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As Facebook scandal mushrooms, Mark Zuckerberg vows to 'step up' 3/22/2018 11:50:44 AM Agencies SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg vowed Wednesday to "step up" to fix problems surrounding data privacy, as it fights a snowballing scandal over the hijacking of personal data from millions of its users. Zuckerberg specifically mentioned India's forthcoming elections, when replying to a question on how the social media giant would curb the influence of external elements in the election processes of various countries. We have a responsibility to do this, not only for the 2018 midterms in the US, which are going to be a huge deal this year and that's just a huge focus for us, but there's a big election in India this year, there's a big election in Brazil, there are big elections around the world, and you can bet that we are really committed to doing everything that we need to make sure that the integrity of those elections on Facebook is secured," he said in an interview with CNN. "We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you," Zuckerberg had said earlier, in his first public comments on the harvesting of Facebook user data by a British firm linked to President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. Writing on his Facebook page, Zuckerberg announced new steps to rein in the leakage of data to outside developers and third-party apps, while giving users more control over their information through a special toolbar.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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