It may take
a few years for Facebook to solve the problems associated with third-parties
using data from its users in unauthorised ways, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg
said on Tuesday.
“I think we
will dig through this hole, but it will take a few years.
“I wish I
could solve all these issues in three months or six months, but I just think
the reality is that solving some of these questions is just going to take a
longer period of time,’’ Mr Zuckerberg told journalists.
Cambridge
Analytica became embroiled in an international scandal after it emerged that the
company had received the data of around 50 million Facebook users without their
permission and through improper channels.
The company
harvested the information to develop a mechanism that would predict and
influence the behaviour of voters to boost U.S. President Donald Trump in the
2016 election.
Facebook
announced recently it would shut down the Partner Categories, which allows
third party data providers to offer their targeting directly on Facebook.
It also
plans to introduce new privacy tools in the coming weeks to allow users to more
easily manage and access their personal data.
In March 29,
Mr Zuckerberg apologised for the situation with the Cambridge Analytica and
admitted that he should not have trusted the firm.
He has said
there were several mistakes that led to the situation, adding that most of the
actions needed to prevent this from happening again were already taken years
ago.
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