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'''Mark Zuckerberg''' born May 14, 1984 is co-founder, chairman and CEO of social media platform Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms Inc..
'''Mark Zuckerberg''' born May 14, 1984 is co-founder, chairman and CEO of social media platform Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms Inc..
==Professional Background==
===Facebook===
Mark Zuckerberg began development on Facebook whilst attending Harvard in 2004.
<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/the-true-story-of-how-mark-zuckerberg-founded-facebook-2016-2 "This is the true story of how Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook, and it wasn't to find girls."] - businessinsider.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref>.
==Stance on Consumer Rights==
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===Privacy Violations===
===Stance on Privacy===
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A leaked messenger conversation from the early days of Facebook in Harvard exemplifies his disregard for the privacy of others:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Julia Carrie |date=2018-09-01 |title=I was one of Facebook's first users. I shouldn't have trusted Mark Zuckerberg |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/17/facebook-people-first-ever-mark-zuckerberg-harvard |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=The Guardian}}</ref><blockquote>ZUCK: yea so if you ever need info about anyone at harvard
A leaked messenger conversation from the early days of Facebook in Harvard demonstrates his attitude at the time towards the privacy of others:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Julia Carrie |date=2018-09-01 |title=I was one of Facebook's first users. I shouldn't have trusted Mark Zuckerberg |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/17/facebook-people-first-ever-mark-zuckerberg-harvard |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=The Guardian}}</ref><blockquote>ZUCK: yea so if you ever need info about anyone at harvard


ZUCK: just ask
ZUCK: just ask
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ZUCK: they “trust me”
ZUCK: they “trust me”


ZUCK: d_u_m_[ignore this]_b f_u_[ignore this]_c_k_s</blockquote>
ZUCK: dumb f***</blockquote>
'''''(expletive edited because this Wiki software's spam protection does not seem to approve of his way of expression)'''''


==Regulatory Response==
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A photo of Zuckerberg revealed in 2016 that he keeps his own laptop camera covered with tape.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-22 |title=Mark Zuckerberg Puts Tape Over His Webcam |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/mark-zuckerberg-puts-tape-webcam/story?id=40040340 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=abc News}}</ref>
==Current Status==
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==Impact on Consumer Protection==
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Mark Zuckerberg born May 14, 1984 is co-founder, chairman and CEO of social media platform Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms Inc..


Major Consumer Protection Incidents[edit | edit source]

Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal[edit | edit source]

Former Cambridge Analytica employee, Christopher Wylie, leaked internal documents to journalists demonstrating uninformed consent of personal data collection of up to 87 million Facebook profiles for political advertising purposes through Facebook's Open Graph Platform and Facebook Application "This is Your Digital Life" developed by data scientist Aleksandr Kogan at Global Science Research.[1] The appropriated Personal Data was used in the US 2016 Presidency for Ted Cruz's and Donald Trump's campaigns.[2]

Deceptive Marketing: Incomplete. [3].

Data Collection: Incomplete. [4].


Stance on Privacy[edit | edit source]

This section is incomplete.

A leaked messenger conversation from the early days of Facebook in Harvard demonstrates his attitude at the time towards the privacy of others:[5]

ZUCK: yea so if you ever need info about anyone at harvard

ZUCK: just ask

ZUCK: i have over 4000 emails, pictures, addresses, sns

FRIEND: what!? how’d you manage that one?

ZUCK: people just submitted it

ZUCK: i don’t know why

ZUCK: they “trust me”

ZUCK: dumb f***


A photo of Zuckerberg revealed in 2016 that he keeps his own laptop camera covered with tape.[6]


References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Facebook-Cambridge Analytica: A timeline of the data hijacking scandal" - cnbc.com - accessed 2025-02-03
  2. "There's an open secret about Cambridge Analytica in the political world: It doesn't have the 'secret sauce' it claims" - businessinsider.com - accessed 2025-02-03
  3. Ref
  4. Ref
  5. Wong, Julia Carrie (2018-09-01). "I was one of Facebook's first users. I shouldn't have trusted Mark Zuckerberg". The Guardian. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  6. "Mark Zuckerberg Puts Tape Over His Webcam". abc News. 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2025-03-18.