - page newspaper ads over the weekend to say «sorry» for
breaching user trust.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized for a «major
breach of trust,» admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect
user data in light
of a privacy scandal involving the Trump - connected data - mining firm during a CNN interview.
Mark Zuckerberg has taken out full - page adverts in British newspapers this morning to apologise for the «
breach of trust» which saw the details
of 50 million Facebook
users leaked to political...
Breaking five days
of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized for a «major
breach of trust,» admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect
user data in light
of a privacy scandal involving a Trump - connected data - mining firm.
Facebook, which has over two billion
users globally, including over 200 million in India, had faced backlash on the data scandal issue, prompting Zuckerberg to issue an apology for the «major
breach of trust», and promising to take steps to protect
user data.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologized for a «
breach of trust» that occurred with the misuse
of user data by Cambridge.
Breaking five days
of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized for a «major
breach of trust,» admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect
user data in light
of a privacy scandal involving a Trump - connected data - mining firm.
He continued to say that giants like Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Netflix have had faced glitches when it comes to data
breaches and loss
of user trust.
Since its inception WhatsApp has been assuring its
users of an uncompromising privacy and Security features and if one the
trust is
breached in any form, the consequences would be serious.
«This is the kind
of breach that destroys
trust between
users and software providers,» says Skinner.