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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 == | ==Professional Background== | ||
=== Facebook === | ===Facebook=== | ||
Mark Zuckerberg began development on Facebook whilst attending Harvard in 2004. | 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> | ||
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==Stance on Consumer Rights== | |||
== Stance on Consumer Rights == | |||
This section is incomplete. | This section is incomplete. | ||
== Major Consumer Protection Incidents == | ==Major Consumer Protection Incidents== | ||
=== Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal === | ===Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal=== | ||
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.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/facebook-cambridge-analytica-a-timeline-of-the-data-hijacking-scandal.html</ref> | 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.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/facebook-cambridge-analytica-a-timeline-of-the-data-hijacking-scandal.html "Facebook-Cambridge Analytica: A timeline of the data hijacking scandal"] - cnbc.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref> | ||
The appropriated Personal Data was used in the US 2016 Presidency for Ted Cruz's and Donald Trump's campaigns.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-facebook-scandal-trump-cruz-operatives-2018-3</ref> | The appropriated Personal Data was used in the US 2016 Presidency for Ted Cruz's and Donald Trump's campaigns.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-facebook-scandal-trump-cruz-operatives-2018-3 "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 </ref> | ||
'''Deceptive Marketing''': Incomplete. | '''Deceptive Marketing''': Incomplete. | ||
<ref>Ref</ref>.< | <ref>Ref</ref>.<br> | ||
'''Data Collection''': Incomplete. | '''Data Collection''': Incomplete. | ||
<ref>Ref</ref>.< | <ref>Ref</ref>.<br> | ||
=== Privacy | ===Stance on Privacy=== | ||
This section is incomplete. | This section is incomplete. | ||
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 | |||
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***</blockquote> | |||
'''''(expletive edited because this Wiki software's spam protection does not seem to approve of his way of expression)''''' | |||
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> | |||
== Regulatory Response == | ==Regulatory Response== | ||
This section is incomplete. | This section is incomplete. | ||
== Current Status == | ==Current Status== | ||
This section is incomplete. | This section is incomplete. | ||
== Impact on Consumer Protection == | ==Impact on Consumer Protection== | ||
This section is incomplete. | This section is incomplete. | ||
== References == | ==References== | ||
[[Category:Individuals]] | [[Category:Individuals]] | ||
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