Facebook's Zuckerberg pressed on company's data practices, terms of service
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg faced criticism Tuesday from senators over the handling of personal data in a Capitol Hill hearing that has amounted to a reckoning on how technology companies obtain and profit from personal data.
"Let me just cut to the chase. If you and other social media companies do not get your act in order, none of us are going to have any privacy anymore," Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., told Zuckerberg, who was making his first appearance on Capitol Hill, underscoring the severity of Facebook's crisis.
Clad in a dark suit and bright blue tie rather than his signature gray T-shirt, Zuckerberg offered contrition for his company's mishandling of personal information
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