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the app data while it takes a different approach users can connect the app to online accounts like facebook the app pulls user data from those platforms so that a user can anonymously sell their own data. the first thing that i think is important is that we get this paradigm shift from just giving companies our data to you know regaining control and ownership of our data obviously those on the platform still have it because as long as you stay on facebook you allow them to use your pedo but if you also have all the data feed into our app you can decide ok what what do you want to do with it so you do learn something from your data. how much you could earn is still unclear but it is a step towards self seventy. although for true data autonomy there also needs to be transparency regarding algorithms. the way that that the google search algorithm works the way that facebook's news curation algorithms work they're considered trade secret so no one has the right to look at them they have the right to keep secrets and now that means that we have no autonomy and that in the talk and the idea of al
the app data while it takes a different approach users can connect the app to online accounts like facebook the app pulls user data from those platforms so that a user can anonymously sell their own data. the first thing that i think is important is that we get this paradigm shift from just giving companies our data to you know regaining control and ownership of our data obviously those on the platform still have it because as long as you stay on facebook you allow them to use your pedo but if...
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facebook user. you know how many points of data that facebook has on the average non-facebook user? mr. zuckerberg: i do not off the top of my head but i can have my can get to you afterwards. >> you collect data points on non-average users. my question is, can someone who does not have a facebook account up out of facebook's involuntary data collection? mr. zuckerberg: anyone can turn off and opt out of any data ds, whether they use services or not. but scripting public information, which again, the search feature you brought up on the bottom of public information. nonetheless, we don't want people aggregating public information. we need to know if someone is repeatedly trying to access our services. weit may surprise you haven't talked about this a lot today, said everyone controls data, but you are collecting data on people have never signed up to facebook, and you are collecting their data. it may surprise you that when you go to facebook's page, i do not have and facebook accounts -- an addiction to a form that says go to your facebook page, and you can download your data. you are d
facebook user. you know how many points of data that facebook has on the average non-facebook user? mr. zuckerberg: i do not off the top of my head but i can have my can get to you afterwards. >> you collect data points on non-average users. my question is, can someone who does not have a facebook account up out of facebook's involuntary data collection? mr. zuckerberg: anyone can turn off and opt out of any data ds, whether they use services or not. but scripting public information,...
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the u.s. to download their facebook data. does facebook plan to use the currently existing ability of users to download their facebook data as the means to comply with the gdpr's data portability requirement? >> congressman, i think we may be updating it a little bit, but, as you say, we have had the ability to download your information for years now and people have the ability to see everything that they have in facebook, to take that out, delete their account and move their data anywhere that they want. >> does that download file include all the information facebook has collected about any given individual, in other words, if i download my facebook information, is there other information accessible to you within facebook that i wouldn't see on that document such as browsing history or other inferences that facebook has drawn from users for advertising purposes? >> congressman, i believe that all of your information is in that -- that file. >> okay. gdpr also gives users the right to object to the process of their personal da
the u.s. to download their facebook data. does facebook plan to use the currently existing ability of users to download their facebook data as the means to comply with the gdpr's data portability requirement? >> congressman, i think we may be updating it a little bit, but, as you say, we have had the ability to download your information for years now and people have the ability to see everything that they have in facebook, to take that out, delete their account and move their data...
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wasn't clear what is is collecting this information. >> part of the deal we make with facebook is okay thank you for the service here is my data. >> the deal people think they are making is that facebook gets to see what you like to facebook and what you post so that sounds like the deal you're making but what most people don't understand is for on android phones if you download messenger there is a screen that says can you use a sport texting sms and it's unclear how to opt out and then facebook collects all your text messages. the content and you have texted even when you're not using messenger. i don't think people understand that part and i don't think it was part of the deal. facebook also has tracking pixels, little pixels you can't see that business can put on their page and it collects that. whenever you see the like button even if you are logged out facebook is trying to track you across the pages you are browsing whether you're on the app. plus, facebook purchases data from data brokers and there are thousand of data brokers and who knows what information they have. it could be finances or health information and i've
wasn't clear what is is collecting this information. >> part of the deal we make with facebook is okay thank you for the service here is my data. >> the deal people think they are making is that facebook gets to see what you like to facebook and what you post so that sounds like the deal you're making but what most people don't understand is for on android phones if you download messenger there is a screen that says can you use a sport texting sms and it's unclear how to opt out and...
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the data. we also learned that facebook has known about the passing of data to cambridge analytica since late 2015 but did little to confirm that the misappropriated data had been deleted other than demanding that cambridge analytica certify that it had done so. facebook also continued to allow cambridge analytica to advertise on its platform until just before last month's story broke. this has led to a firestorm over nude concern just as controversy has already been raging for over a year about how several big tax -- big platforms have been subverted to help spread foreign propaganda during the u.s. presidential election in other elections as well since then. now, as facebook is losing billions of dollars in stock value due to lost public trust, and it is promising to make extensive business changes to regain trust, policymakers in the u.s. and europe are rattling the saber of regulation, and ordinary folks, only now seem to be starting to understand how facebook actually works or at least how it worked for five years ago, and what that means for privacy, the simple question is, what now, what sh
the data. we also learned that facebook has known about the passing of data to cambridge analytica since late 2015 but did little to confirm that the misappropriated data had been deleted other than demanding that cambridge analytica certify that it had done so. facebook also continued to allow cambridge analytica to advertise on its platform until just before last month's story broke. this has led to a firestorm over nude concern just as controversy has already been raging for over a year...
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loves to talk about the data that you share on facebook but prefers to talk less about the data you share with them and why is that do you think it's because it does seem that this industry is is there's a there's a lot about as you say that is not known it's very opaque right now what should be done to address that i think the most sensible thing to do or that is needed is the data ecosystem in many countries around the world is heavily under regulated and the current scandal shows actually urgent urgent deregulation is needed. facebook likes or companies like facebook love to talk about content they love to talk about the data that you share because this puts the onus on the consumer privacy setting means that it is your responsibility to control what data people can access but in reality companies track you around the web companies track you across devices they use this data to profile you and then target advertisement so there's the misconception that facebook shares data but it allows advertisements instead to target you in very preci
loves to talk about the data that you share on facebook but prefers to talk less about the data you share with them and why is that do you think it's because it does seem that this industry is is there's a there's a lot about as you say that is not known it's very opaque right now what should be done to address that i think the most sensible thing to do or that is needed is the data ecosystem in many countries around the world is heavily under regulated and the current scandal shows actually...
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and now this could be up to eighty seventy million facebook user profiles that cambridge on the other cheek i got from facebook how did you get the data it was a small personality quiz up and even if you sign up for this app and we have friends on facebook it would have would have also gotten my data so it's crawled through friends not work so people thing is i'm not on facebook you are i have a whole lot of people have deleted their facebook profiles do we know how many well the last take the only really the only one who really knows is facebook mark zuckerberg this morning said it had no meaningful impact. marketing from that monitors user numbers has even seen an increase since the scandal broke. so it seems people don't really care of course there was the big delete facebook hash tag it seems people are angry but the numbers seem not to be affected at the moment bill is no where else to go is that there is no so you obviously haven't deleted your what do you think of facebook. i've gotten more careful over the years in the beginning i did these kind of quizzes all the time i was very free to share data you've got time to do those
and now this could be up to eighty seventy million facebook user profiles that cambridge on the other cheek i got from facebook how did you get the data it was a small personality quiz up and even if you sign up for this app and we have friends on facebook it would have would have also gotten my data so it's crawled through friends not work so people thing is i'm not on facebook you are i have a whole lot of people have deleted their facebook profiles do we know how many well the last take the...
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the time. yes or no, is facebook limiting the amount or type of data facebook itself collects or uses? >> congressman, yes. we limit a lot of the data that we collect and use. >> see, i don't see that in the announcements you've made. you've made all these announcements in the last few days about the changes you're going to make, and i don't really see how that -- how those announcements or changes limits the amount of type of data that facebook uses in an effective way. let me go to the second one. again, this is my concern that users currently may not know or take affirmative action to protect their own privacy. yes or no? is facebook changing any user default settings to be more privacy protective? >> congressman, yes. in response to these issues, we've changed be a lot of the way that our platform works so that way developers can't get access to as much information. >> see, again, i don't see that in the changes that you've proposed. i don't really see any way that you're changing the user default settings that there will be more privacy protected but let me go to the third one. yes
the time. yes or no, is facebook limiting the amount or type of data facebook itself collects or uses? >> congressman, yes. we limit a lot of the data that we collect and use. >> see, i don't see that in the announcements you've made. you've made all these announcements in the last few days about the changes you're going to make, and i don't really see how that -- how those announcements or changes limits the amount of type of data that facebook uses in an effective way. let me go...
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doyle: you had the capability to audit developers use of facebook user data. and do more to prevent these abuses. the problem that facebook persisted and periphery the. relative to other sites -- problems you had on the platform, it seems like you turned a blind eye to this, correct? mr. zuckerberg: i disagree with that assessment. i think going forward we need to take a more proactive you of policing what the developers do but looking back, we have had an app review process rep. doyle: -- it seems like you are more concernedrep. doyle: with attracting and retaining developers on your platform then you were with ensuring the security of facebook user data. let me switch gears, your company is subject to a 20 year consent decree with the ftc cents 20 -- since 2011. mr. zuckerberg: vonnie: yes -- mr. zuckerberg: yes. rep. doyle: emerging from practices the ftc said were unfair and deceptive, one was making facebook users private information public without notice or consent. claiming that facebook certify the security and integrity of certain apps when it did not.
doyle: you had the capability to audit developers use of facebook user data. and do more to prevent these abuses. the problem that facebook persisted and periphery the. relative to other sites -- problems you had on the platform, it seems like you turned a blind eye to this, correct? mr. zuckerberg: i disagree with that assessment. i think going forward we need to take a more proactive you of policing what the developers do but looking back, we have had an app review process rep. doyle: -- it...
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the analysts talked about facebook privacy rules and the misuse of the facebook data by cambridge analytic and they previewed hearings on facebook with ceo mark zuckerburg. they posted his 90 minute discussion in washington. >> [inaudible conversations] .. i'm kevin bankston. america ensures everyone has access to the internet and its open and secure. i want to thank you for joining us here today at erica for our conversation about facebook after cambridge analytica and what we should do next. if you are not sure what i'm talking about you might be in the wrong room but once upon a time there was a fast growing social network called facebook. it hoped to grow even faster by becoming a platform for other apps and so in 2010 it launched an application interface that allowed app developers to use data from facebook users who signed up to use their apps. but there was a big privacy catch, not only could they obtain data from their users but also from the friends of those users and although facebook notified users of the setup through their privacy policies and there was a knock particular easy
the analysts talked about facebook privacy rules and the misuse of the facebook data by cambridge analytic and they previewed hearings on facebook with ceo mark zuckerburg. they posted his 90 minute discussion in washington. >> [inaudible conversations] .. i'm kevin bankston. america ensures everyone has access to the internet and its open and secure. i want to thank you for joining us here today at erica for our conversation about facebook after cambridge analytica and what we should do...
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motives but so far there's no link to any organization or why deployment or research at the center of the facebook data scandal has dismissed suggestions that the information could have been used to sway the us presidential election it's on a cogen told the u.k. parliament the data he compiled through a facebook app would have been practically useless for micro-targeting rachael's. protests as a nicaraguan refusing to back down and are now calling for the resignation of president daniel ortega human rights groups say at least twenty six people have been killed in a violent crackdown by police and protesters erupted last week after taking launched a plan to overhaul the country's welfare system there's the top stories techno is up next hour more news for you soon africa. in the lead up to the historic twenty eighteen korea's summit out as zero looks at life in the normal. join me james brace for a series of special reports from north korea. here on al-jazeera. this is techno show innovations that can change lives the science of fighting wildfires we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and h
motives but so far there's no link to any organization or why deployment or research at the center of the facebook data scandal has dismissed suggestions that the information could have been used to sway the us presidential election it's on a cogen told the u.k. parliament the data he compiled through a facebook app would have been practically useless for micro-targeting rachael's. protests as a nicaraguan refusing to back down and are now calling for the resignation of president daniel ortega...
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leader steps on south korean soil since the korean war cambridge university academic at the center of the facebook data scandal has appeared before a british parliamentary committee alexander colgan is linked to the u.k. based cambridge analytical firm it's accused of improperly accessing the information of eighty seven million users through a facebook john holl explains. well two pretty interesting bits of testimony heard from different sources of course in the facebook cambridge analytical data breach scandal first of all speaking to a parliamentary committee dr alexander kogan he's the man who produced the app that was used to harvest the data of some eighty seven million facebook users and then illegibly pass it on to cambridge analytical for use in influencing the donald trump campaign and following that swiftly it was a press conference given by cambridge analytical defending or dealing with what it described as ill informed and inaccurate speculation about a company that well alexander kogan insists as he has done before that he did nothing wrong back in two thousand and fourteen both sides he s
leader steps on south korean soil since the korean war cambridge university academic at the center of the facebook data scandal has appeared before a british parliamentary committee alexander colgan is linked to the u.k. based cambridge analytical firm it's accused of improperly accessing the information of eighty seven million users through a facebook john holl explains. well two pretty interesting bits of testimony heard from different sources of course in the facebook cambridge analytical...
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the problem? that facebook has this data and sells it to third parties? hird parties do things we may not have expected thome do? what's the root of the issue? >> important clarification. facebook doesn't sell the data directly. facebook has a platform that enables people to build applications things like farmville or spotify, that connect with facebook. and those applications get data from facebook. and they need that data to make those apps social, to show you your friend and your friend' activity and things like that. the problem was once facebook sent the data to the developers there was no way for them to prevent the developers were from doing thing with the data that facebook couldn't see. that's what happened with cambridge analytic. the data was sent to this app built by alexander koegan, and then koegan gave all the date to cambridge analytic, which was another entity. and that broke facebook's rules. and then cambridge analytic did a bunch of not okay stuff with the data. >> again, from an insider's perspective, is there a simple technological or
the problem? that facebook has this data and sells it to third parties? hird parties do things we may not have expected thome do? what's the root of the issue? >> important clarification. facebook doesn't sell the data directly. facebook has a platform that enables people to build applications things like farmville or spotify, that connect with facebook. and those applications get data from facebook. and they need that data to make those apps social, to show you your friend and your...
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and people have the ability to see everything that they have in facebook, to take that out of their account and move their data anywhere they want. >> does that download file include all the information facebook has collected about any given individual in other words --s. >> mark zuckerberg continuing to answer questions in front of house energy and commerce regarding the differences between potential regulation in europe and the u.s. and acknowledging his own data was sold to third parties. meanwhile, watching the markets taking a dip here down 183, reapproaching session lows, and oil above 67 as reuters runs a headline, sourcing al arabiya there were blasts heard in riyadh, that has oil spiking to the highest levels since 2014. we're going to monitor that. for the time being back to zuckerberg >> advertisers will the same right be to object, available to facebook users in the united states and how will that be implemented >> congressman, i'm not sure how we're going to implement that yet. let me follow up with you on that. >> okay. thank you, mr. chairman. again, as a small facebook conducted a couple years
and people have the ability to see everything that they have in facebook, to take that out of their account and move their data anywhere they want. >> does that download file include all the information facebook has collected about any given individual in other words --s. >> mark zuckerberg continuing to answer questions in front of house energy and commerce regarding the differences between potential regulation in europe and the u.s. and acknowledging his own data was sold to third...
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the deal we make with facebook? ok thank you for this service. here's my data. >> so i think the deal people think they're making is that facebook gets to see what you liked on facebook. you know, what you posted. so that sounds like the deal you're making. what most people don't understand is for example on android phones if you download the messenger there's a screen that says can you use this for texting as a mess. you kind of go yes click. it's unclear how to opt out. then facebook collects all your text messages. who you t of it, and texted, even when you're not using messenger. i don't think people understand that part. facebook also has tracking pixles. those are little pixle that you can't see that businesses on the web cam put on their page. then it collects that. who it has whenever you see this button even if you're logged out facebook is trying to button even if you're logged out facebook is trying to track you across which pages you're browsing whether or not you're on the app. plus facebook purchases data. and there's thousands of data brokers and
the deal we make with facebook? ok thank you for this service. here's my data. >> so i think the deal people think they're making is that facebook gets to see what you liked on facebook. you know, what you posted. so that sounds like the deal you're making. what most people don't understand is for example on android phones if you download the messenger there's a screen that says can you use this for texting as a mess. you kind of go yes click. it's unclear how to opt out. then facebook...
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the facebook ceo with stern words. take a listen. >> how can consumers have control over their data when facebook doesn't have control overhe data itself? that is my concern. >> who was going to protect us from facebook? is also a question. >> mr. zuckerberg, i think your cozy community, as dr. martin jamieson recently said, is beginning to look a lot like "the truman show," where people's identities and relationships are made available to people who they don't know. >> your platform is still being used to circumvent the law and allow people to buy highly addictive drugs without a prescription. with all due respect, facebook is enabling an illegal activity , and in so doing, you are hurting people. >> you said everyone controls their data, but you are collecting data on people that are not facebook users, and you are collecting their data. emily: so where does the social network go from here? we posed that question to roger mcnamee, and our very own sarah frier. >> so all those times during that 10 hours of testimony that zuckerberg said, i will have my team follow up with you on that, now that is happening. the congressm
the facebook ceo with stern words. take a listen. >> how can consumers have control over their data when facebook doesn't have control overhe data itself? that is my concern. >> who was going to protect us from facebook? is also a question. >> mr. zuckerberg, i think your cozy community, as dr. martin jamieson recently said, is beginning to look a lot like "the truman show," where people's identities and relationships are made available to people who they don't know....
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first you said about the data that users post on facebook, you control and own the data that you put on facebook. you said positive, optimistic things about privacy and data ownership, but it's also the reality that facebook is a for-profit entity that generated $4 billion in revenue by targeting ads. facebook claims that advertising makes it easy to find the right people, capture their attention and get result us and recognize that an ad supported service is as you said earlier today, best aligned with your mission and values. but the reality is there's a lot of examples where ad targeting has led to results they think we would all disagree with or dislike or concern us. you already admitted that facebook's own ad tools allowed russians to target users, voters, based on racist or anti-muslim or anti-immigrant views and may have played a significant role in an election year in the united states. "time" magazine posted a story saying wildlife traffickers are continuing to use facebook tools to advertise animal parts and left to question whether ad-targeting tools would allow other conc
first you said about the data that users post on facebook, you control and own the data that you put on facebook. you said positive, optimistic things about privacy and data ownership, but it's also the reality that facebook is a for-profit entity that generated $4 billion in revenue by targeting ads. facebook claims that advertising makes it easy to find the right people, capture their attention and get result us and recognize that an ad supported service is as you said earlier today, best...
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the data collectors are in the driver's seat. today facebook is governed by weak federal privacy protections. i've introduced legislation that would help address these issues. my data act would give the ftc rule-making authority to provide consumers with strong data privacy and security protections. without this kind of legislation, how can with be sure that facebook won't continue to be careless with users' information? >> well, congressman, let me first just set aside that my position isn't that there should be no regulation. >> correct. >> but regardless of what the laws are that are in place, we have a very strong incentive to protect people's information. this is the core thing that facebook is. about 100 billion times a day, people come to our service to share a photo or share a message -- >> i hear you saying this, but the history isn't there. so i think we need to make sure that there's regulations in place to give you the proper motivation to stay in line with data protection. one of the problems here in my mind is that facebook's hist
the data collectors are in the driver's seat. today facebook is governed by weak federal privacy protections. i've introduced legislation that would help address these issues. my data act would give the ftc rule-making authority to provide consumers with strong data privacy and security protections. without this kind of legislation, how can with be sure that facebook won't continue to be careless with users' information? >> well, congressman, let me first just set aside that my position...
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how can you inform team how the data will be used ten years down the line. all the data facebook on you can be used to predict if you are likely to be depressed or not. a new development. how are we supposed to consent that is a new development inferred from the data. third thing that speaks to complexity of this is that. mark zuckerberg was asked, does your product track people when they're logged out? he said no. the answer is yes. he was asked, does your product track people across devices? he said i don't know. the answer is yes. >> how could he say i don't know? the thing is, either he was asked, does facebook collect browsing history outside of facebook. he was, can you download that? he was like, yes you can download that, not in the download. there are two option here's. even mark zuckerberg doesn't know his product. itch he doesn't know his product. how are we supposed to consent to something complex. the other option, they're telling us what his product can do. nooel neither option is great. >> you are not for deleting the facebook account. you have written, hashtag del
how can you inform team how the data will be used ten years down the line. all the data facebook on you can be used to predict if you are likely to be depressed or not. a new development. how are we supposed to consent that is a new development inferred from the data. third thing that speaks to complexity of this is that. mark zuckerberg was asked, does your product track people when they're logged out? he said no. the answer is yes. he was asked, does your product track people across devices?...
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the time. yes, sir no, is facebook limiting the amount or type of data facebook likes for users? >> ,,yes. we a lot of the data we collect. >> i don't see that in the announcements you made. you atmade all these announcements about the changes you're going to make and i don't see how that, how those announcements or changes limit the amount or type of data facebook collects or uses in an effective way but let me go to the second one. this is my concern that users may not know or take co affirmative action to protect their own privacy.yes, sir no, is facebook changing any user default settings to be more privacy protected? >> congressman, yes. in response to issues we changed a lot of the way our platform works so developers can't get access to as much information. >> i don't see that in the changes you proposed. i don't see any way that we've used the default settings. you're taking use of the default settings in a way that's going to be more privacy protected but let me go to the third one. yes, sir no, will commit to e changing all the user default settings to minimize to the greatest ext
the time. yes, sir no, is facebook limiting the amount or type of data facebook likes for users? >> ,,yes. we a lot of the data we collect. >> i don't see that in the announcements you made. you atmade all these announcements about the changes you're going to make and i don't see how that, how those announcements or changes limit the amount or type of data facebook collects or uses in an effective way but let me go to the second one. this is my concern that users may not know or...
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the data collectors are in the driver's seat. today facebook is governed by weak federal privacy protections. i've introduced legislation that would help address these issues. my data act would give the ftc rule-making authority to provide consumers with strong data privacy and security protections. without this kind of legislation, how can with be sure that facebook won't continue to be careless with users' information? >> well, congressman, let me first just set aside that my position isn't that there should be no regulation. >> correct. >> but regardless of what the laws are that are in place, we have a very strong incentive to protect people's information. this is the core thing that facebook is. about 100 billion times a day, people come to our service to share a photo or share a message -- >> i hear you saying this, but the history isn't there. so i think we need to make sure that there's regulations in place to give you the proper motivation to stay in line with data protection. one of the problems here in my mind is that facebook's hist
the data collectors are in the driver's seat. today facebook is governed by weak federal privacy protections. i've introduced legislation that would help address these issues. my data act would give the ftc rule-making authority to provide consumers with strong data privacy and security protections. without this kind of legislation, how can with be sure that facebook won't continue to be careless with users' information? >> well, congressman, let me first just set aside that my position...
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the data. it allows the user to monetize themselves. your coo mentioned possibly, if you can't use their data, to gos we charge people on to facebook. have you thought about a model where the user data was monetized by the user? senator, i'm not sure exactly how it would work to be monetized by the person directly. in general, we believe the ads model aligns with our social mission of trying to connect everyone. senator johnson: but you are aware of people making that kind of proposal? mark: yes. a number of people suggest that we should offer a version where people can not have ads and they pay a monthly subscription. it we consider ideas like that. they are reasonable ideas to think through. overall, the ads experience is going to be the best one. people like not having to pay for a service. a lot of people can't afford to pay for a service. you answeredon: senator graham when he asked if you thought you were a monopoly that you did not think so. you are a big player in the space. it might be an area for competition, if somebody else wants to create a social platform that allows a user to monetize their own data? mark: senator, yes
the data. it allows the user to monetize themselves. your coo mentioned possibly, if you can't use their data, to gos we charge people on to facebook. have you thought about a model where the user data was monetized by the user? senator, i'm not sure exactly how it would work to be monetized by the person directly. in general, we believe the ads model aligns with our social mission of trying to connect everyone. senator johnson: but you are aware of people making that kind of proposal? mark:...
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but there was a big privacy catch the note because they obtain data but also from their friends of those users. even though facebook notified them during privacy policies is not easy privacy setting. the default for apps to have access to friends data and mostdi funders could long -- users didn't understand what was going on. from those who didn't even use the apps. those to protect data from the issues and then to tell them to use the data to provide the service so it all to a spooky consultant is -- consulting company so they can manipulate them. of course we know that iss what happenedog it was called this is your digital life could take 250,000 facebook users and through access and their friends data to obtain personal information up to 87 million facebook users. they sold that data to a political consulting firm working with the trunk -- prompt mom -- president trump campaign and also based on the bribes which brings us to last month learning how they had attained this data we also learned facebook has known about this passing of data since 2015 i did not confirm that heather did their demanding a certified th
but there was a big privacy catch the note because they obtain data but also from their friends of those users. even though facebook notified them during privacy policies is not easy privacy setting. the default for apps to have access to friends data and mostdi funders could long -- users didn't understand what was going on. from those who didn't even use the apps. those to protect data from the issues and then to tell them to use the data to provide the service so it all to a spooky...
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to the man at the center of the storm. >> the man who mined that data for cambridge analytica is a scientist named alexander cogan, at the center of the facebook controversy because he developed an app that harvested data from tens of millions of unwitting facebook users. the main infraction, charge, that you sold the data. >> so, at the time the i thought we were doing everything that was correct. i was kind of acting honestly naively. thought we were doing everything okay. >> facebook says you lied to them? >> that is frustrating to hear to be honest. if i had any inkling that what we were going to do was going to destroy my relationship with facebook i would have never done it. any inkling i was going to cause pam to be upset. this is the blindness we had back then. >> for some one implicated in the biggest privacy scandal on earth, cogan seems incongruously guileless. >> before all this happened what was your job and field of study? >> i was a social psychologist. working as a university lecturer at university of cambridge. >> in england? >> i ran this lab that studied happiness and kindness. >> happiness and kindness. >> yep. >> that is a
to the man at the center of the storm. >> the man who mined that data for cambridge analytica is a scientist named alexander cogan, at the center of the facebook controversy because he developed an app that harvested data from tens of millions of unwitting facebook users. the main infraction, charge, that you sold the data. >> so, at the time the i thought we were doing everything that was correct. i was kind of acting honestly naively. thought we were doing everything okay....
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facebook users. you earlier testified about the two types of ways you gain data. one is what's voluntarily shared by facebook members and users. and the other is in order to, i think you should improve your advertising experience, whatever that means. the data facebook collects in order to customize or focus on that. was alexander kogan able to get both sets of data or just what was entered by the user. >> it was a subseth of what was entered by the person. >> the sub-set of the data you keep. >> the app developer has to say here are the types of data from you i'm asking for. including public information, your name and profile, the pages you follow, interests on your profile. the app developer has to disclose that up front and you agree to it. >> in answer to a couple other senators' questions. you talked about facebook storing this data and you talked about the data being in the system. i wonder if outside of the way in which alexander kogan was able to access this data. >> there are many kind of security threats that a company like ours faces, including people tr
facebook users. you earlier testified about the two types of ways you gain data. one is what's voluntarily shared by facebook members and users. and the other is in order to, i think you should improve your advertising experience, whatever that means. the data facebook collects in order to customize or focus on that. was alexander kogan able to get both sets of data or just what was entered by the user. >> it was a subseth of what was entered by the person. >> the sub-set of the...
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he will also be looking at -- to correct the misconception that facebook sells data and also to talk out all the ways facebook is now working to protect data and go beyond the current legal requirements to beat what they say is to be a responsible steward of the community he'll also talk about all the ways they're accelerating their efforts and really investing in protecting data and preventing it from leaking. now, last fall, zuckerberg started talking about this idea of investing more in security. we're going to hear a lot about that today he's going to say explicitly that in his testimony that companies growing investment and security will significantly impact profitability moving forward, really looking to talk to these senators here about how the they're prioritizing investing in their users and security more than they are prioritizing their profitability. and this is, as they invest in having 20,000 employees just focused on security by the end of the year. now the big question is, how mark zuckerberg holds up when he's grilled by these 43 senators each will get five minutes and
he will also be looking at -- to correct the misconception that facebook sells data and also to talk out all the ways facebook is now working to protect data and go beyond the current legal requirements to beat what they say is to be a responsible steward of the community he'll also talk about all the ways they're accelerating their efforts and really investing in protecting data and preventing it from leaking. now, last fall, zuckerberg started talking about this idea of investing more in...
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grab facing the worst crisis and its history facebook now says it will restrict the data that other parties can use. it is potentially the worst privacy scandal involving any social network and facebook has admitted its role on its corporate blog in a post the social media giant reveal changes to its privacy policy it also released figures about where users affected by the cambridge analytical privacies gundel came from the us was the most affected but millions elsewhere those whose data may have been improperly shared after the u.s. uses in the philippines indonesia the u.k. and mexico are among the most affected we can focus enough on preventing it and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well and that goes for. foreign interference election beach in addition to developers and data privacy . we're going to take a broad enough view of what our responsibilities and i was this huge mistake it was it was my mate. and this date that marks second birth will have to answer for in front of leading lawmakers in the u.s. on april ten and eleven the soci
grab facing the worst crisis and its history facebook now says it will restrict the data that other parties can use. it is potentially the worst privacy scandal involving any social network and facebook has admitted its role on its corporate blog in a post the social media giant reveal changes to its privacy policy it also released figures about where users affected by the cambridge analytical privacies gundel came from the us was the most affected but millions elsewhere those whose data may...
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reasons.r historic the general data protection regulations. more broadly looking at facebookys been a certain question mark about why does silicon valley companies need to much data. , are theyon is shutting the farm door after the horse has bolted? interestingly, zuckerberg has said he thinks that europe's data privacy rules is a standard that should be applied around the world, and facebook will apply it around the world whether or not u.s. decides to do something similar. it is interesting that mark zuckerberg was one of the 87 million whose data was potentially misused by cambridge analytica. what should we make of this leaders sit -- leadership shuffle? caroline: i think we have got to remember that cambridge analytica still feels that it has done no wrong. we keep hearing from the company, they have been claiming once again that we did not break any laws, is what they have taken to twitter saying. thissay they did not use 87 million data treasure trove in the 2016 presidential election. they did not use it in an eu referendum. i think this is why we are seeing so much s
reasons.r historic the general data protection regulations. more broadly looking at facebookys been a certain question mark about why does silicon valley companies need to much data. , are theyon is shutting the farm door after the horse has bolted? interestingly, zuckerberg has said he thinks that europe's data privacy rules is a standard that should be applied around the world, and facebook will apply it around the world whether or not u.s. decides to do something similar. it is interesting...
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the peace process. all right broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is. thomas certainly glad to have you with us and facebook has admitted that the scale of a personal data breach involving the research firm cambridge analytic was far larger than previously estimated artie's came up and has. but we now have facebook admitting that most of its two billion users probably had their information revealed in an unauthorized manner now when the new york times first broke the story in mid march we heard that it was fifty million fifty million users of facebook that had their information handed over to cambridge analytic now we later heard that it was eighty seven million people who had their facebook profiles handed over to this research firm and that the majority of them were in the united states now the firm that has been using this information it's called cambridge and a little and essentially it does data collection and polling and analysis for political parties political campaigns and groups they use this information essential to craft their messaging craft their campaigning in a way that would be persuasive they kind of create a psychological profile of a
the peace process. all right broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is. thomas certainly glad to have you with us and facebook has admitted that the scale of a personal data breach involving the research firm cambridge analytic was far larger than previously estimated artie's came up and has. but we now have facebook admitting that most of its two billion users probably had their information revealed in an unauthorized manner now when the new york times first broke the story...
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connecting people around the world this is all about privacy isn't and facebook has many users here in germany is the german government doing enough to protect the private data of facebook users here in germany. no there are not and this is no accident either we've been asking for regulation since many years and the answer always is data is the new oil off the twenty first century and this oil has to flow and needs no regulation and i think the opposite is ride we need clear regulation we need clear the constitutional rights for the digital age we know we know from the analog age. to to get into this digitalization and to get this transformation done so the lack of regulation we had in the last years by the bonus lee young as well was a big mistake ok now mark zuckerberg did touch on this issue the one you just mentioned about regulating facebook let's listen to what he had to say about that well senator i'm not the type of person who thinks that all regulation is bad so i think the internet is becoming increasingly important people's lives and i think we need to have a full conversation about what is the right regulation whether it should be or should be ok
connecting people around the world this is all about privacy isn't and facebook has many users here in germany is the german government doing enough to protect the private data of facebook users here in germany. no there are not and this is no accident either we've been asking for regulation since many years and the answer always is data is the new oil off the twenty first century and this oil has to flow and needs no regulation and i think the opposite is ride we need clear regulation we need...
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be communicating more clearly with users about how facebook is monetizing their data i understand that facebook does not sell user data per se in the traditional sense but it's also just as true that facebook's user data is probably the most valuable thing about facebook in fact it may be the only truly valuable thing about facebook why wasn't explaining what facebook does with the users data higher priority for you as a co-founder and now as c.e.o. mr chairman you're right that we don't sell any data and i would say that we do try to explain what we do is time goes on it's a it's a broad system you know every day about one hundred billion times a day people come to one of our products whether it's facebook or messenger or instagram or whatsapp to put in a piece of content whether it's a photo that they want to share or a message they want to send someone and every time. there's a control right there about who you want to share it with you want to share it publicly to broadcast it out to everyone do you want to share with your friends a specific group of people do want to message it to just one one person or a couple of people that
be communicating more clearly with users about how facebook is monetizing their data i understand that facebook does not sell user data per se in the traditional sense but it's also just as true that facebook's user data is probably the most valuable thing about facebook in fact it may be the only truly valuable thing about facebook why wasn't explaining what facebook does with the users data higher priority for you as a co-founder and now as c.e.o. mr chairman you're right that we don't sell...
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the data. similar to facebook's data download feature. the tool could help instagram user monitor the content they've shared. instagram's announcement comes week's before europe's general data protection regulation go into effect requiring people have the option to access a full archive of data that they've posted on websites. >>> in the midst of data scandal facebook is doing an about face regarding an effort to protect privacy in california. >> today the group behind the california consumer privacy act say facebook dropped its opposition to that act. supporters say facebook previously credibilitied to the campaign against the november ballot measure. new protections under the act including allowing consume tors know what information businesses collect about them, and disclosing who those companies sell it to. >>> time to get ready for more rain. skies are darkens in marin county as you can look, a live picture pr the the mount tammp let's look at the camera in the east bay hills. you see the clouds moving over. sandhya patel joins us wit
the data. similar to facebook's data download feature. the tool could help instagram user monitor the content they've shared. instagram's announcement comes week's before europe's general data protection regulation go into effect requiring people have the option to access a full archive of data that they've posted on websites. >>> in the midst of data scandal facebook is doing an about face regarding an effort to protect privacy in california. >> today the group behind the...
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you said about the data you -- users put on facebook, you control the data. you said positive and optimistic things about the data. t facebook is a for-profit by ny that makes millions targeting ads. you recognize that an ad-supported service is best aligned with your mission. but there's a will the of examples where ad targeting has led to results that i think we would all disagree with or dislike or would concern us. you've admitted that facebook's own ad tools allowed russians to target users, voters, based on racist or anti-muslim or anti-immigrant views and that may have played a significant role in an election here in the united states. today, "time" magazine posted a story saying wildlife traffickers are can'ting to use facebook tools to advertise illegal sales of protected animal parts and i am left questioning whether your ad targeting tools would allow other concerning practices like diet pile manufacturers targeting teenagers who are struggling with their weight or allowing a liquor distributor to target alcoholics or gambling organization to target
you said about the data you -- users put on facebook, you control the data. you said positive and optimistic things about the data. t facebook is a for-profit by ny that makes millions targeting ads. you recognize that an ad-supported service is best aligned with your mission. but there's a will the of examples where ad targeting has led to results that i think we would all disagree with or dislike or would concern us. you've admitted that facebook's own ad tools allowed russians to target...