Read Mark Zuckerberg's prepared testimony ahead of Facebook’s congressional hearing

Mark Zuckerberg has a lot to answer for. 

Following weeks of mounting criticism, Zuckerberg is heading to Washington D.C. to answer questions from key members of Congress on data privacy issues in the wake of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal. 

Now, we know exactly what he plans to say. On Monday, the Energy and Commerce Committee published Mark Zuckerberg's prepared remarks, ahead of his appearance before the committee on Wednesday.

"Facebook is an idealistic and optimistic company. For most of our existence, we focused on all the good that connecting people can bring," Zuckerberg says in the written testimony. "But it’s clear now that we didn’t do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well." Read more...