Shame and regret, Mark Zuckerberg Pairs Apology in Newspapers

SELIDIKI.COM-founder and Executive Director of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg pretty sorry and apologized through advertisements in several newspapers in the United Kingdom and the United States. The apology was made after the scandal of Cambridge Analytica.

"This is a breach of trust, and I'm sorry we couldn't do more about it. Now we are taking steps to ensure this doesn't happen again, "said those ads.

According to Mark, Facebook is not worth saving personal information, if it could not protect it. Advertisement in newspapers containing the signature Mark also mentioned the application made by researchers of the University of Cambridge has been leaking the data of millions of Facebook users about four years ago.

A number of newspapers where the ads of apology was posted is The New York Times and The Washington Post in the United States, and The Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph in the United Kingdom.

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The apology also mentions the Facebook limit of data received applications when users sign in.

Facebook also is investigating any applications that have access to large amounts of data.

"We hope if there are other applications, and when we find it, we will ban them and notify everyone affected, " said those ads.

Mark closed the request maafnya in the newspapers saying: "I promise to do better for You."

Facebook privacy issue gets censure after Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm affiliated with the election campaign President Donald Trump 2016, using the data inappropriately.

The company was accused of influencing how people vote or even think about politics and society through a game.

Meanwhile, the value of Facebook's stock has fallen more than US $70 billion, or more than Rp700 trillion since the scandal was leaked.

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