In an interview this morning with CNN , Mark Zuckerberg profusely apologized on behalf of Facebook, for the role his company played in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
“This was a major breach of trust and I’m really sorry this happened,” said Zuckerberg. “Our responsibility now is to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”
The comments followed an industry-wide uproar about how third-party developers are privy to the data of Facebook users, wherein it was revealed that the personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users was used by a company that specializes in turning the tide of elections.
During the interview with CNN, Zuckerberg admitted that Facebook did not follow up enough with Cambridge Analytica after learning about the data mining, adding that Facebook had received what appeared to be a formal certification that Cambridge Analytica had deleted the data collected.
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