Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook Says Hackers Accessed Personal Data From 29 Million Accounts

Associated Press | Saturday October 13, 2018

Originally Facebook said 50 million accounts were affected, but that it didn't know if they had been misused.

How Facebook Is Damaging Freedom of Expression in Vietnam

Mai Khoi, The Washington Post | Wednesday October 3, 2018

Today in Vietnam, Facebook is allowing its platform to be abused to divide and isolate people. Troll farms and cyber-army brigades roam the platform, manipulating public opinion and drowning out dissent.

With Maximum Facebook Users In India, Concerns Over Security Breach

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 29, 2018

Data of 50 million Facebook users have been exposed following a massive security breach by unknown hackers, its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said, amid fears that a significant number of the accounts affected could be from India. The precautionary measure taken by the social media giant has impacted another 40 million users, Mr Zuckerberg said o...

Hacker Backs Off Idea To Live-Stream Attempt to Delete Zuckerberg's Page

World News | Debby Wu, Bloomberg | Saturday September 29, 2018

An indie Taiwanese hacker said he will not proceed with a plan to take down Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page and broadcast it live this Sunday.

Facebook Says Up to 50 Million Accounts Breached by Hackers

Agence France Press | Saturday September 29, 2018

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said engineers discovered the breach on Tuesday, and patched it on Thursday night.

Hacker to Live-Stream Attempt to Delete Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Page

Debby Wu, Bloomberg | Friday September 28, 2018

Self-professed bug bounty-hunter Chang Chi-yuan says he'll live-stream an endeavour to delete Mark Zuckerberg's account at 6pm local time from his own Facebook page.

Oculus Quest Is Facebook's New $399 Standalone VR Headset

Associated Press | Thursday September 27, 2018

The Quest won't be available until next spring, although Zuckerberg unveiled the new headset at an Oculus conference held Wednesday in San Jose, California.

WhatsApp Co-Founder Acton Clashed With Zuckerberg, Sandberg Over Monetisation: Report

Reuters | Thursday September 27, 2018

Acton spent eight years with WhatsApp before leaving the company in September last year.

Facebook 'Better Prepared' for Election Meddling, Zuckerberg Says

Agence France-Presse | Friday September 14, 2018

Zuckerberg, posting on his Facebook page, outlined a series of steps the leading social network has taken to protect against misinformation and manipulation campaigns aimed at disrupting elections.

Mark Zuckerberg Says He Will Highlight Steps Taken to 'Fix Facebook'

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday September 8, 2018

"I'm spending a lot of time on these issues, and as the year winds down I'm going to write a series of notes outlining how I'm thinking about them and the steps we're taking to address them."

Protecting Democracy Is an Arms Race: Mark Zuckerberg

The Washington Post | Wednesday September 5, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook has learned to identify and remove fake accounts and bad content leading up to the elections.

Opinion: Protecting Democracy Is An Arms Race – By Mark Zuckerberg

Opinion | Mark Zuckerberg, The Washington Post | Wednesday September 5, 2018

When you build services that connect billions of people across countries and cultures, you're going to see all of the good that humanity can do, and you're also going to see people try to abuse those services in every way possible.

Facebook Fugitive Paul Ceglia Fights US Extradition in Ecuador

Reuters | Tuesday August 28, 2018

Paul Ceglia faced charges over his alleged forging of documents to extort Facebook and Zuckerberg and removed his ankle bracelet and disappeared with his wife, two kids and dog.

Russia, Iran Created 652 Pages To Mislead Users: Facebook

World News | Craig Timberg, Elizabeth Dwoskin, Tony Romm, The Washington Post | Wednesday August 22, 2018

Iran was behind a sprawling disinformation operation on Facebook that targeted hundreds of thousands of people around the world, the social media company said Tuesday night, underscoring Silicon Valley's increasingly global war on disinformation.

Facebook Refutes Report Claiming 'Mark Zuckerberg Doesn't Care About Publishers'

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 14, 2018

Facebook's Head of News Partnerships Campbell Brown reportedly said that publishers who choose not to work with Facebook will wind up in a dying business.