‘We Have a Responsibility to Protect Your Data, and if We Can’t Then We Don’t Deserve to Serve You.’
“The good news is that the most important actions to prevent this from happening again today we have already taken years ago,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says. “But we also made mistakes, there’s more to do, and we need to step up and do it.”
He also says Facebook in 2015, “demanded that … Cambridge Analytica formally certify that they had deleted all improperly acquired data. They provided these certifications.”
“Last week, we learned from The Guardian, The New York Times and Channel 4 that Cambridge Analytica may not have deleted the data as they had certified. We immediately banned them from using any of our services.”
Zuckerberg, who founded the social media platform in 2004, adds, “I started Facebook, and at the end of the day I’m responsible for what happens on our platform. I’m serious about doing what it takes to protect our community. While this specific issue involving Cambridge Analytica should no longer happen with new apps today, that doesn’t change what happened in the past. We will learn from this experience to secure our platform further and make our community safer for everyone going forward.”
Zuckerberg is slated to appear on CNN Wednesday evening to discuss the scandal.