CTO: Facebook is a lot more ‘pessimistic’ since data scandal

Zuckerberg created Facebook while a Harvard student but dropped out.

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc has developed a “much sharper and more pessimistic view” of all the bad things that can happen on the social network since the Cambridge Analytica data leak scandal, chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer said.

Facebook’s focused in the past on getting its product to as many people as possible, then fixing whatever issues come up. But it’s rethinking its approach amid a global backlash: critics accuse its news feed algorithm of spreading misinformation and terrorism content among two billion-plus users.