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Facebook boss Zuckerberg apologises for privacy failures

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaking during a Reuters interview at the University of Bogota. [Photo by Reuters]

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg yesterday told lawmakers that his own personal data was included in that of 87 million or so Facebook users that was improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

But he pushed back on Congress members' suggestions that users do not have enough control of their data on Facebook in the wake of the privacy scandal at the world's largest social media network.

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