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Mark Zuckerberg Testifies Before Congress on Cambridge Analytica and Russian Interference

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Actors:Mark Zuckerberg, US Congress, Facebook, Cambridge Analytica
2018-04-10 · Washington D.C. · 1 min read

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies for 10 hours before Congress, apologizing for data breaches and promising reforms while avoiding real accountability for platform's role in election manipulation

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Sources

  1. Zuckerberg survives 10 hours of questions — CNN — (2018-04-10)
  2. Mark Zuckerberg Tells Senate: Election Security Is An 'Arms Race' — NPR — (2018-04-10)
  3. What we learned from Zuckerberg's testimony, and what we still don't know — PBS NewsHour — (2018-04-10)