Also Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg is personally affected by current data scandal on social network. In a hearing in US Congress, Zuckerberg said that his information had also gone to controversial data analysis company Cambridge Analytica. There was no furr detail at first.

The Facebook boss is just a few hours after his hearing in US Senate again talking and replying to data scandal, this time, Sugar Mountain is being questioned before House of Representatives ' energy and Trade Committee. This second hearing of Zuckerberg in front of parliamentarians is also publicly broadcast and may take a few hours. At beginning of hearing at 4 p.m. German time, 33-year-old word immediately repeated his opinion of previous day, in which he conceded errors and promised better data protection.

The Congress is hoping to get answers to one of biggest Facebook data scandals by surveying Zuckerberg. The data of up to 87 million users of social network should have been resold by an external developer to British company Cambridge Analytica. Without knowledge facebooks.

Zuckerberg said before House of Representatives, he reckons with a regulation of his industry. It is "inevitable that re will be some sort of regulation," said Facebook chief. But MEPs should be cautious about proposals. Larger companies like Facebook would have more resources to adhere to regulations than small start-ups, said Zuckerberg. Previously, members of Republican and Democratic Party had brought into play a possible regulation of Facebook and similar companies.

Zuckerberg repeatedly expressed its willingness to cooperate in regulatory measures. However, it must be " right regulation". He expressly welcomed new European data protection rules: "I think it is right regulation." The Europeans would have "done things right." Facebook wants to apply controls provided in this set of rules worldwide, he announced.

The central me of congressional hearings was also alleged disinformation campaigns from Russia in US campaign, which also ran on Facebook. Zuckerberg regretted that se campaigns did not come to right track in time. Since n it has been "top priority" of his group to protect " integrity" of elections, he said. But Facebook is in "arms race" with Russia, which is constantly seeking to refine its instruments.

Zuckerberg comforted senators several times

In five-hour survey on Tuesday, Zuckerberg gave up numerous questions from Senators: several times he promised to submit answers. "My team will report to you" was a phrase that Zuckerberg frequently said.

Zuckerberg told senators that protection of private user data was a top priority for him. He apologized for misuse of data and confessed to his personal responsibility. "I started Facebook, I run it and I'm responsible for what's happening here," he said. "It was my fault, and I'm sorry."

Date Of Update: 12 April 2018, 12:03