Zuckerberg is willing to testify
In a whirlwind of media interviews on Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he is willing to testify before Congress, that he's not sure if Russian operatives — or other bad people — got their hands on your Facebook data, and it might be OK if Facebook gets regulated. And, oh yeah, he's sorry, really sorry, about this whole Cambridge Analytica mess.
On whether Facebook data fell into the hands of Russian operatives: "I can’t really say that. I hope that we will know that more certainly after we do an audit," he told Wired magazine.
On whether Facebook should be regulated: "I actually am not sure we shouldn't be regulated," he told CNN. "You know, I think in general, technology is an increasingly important trend in the world, and I actually think the question is more what is the right regulation rather than yes or no, should it be regulated?"
On whether he would testify before Congress: "If it is ever the case that I am the most informed person at Facebook in the best position to testify, I will happily do that," he told Wired.
On why Facebook didn't ban Cambridge Analytica in 2015: "They gave us that formal certification (that they didn't have Facebook data). At the time, they told us they had never gotten access to raw Facebook data, so we made that decision," he told the New York Times.
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