Since launching Threads on Wednesday night, Meta’s new app has collected tens of millions of sign-ups.
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg: regulation of social media firms is ‘inevitable’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a House oversight panel Wednesday that he believes it is “inevitable” there will be regulation of the social media industry and also disclosed to lawmakers that his own data was included in the personal information sold to malicious third parties. “The internet is growing in importance […]
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"I’m sorry:" Facebook CEO Zuckerberg opens Senate hearing with apology
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg began a two-day congressional inquisition Tuesday with a public apology for a privacy scandal that has roiled the social media giant he founded more than a decade ago. Zuckerberg opened his remarks before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees by taking responsibility for failing to prevent Cambridge Analytica, […]
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Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will audit thousands of apps after ‘breach of trust’
Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said Facebook will audit thousands of apps in response to the “breach of trust” created by Cambridge Analytica, the chief executive’s first comments since a crisis over data siphoned by the political marketing firm used by the Trump campaign erupted Friday. In a post on his personal Facebook page, Zuckerberg said […]
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Mark Zuckerberg says his Maine trip was not part of a political campaign
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, talk to Millinocket residents Saturday after hiking in the area. They were on vacation and celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary. NEWPORT, R.I. — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his quest this year to visit every state he hadn’t before is about building relationships, not politics. The 33-year-old billionaire wrote in […]
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Mark Zuckerberg and wife visit Millinocket residents
MILLINOCKET — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have spent a day hiking around Mount Katahdin in Maine and talking with local residents on their anniversary weekend. Zuckerberg said they met Saturday with former mill workers, teachers, small business owners, a librarian and a trucker in the town of Millinocket. He said […]
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Facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg vacationing in Maine
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is celebrating his fifth wedding anniversary somewhere in rural Maine. The billionaire social media giant posted a notice Friday afternoon that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are taking their annual anniversary trip to the Pine Tree State. He said that his original honeymoon got cut short so he promised Chan […]