Mark Zuckerberg knew in advance about Facebook's world's largest privacy leak incident `` Cambridge Analytica problem '' but it was revealed that he had canceled making it public

In 2018, Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal exposed the personal data of 50 million people . In response to this issue, Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg were investigated by the government and eventually had to pay a fine of 540 billion yen, but the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) From the published document, it is clear that CEO Zuckerberg was aware of the existence of Cambridge Aritica before the problem was discovered.

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SEC deposition shows Zuckerberg misled Congress about Cambridge Analytica timeline | Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/mark-zuckerberg-misled-congress-sec-docs-183809371.html

Zuckerberg weighed naming Cambridge Analytica as a concern in 2017, months before data leak was revealed | CNN Business
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/20/tech/zuckerberg-cambridge-analytica/

Facebook held back on naming Cambridge Analytica in 2017 -deposition | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-held-back-naming-cambridge-analytica-2017-deposition-2022-12-20/

Zuckerberg Knew of Cambridge Analytica Earlier
https://gizmodo.com/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-meta-cambridge-analytica-1849916617

The Real Facebook Oversight Board, which requests disclosure of public documents, obtained a copy of the deposition taken by the SEC on February 19, 2019 and released it on December 20, 2022.

New via @CNN / @Reuters : After a year, I obtained Mark Zuckerberg's 2019 deposition with the @SECGov via #FOIA . It reveals Zuckerberg held back on naming Cambridge Analytica in a 2017 Facebook live speech, on par with the threat level of Russian intel on FB. https://t.co/Zx5glixz5F

— Zamaan Qureshi (@zamaan_qureshi) December 20, 2022

In this document, it was revealed that CEO Zuckerberg said, ``I knew the existence of Cambridge Analytica at least in 2017.'' In early 2017, CEO Zuckerberg told Facebook employees that Motherboard sent an article pointing out the existence of Cambridge Analytica and confirmed the facts. The Motherboard article was one of the first to point out that Cambridge Analytica used personal information to control voting behavior in the 2016 US presidential election .

The full picture of the net strategy by Cambridge Analytica is summarized in the following article.

A shadow net strategy that freely manipulates voting behavior by making personal tastes naked from SNS information gave birth to President Trump - GIGAZINE

When the SEC asked CEO Zuckerberg, 'Is this the first time you learned about the existence of Cambridge Analytica?' I may have heard of it before, but I think this was the first time I knew what they were up to. I decided to ask Analytica's evaluation, 'he said that this was the first time he knew that Cambridge Analytica was illegally using personal information.

Zuckerberg also revealed that when Facebook issued a statement denouncing Russia's interference in the US election in the fall of 2017, he was also considering explicitly blaming Cambridge Analytica. However, on the day he issued the statement, Zuckerberg only said, 'We are investigating to better understand how organizations like the campaign used our tools.' I never made my presence known.

Zuckerberg's statement to the SEC about when he became aware of the Cambridge Analytica scandal contradicts the sworn testimony he gave before the House Financial Services Committee on October 23, 2019. Several experts, including Engadget, have pointed out.

Zuckerberg said in the Financial Services Commission, ``I don't know the exact time (I grasped the problem with Cambridge Analytica), but I think it was probably around the time the problem became clear. March 2018. I think it was around the month. I may be wrong,' he said.

The timeline of when Zuckerberg became aware of Cambridge Analytica and their election efforts is a matter of extraordinary importance.

His testimony to Congress said March 2018.

Newly exposed documents reveal he knew as early as Jan 2017. https://t.co/KMRLUxrc0R

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 20, 2022

Engadget has contacted Meta about the discrepancy in Zuckerberg's remarks, but Meta only mentioned that he had settled with the Federal Trade Commission in 2019.

Facebook pays a fine of 540 billion yen to the Federal Trade Commission and a settlement agreement, the highest ever in terms of privacy-GIGAZINE

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Regarding the inconsistency in Zuckerberg's remarks, some say that remarks at the House of Representatives and Financial Services Committee in 2019 may be perjury.

???? NEWS: Documents just released by the SEC suggest Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg perjured himself before Congress in 2019.

Just a reminder: Perjury is still a crime, even when Mark Zuckerberg does it. https://t.co/LmghqEqa2X

—American Economic Liberties Project (@econliberties) December 20, 2022

In addition, in the SEC deposition obtained by the Real Facebook Oversight Board, in response to the question, ``Do you think that user data was sold or transferred from the developer to another party before 2018?'' It is also clear that CEO Zuckerberg answered 'I do not remember'.

This is also interesting. “I don't remember” is a very difficult answer to believe from Mark Zuckerberg when asked whether prior to 2018 he could think of any other times user data was sold or transferred from one of their “developers” to another party. /2 pic.twitter.com/gsyMo4gjCJ

—Jason Kint (@jason_kint) December 20, 2022