Mark Zuckerberg to finally speak out on Cambridge Analytica controversy: report

The boy king will finally address his subjects.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has been conspicuously silent about the controversy surrounding Cambridge Analytica, and its reported misuse of Facebook data to help influence the 2016 U.S. election, is said to be planning a public statement about the scandal for Wednesday.

The report comes from Axios reporter Mike Allen. So far neither Zuckerberg nor Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg have spoken out about the scandal, which involved Cambridge Analytica using Facebook tools to harvest the data of approximately 50 million users, mostly without their knowledge or informed consent. While Facebook tightened the way developers gather data years ago, the revelations have led to calls for the public to re-examine its relationship with the social network, which now has over 2 billion users. Read more...