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Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's 2018: We've Changed, We Promise (cnet.com)
It's nearly the new year, which means time for some reflection on what's happened and what's to come. For Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, that means looking back on one really tough year. From a report: In his year-end post on Friday, Zuckerberg is optimistic, if a little defensive. He ticked off changes the company's made -- or, as he put it, "We've fundamentally altered our DNA" -- to focus more on handling the bad stuff that happens on Facebook. That includes tackling Russian interference in our elections, stopping harmful and bullying posts, and promising to give people more control over their data. He also noted that Facebook now has 30,000 people working on safety and harassment issues, and it's investing billions of dollars in security each year. He also acknowledged these issues will take more than a year to fix. But he said the company's started multiyear plans to address them. That doesn't mean he thinks Facebook is fully on the ball. "In the past we didn't focus as much on these issues as we needed to, but we're now much more proactive," he wrote.
"I've learned a lot from focusing on these issues and we still have a lot of work ahead," Zuckerberg added. "I'm proud of the progress we've made in 2018 and grateful to everyone who has helped us get here -- the teams inside Facebook, our partners and the independent researchers and everyone who has given us so much feedback. I'm committed to continuing to make progress on these important issues as we enter the new year."
"I've learned a lot from focusing on these issues and we still have a lot of work ahead," Zuckerberg added. "I'm proud of the progress we've made in 2018 and grateful to everyone who has helped us get here -- the teams inside Facebook, our partners and the independent researchers and everyone who has given us so much feedback. I'm committed to continuing to make progress on these important issues as we enter the new year."
So you're 100% not allowing anyone to have any users personal data, ever, except with with their explicit, written permission? No? That's what I thought.
Take back your privacy and KILL FACEBOOK.
You were never the customer.
Beware of the Leopard.
Would you have been any different when being grilled by political fatcats who were grandstanding? Knowing everything you said could be taken out of context just like "that"?
Have you fscked your local propeller head today?
...Mark made some mistakes, but he is a good guy at heart...
He made fundamental mistakes of deception and dishonesty. A "good guy at heart" does not do that. Therefore, your premise is invalid.
In 2017, people were seriously talking about Zuckerberg running for president. He’d been visiting “the common folk” in various states and talking like a candidate.
With all that’s come out this year, that is almost certainly dead - he’d be an fool to try. Politicians aren’t good at much, but they’re experts at finding and using dirt against their opponents... and Zuck has left lots of dirt out there in plain sight, free for the picking.
#DeleteChrome
"We've fundamentally altered our DNA"
Right.... and I've got some bridges I'd like to sell. Once someone is proven to be untrustworthy it's unlikely they ever change. Yes it happens but it's terribly rare and almost unheard of in companies unless their incentives change to align with honesty. Facebook made their fortune in large part through dishonesty and the people who permitted that are still in charge. There is zero evidence to suggest the company has changed in any meaningful way. Their incentives are more or less the same, there is basically no regulation of them, and the same people are in charge. Why should they ever change?
Would you have been any different when being grilled...
No, I would be just as nervous if I were as guilty as him.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
That's the kind of behavior that got Microsoft where it is. Interestingly, they're using the same "trust us, we've changed" line, too, and a lot of people are dumb enough to believe them.
The infamous I. F. Stone quote, "All governments lie" should get an update.
"All corporations lie." -- The next time we hear a press release or a public statement by a CEO, spokesperson, or PR firm, we should all repeat, "All corporations lie."
That way we won't be tempted into believing that they mean what they say, no matter how well acted & presented it may be. Although they can mimic all the affectations of sincerity & empathy, they are incapable of human feelings. That's how they can make $billions by exploiting millions of people & creating miserable working conditions for the vast majority of their employees & contractors, & still claim that they're "philanthropists."
Grrrrrrrr.
Debate is a form of harassment. Do not question my truth.
Your rant completely fails to take into account the fact that Facebook was (is?) generating shadow profiles of non-Facebook users across the internet. I (and many, many others) never signed up for Facebook and never asked for any of their "creativity" to be bestowed upon me for free.
So you can get something for nothing. Well, in this particular arrangement, I suppose Facebook can at least.
Beware of the Leopard.
whooosh