Page 7 - Privacy Issue News Today

>> mark bes happy to go to congress -- marks happy to go to congress because mark wants to answer every question people have about the service we offer. you know, we really believe in social experiences, and we were really focused on that, and we werent focused enough on being proactive enough. kelly: republican senator john kennedy hinted that some lawmakers may want to regulate facebook. >> i dont want to hurt facebook. my biggest or worry many all of this, and i have many, many questions for ...

Yesss! linzess. >> harris: social media is in the hot seat. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg just left a meeting with bill nelson of florida. hes expected to attend another meeting later today. all this one day before hes set to testify over the data mining scandal rocking facebook. john kennedy will be among those questioning zuckerberg tomorrow shared some of his concerns, watch. >> i dont want to hurt facebook, i dont want to regulate them half to death. we have a problem, our digital utopia ha...

A grill on capitol hill. our panel takes that up in a moment. >> my biggest worry with all this the privacy issue and propagandist issue are both too big for facebook to fix. >> tech: ...every minute counts. and you dont have time for a cracked windshield. thats why at safelite, well show you exactly when well be there. with a replacement you can trust. all done sir. >> grandpa: looks great! >> tech: thanks for choosing safelite. >> grandpa: thank you! >> child: bye! >> tech: bye! saving you tim...

Facebook is facing sharp criticism following the revelation that the data of at least 87 million users was compromised by consulting firm cambridge analytica. the companys ceo, mark zuckerberg, is slated to testify before two committees in congress this week to explain among other things why it took the social media giant so long to notify its users that their data had been stolen. heres senate judiciary committee member john kennedy putting it as only he can. >> mr. zuckerberg has not exhausted...

Happen this afternoon over on the hill. is that going to go well for zuckerberg? is that like the appetizer to the big an trentree tomorrow? weve been through this again and again where theres been some privacy issue and they announce changes and its not clear that the follow-through it there. i think the challenge for mark zuckerberg in facing all thieof these senators is to nail down ow howe they handle privacy. >> he sent out a facebook post in the last hour talking about plans to establish w...

The social media giant so long to notify its users that their data had been stolen. heres senate judiciary committee member john kennedy putting it as only he can. >> mr. zuckerberg has not exhausted himself, being forthcoming. we had one hearing. mr. zuckerberg sent his lawyer, very bright, very articulate, could talk a dog off a meat wagon, but he didnt say anything. but my biggest worry with all this is that the privacy issue and what i call the propaganda issue is too big for facebook to fix...

Different now than we did ten years ago because of the amount of information it captures. >> dana: how do you think this breaks down for conservatives? when he comes to congress next week, obviously there going to be a lot of show boating by republicans and democrats. we know thats going to happen. theyre going to overreach. mark zuckerberg is a very calm guy, very optimistic. but where will the conservatives want to zero in on? is it on the privacy issue, censorship piece, fake news? what do yo...

Have a decent appearance here. but i like him. i like what facebook has done. its revolutionized technology. people being able to speak to each other around the world and overthrow dictators. this privacy issue, youre right. its too much. i didnt know they were able to do that. i did not know. although im not a technology expert. >> none of us are. thats is what is scary about this. we go on. we think we have a secured log-in and pass word. we can opt in and opt out of things and what youre priv...

Than done. people say it is not necessarily so hard to get all the way off of facebook, but heres the deal. youve got those couple of steps, and it could take a couple of months to get off facebook entirely. if you have information through your friends and family, it can still be there, so tax experts say the first step is to download before you delete. however, according to facebooks help center page, your data which was posted by friends and family will remain on facebook as long as those peop...

With 2 million followers. perhaps the left thought big tech was in their corner for a long time. perhaps the russia collusion story is falling apart and youre still looking to explain the election loss. >> i think it goes to the issue of making this a political rather than privacy issue. i think the reason for that, bill, is that democrats wonder whether or not the cambridge analytica was part of a plan to help the trump campaign. thus far it appears whether the trump campaign even accessed that...