Facebook CEO in European Parliament, apologies again for data breach

New Delhi : Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg continues to regret for the massive data breach that took place past few months. During his speech in European Parliament, he apologised again and said that the company is taking steps to prevent any such leakage of users’ personal data in the near future.

Zuckerberg also promised to keep investing in Europe as he made the latest stop on a session of apology over the Cambridge Analytica scandal that began in the US Congress in April.

Taking with livestreamed, Zuckerberg told that it has become clear in the last two years that Facebook executives "haven't done enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm".

"And that goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections or developers misusing people's information. We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility," he said. 

"That was a mistake, and I'm sorry for it."

Facebook accepted that British consultancy Cambridge Analytica has hijacked around 87 million users information, which worked for US President Donald Trump during his 2016 campaign.

The Facebook chief agrees to the EU's sweeping new personal data protection rules, which will come into effect in three days, saying that his website was adopting similar steps.

'Keeping people safe'

Zuckerberg said Facebook will bring "clear history" button that would allow them to delete any cookies or browsing history details it stores.

"It's going to take time to work through all of the changes we must make. But I'm committed to getting it right, and to making the significant investments needed to keep people safe," he added.

"I expect this will significantly impact our profitability. But I want to be clear: keeping people safe will always be more important than maximising our profits."