4hw.com.cn: Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of Facebook, attended the EU hearing in Brussels, Belgium, on May 23, Beijing time. He once again apologized to lawmakers for the data leakage and said Facebook was continuing to investigate third-party applications that may violate privacy regulations. He believes that the company will find more applications that violate privacy regulations and will block them.
Zuckerberg still refuses to answer questions at the EU parliamentary hearing
The subject of the EU parliamentary hearing remains how Facebook allowed users' data to be leaked and whether Facebook has taken measures to prevent such incidents from happening again. The total length of the European Parliament hearing is about 100 minutes. Zuckerberg first read out the prepared statement, and then a dozen members took turns to ask questions, and Zuckerberg answered.
In his opening speech, he highlighted Facebook's security detection tools and how Facebook can help people in terrorist attacks. At the same time, Facebook can help refugees in Europe keep in touch with their relatives at home, and a large number of small businesses use Facebook as a tool for online communication.
On the issue of elections, Zuckerberg said: 'this is one of our top priorities to ensure that no one will interfere in the elections through our platform and that the events of 2016 will not be repeated. 'in this respect, Zuckerberg's expression is basically the same as his opening remarks, that is, about the new transparency tool of political advertising.
'I'm proud to be able to mark Isis and Al Qaeda content 99% accurate. At the same time, Facebook live broadcast also improved the recognition speed of suicide and self mutilation, and the response time is now less than 10 minutes. 'said Zuckerberg. At the same time, he stressed that there would be no real perfect means in this regard, especially in terms of elections. But Facebook wants to move from passive management to active recognition.
He highlighted Facebook's strong investment in Europe. The company's European headquarters is located in Ireland. In addition to the largest team of engineers from the United States and other countries in London, the artificial intelligence laboratory is in Paris, the data center is in Sweden and Ireland, and in 2020, another data center will be set up in Denmark. He promised that by the end of 2018, the company will increase its employment in 12 European cities to 10000, currently 7000. The company will also continue to invest in digital skills training for 1 million people and small businesses by 2020.
In addition, Zuckerberg declined to answer questions about the company's cross use of Facebook data for multiple products, the use of more than 1 billion users per day for its WhatsApp chat app, and the blocking of marketing advertisements. As he responded to lawmakers at a congressional hearing last month, he said he would follow up and respond to the issue after the meeting.
During the 90 minute session, members asked more than two-thirds of their questions, while Zuckerberg's responses to all of them lasted only about seven minutes. Obviously, most of the answers to the questions are very vague, although Zuckerberg promised to explain the details of each question in more written form in the future.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Zuckerberg didn't go to Europe to attend the hearing. On Wednesday, he will attend a luncheon of technology executives organized by the French government in Paris, with executives from Uber, Microsoft and other companies present, focusing on the use of technology to promote common values. On Thursday, he will address a science and Technology Conference and meet privately with French President Nicolas macarone, but the topic is unknown.
Three days after Zuckerberg attended a hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday, the new EU regulation on data protection, the general data protection regulation, will come into force. Companies that violate this law face fines of up to 4% of their annual revenue.