MORE TRANSPARENCY: Zuckerberg said revelations about US government surveillance hurt users' trust in Internet companies and that knowing more about the programmes would help relieve some of the public concerns.
WASHINGTON: Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said revelations about US government surveillance hurt users' trust in Internet companies and that knowing more about the programmes would help relieve some of the public concerns.
In a rare appearance in Washington at an event hosted by the Atlantic magazine, the 29-year-old social media billionaire urged the federal government to tell the general public more about the requests for data it makes to Internet companies.
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