5 key points of Zuckerberg's speech to the Senate

On Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg appeared before the Senate committee for the first of two hearings scheduled this week. He was invited to answer questions about the use of 87 data by millions of Facebook users by Cambridge Analytica, an analyst firm. The company will also appear before the congress in subsequent hearings.

The following MMR highlights key points from Zuckerberg’s performance:

1. US lawmakers have proposed to introduce more stringent restrictions on the consent of users and joint access to data to the EU General Regulation on the protection of personal data.

When asked whether he should support such legislation, Zuckerberg defended the existing social network policy, noting that users have control over how their personal data are monetized.

“The long rules for the protection of personal data are confusing, and if you make them thorough and write all the details, then the percentage of people who read them will be reduced ... this is what we struggled to make them as simple as possible so that people understand them, and provide them with control in accordance with the product. "

2. The fight against fake news and foreign intervention will be Facebook's top priority in 2018.

Zuckerberg acknowledged the mistakes made in the past, and noted that it was not enough to simply create tools for communication and unification of people; it would be more correct to fight the evil that modern society faced. As part of this fight, more 20 000 Facebook staff members armed with artificial intelligence will work on security and content viewing to counter the spread of fake news, hate language, interference in elections, and content from armed groups.

3. Zuckerberg did not abandon the prospect premium service, but the model with the display of advertising more consistent with "his mission."

When asked whether the social network is considering a premium (ad-free) service, Zuckerberg did not reject such a prospect. “While there is some discomfort with using data to create relevant advertising, user feedback tells us that they prefer relevant content,” Zuckerberg said. — Today we do not offer an option where there will be no advertising. We believe the current model best aligns with our mission to connect the world.” He then reiterated that “there will be a version of Facebook without ads.”

4. Facebook does not listen to users or sell their data

Zuckerberg addressed some common fears among the public, namely, whether user providers listened to their conversations on mobile devices. He called such suspicions a "conspiracy theory." However, he noted that audiovisual content downloaded to the network via mobile devices is indexed, so theoretically, users can be tracked even when they are logged out of the network.

Zuckerberg also noted that Facebook does not sell user data, indicating that advertisers do not have access to the data. "We let advertisers say who they want to reach, and then we do the placement."

5. Data limitations are not limited to Cambridge Analytica.

Zuckerberg assured the senators that he had checked out "tens of thousands" of third-party application developers who could potentially abuse user data, and in the future the network will be more proactive regarding control over data abuse. For example, the network will ensure that third parties cannot access the 2 information of billions of registered accounts, including more regular random checks.

“Our social priority has always been our social mission to bring people together, create a community,” Zuckerberg said. “Advertisers and developers will never be more important while I manage Facebook.”

Recall data about 87 million users Facebook could have been stolen by a British analytical company Cambridge Analytica and illegally used for commercial purposes. Details of this scandal read in the material ForumDaily "As a scientist from Russia stole the data of Facebook users for the company, advising Trump".

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