Mark Zuckerberg Releases A Giant Statement On The ‘Cambridge Analytica Situation’

Mark Zuckerberg just released a YUUUUGE statement on the whole “Cambridge Analytica situation.”

“We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can’t then we don’t deserve to serve you,” he said. “I’ve been working to understand exactly what happened and how to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

So we’re not “dumb f***s” anymore? Just checking.

Here’s his current plan of action:

First, we will investigate all apps that had access to large amounts of information before we changed our platform to dramatically reduce data access in 2014, and we will conduct a full audit of any app with suspicious activity. We will ban any developer from our platform that does not agree to a thorough audit. And if we find developers that misused personally identifiable information, we will ban them and tell everyone affected by those apps. That includes people whose data Kogan misused here as well.

Second, we will restrict developers’ data access even further to prevent other kinds of abuse. For example, we will remove developers’ access to your data if you haven’t used their app in 3 months. We will reduce the data you give an app when you sign in — to only your name, profile photo, and email address. We’ll require developers to not only get approval but also sign a contract in order to ask anyone for access to their posts or other private data. And we’ll have more changes to share in the next few days.

Third, we want to make sure you understand which apps you’ve allowed to access your data. In the next month, we will show everyone a tool at the top of your News Feed with the apps you’ve used and an easy way to revoke those apps’ permissions to your data. We already have a tool to do this in your privacy settings, and now we will put this tool at the top of your News Feed to make sure everyone sees it.

Beyond the steps we had already taken in 2014, I believe these are the next steps we must take to continue to secure our platform.

Here’s his full post:

This is my favorite part: “I started Facebook, and at the end of the day I’m responsible for what happens on our platform.”

Is that so? He’s “responsible for what happens on our platform”? ALL aspects of the platform, yes? Good to know that Zuckerberg admits he’s directly responsible for Facebook’s deliberate attempts to choke out conservative voices.