Facebook slammed by UK lawmakers as CTO promises transparency overhaul


  • TECH
  • Friday, 27 Apr 2018

Mike Schroepfer, Chief Technical Officer of Facebook, leaves Portcullis House after giving evidence to Parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee in Westminster, London, Britain, April 26, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

LONDON: A top Facebook executive apologised for errors made by the firm and vowed to do more to improve transparency during a four-hour grilling on April 26 from British lawmakers who insisted the company's response to a data scandal had been inadequate.

Facebook has said the personal information of about 87 million users might have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, which worked on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential election campaign.

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