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Zuckerberg rues mistakes made by Facebook on Cambridge Analytica controversy

Says 'there's more to do, and we need to step up and do it'

Reuters March 21, 2018

Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, US, April 18, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday that the social media company made mistakes that allowed data about users to end up with the analytics firm Cambridge Analytica and said the company would make changes.

Zuckerberg, in his first comments since the company disclosed on Friday the misuse of personal data, said in a post on Facebook that the company "made mistakes, there's more to do, and we need to step up and do it."

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