when the revelations first came to light, the company aggressively said this was not a data breach. the truth is it could have been something much worse. the mass harvesting of the personal data of tens of millions of people without them knowing about it. in the uk, the parliamentary select committee looking into fake news and misinformation has repeatedly called for facebook‘s chief executive and chairman mark zuckerberg to appear in front of it. he s repeatedly declined. but he did turn up when summoned by us congress. it was the interrogation he feared and had long resisted. mark zuckerberg has never testified before congress. and now with the eyes of the world on him, this moment in the spotlight promised high drama and delivered it. in his prepared statement, zuckerberg said this was on him. we didn t take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake. and it was my mistake, and i m sorry. i started facebook, i run it and i m responsible for wha
the headlines. the former leader of the liberal democrats lord paddy ashdown has died at the age of 77. he led the liberal democrats for over a decade and was the first leader after the party merged with the social democrats in 1988. he also served as international high representative to bosnia herzegovina, following the war which saw the break up of yugoslavia. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. meanwhile, the airport has so far run a full service today but passengers continue to suffer delays and cancellations. now on bbc news, it s the year the social media giants came under fire, the printed press got smaller, and blockbuster tv got even bigger. the bbc‘s amol rajan gives his take on the last 12 months in review 2018: the media year. hello, and welcome to the media year 2018. in the next half an hour, we are going to look at the intersection between technology and the media o
nawaz sharif, is sentenced to seven years in prison for corruption. delays on the roads and disruption for rail passengers are expected as people head home for the festive period. now on bbc news it s the year the social media giants came under fire, the printed press got smaller, and blockbuster tv got even bigger. the bbc‘s amol rajan gives his take on the last 12 months in review 2018: the media year. hello and welcome to the media year 2018. in the next half an hour, we are going to look at the intersection between technology and the media over the past 12 months, a golden age of tv and audio and the increasing impact of data on all our lives. this has been the year of the techlash, a global backlash against silicon valley s biggest companies prompted by controversies over privacy, misinformation, foreign interference and much else besides. and one company has been in the spotlight and feeling the heat more than any other. facebook‘s wobbles and worries morphed into c
against silicon valley s biggest companies prompted by controversies over privacy, misinformation, foreign interference and much else besides. and one company has been in the spotlight and feeling the heat more than any other. facebook‘s wobbles and worries morphed into constant woe. revelations emerged about a british data firm, cambridge analytica, misusing data on a massive scale. when the revelations first came to light, the company aggressively said this was not a data breach. the truth is it could have been something much worse. the mass harvesting of the personal data of tens of millions of people without them knowing about it. in the uk, the parliamentary select committee looking into fake news and misinformation has repeatedly called for facebook‘s chief executive and chairman mark zuckerberg to appear in front of it. he s repeatedly declined. but he did turn up when summoned by us congress. it was the interrogation he feared and had long resisted. mark zuckerber
of data on all our lives. this has been the year of the techlash, a global backlash against silicon valley s biggest companies prompted by controversies over privacy, misinformation, foreign interference and much else besides. and one company has been in the spotlight and feeling the heat more than any other. facebook‘s wobbles and worries morphed into constant woe. revelations emerged about a british data firm, cambridge analytica, misusing data on a massive scale. when the revelations first came to light, the company aggressively said this was not a data breach. the truth is it could have been something much worse. the mass harvesting of the personal data of tens of millions of people without them knowing about it. in the uk, the parliamentary select committee looking into fake news and misinformation has repeatedly called for facebook‘s chief executive and chairman mark zuckerberg to appear in front of it. he s repeatedly declined. but he did turn up when summoned by u