Facebook Tells EU It Faces Tough Time Regaining Users’ Trust
- Months since Cambridge Analytica revelations ‘very difficult’
- Tech giant comments to EU lawmakers in hearing on privacy
Protesters ahead of Zuckerberg’s testimony in Brussels in May.
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Facebook faces a tough time regaining the trust of users whose confidence was shaken by the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social network told European Union lawmakers.
Recent months have been a “very difficult time in terms of people’s ability to trust us,” which is “problematic,” Richard Allan, vice president of policy solutions at Facebook, said at a hearing in Strasbourg, France late on Monday.