Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to the US Congress and taken personal responsibility over the Cambridge Analytica scandal for "not doing enough" to protect Facebook's 87 million users' private data from being misused and manipulated.
In a testimony released yesterday on the eve of his first congressional appearance, Zuckerberg accepted responsibility for the social network's failure to protect private data of its users and prevent manipulation of the platform.
"We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake. It was my mistake, and I'm sorry," Zuckerberg said in his written testimony released by a House of Representatives panel.
"I started Facebook, I run it, and I'm responsible for what happens here."
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