Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook plans to implement a new privacy program that was mandated after the company's $5 billion settlement with the FTC in July.
top priority is to put in place a new privacy program that was mandated after the company's $5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission in July.
"The most critical thing that we're working on is implementing this program," said Zuckerberg, in an appearance on Fox's Daily Briefing with Dana Perino.with the FTC, which began probing the social network in March 2018, following reports that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had accessed the data of 87 million Facebook users.
"I understand that people have a lot of concerns about this, and in the past we've made mistakes and we need to make sure that we can earn people's trust," Zuckerberg said. "We can do that by operating at a level of rigor and having a privacy program that sets a new standard for the industry over time."
As part of the settlement, Facebook was required to install a chief privacy officer to oversee the new program. In July, the company nominated longtime Facebook executivefor the position. Protti will be required to "independently submit to the FTC quarterly certifications that the company is in compliance with the privacy program," according to the agency.
Zuckerberg said it plans to have more than 1,000 people working on the company's privacy program. Earlier on Friday, Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president of global affairs and communications, appeared on MSNBC to defend the company's decision"Is it Facebook that people want, as a private company, to step in as a referee, an umpire, adjudicating exactly what politicians can and cannot say about each other?" Clegg said.
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