Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage for an interview at The Wall Street Journal’s ‘D: All Things Digital’ (D8) conference recently. Needless to say, the questions focused on Facebook’s much discussed privacy issues.
No doubt you are aware that Facebook has been widely criticised lately for how it’s dealt with the privacy of its users’ information. Facebook has been accused of making privacy settings too difficult to understand for its more than 400 million users. In addition, on launch Facebook forced users to opt-out of the company’s new instant personalisation feature, rather than to opt-in.
It’s when Zuckerberg was faced with questions such as “Do you feel like it’s a backlash or do you feel like you’re violating people’s privacy?”, and “Do you feel like you’re adequately portrayed?” that Zuckerberg starts to look VERY uncomfortable indeed (first video, 3mins 20secs).
It’s clear that many people take their privacy pretty seriously when it comes to what they share on the web. Do you give Zuckerberg credit for facing the tough questions in front of an audience of very prominent and powerful tech and media industry people? Do you think he gives satisfactory answers to the privacy questions?
