Silicon Valley wunderkind Zuckerberg in eye of the storm


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 11 Apr 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is surrounded by members of the media as he arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees joint hearing regarding the company’s use and protection of user data, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

SAN FRANCISCO: His goal was to change the world with computer code, but now Mark Zuckerberg is facing the test of his life in rescuing Facebook from a deepening crisis over its failure to protect privacy and thwart manipulation. 

The 33-year-old computer genius who has been a Silicon Valley star for a decade is on the hot seat in Washington and around the world, trying to fix pervasive problems in the world’s biggest social network. 

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