What did Mark Zuckerberg do?
Mark Zuckerberg is an American businessman and philanthropist who co-founded the social media service Facebook in 2004. He has faced a lot of criticism over the years for how Facebook uses people’s data. There have been many Senate hearings and investigations but Zuckerberg has never been charged with anything.
Here’s a look at some of the scandals he’s faced:
The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Further to this, in 2020, Facebook announced it wouldn’t fact check politician’s ads on its platforms.
Cambridge Analytica scandal
Antitrust hearing
Who was Frances Haugen?
Frances Haugen was a former Facebook employee who became a whistleblower when she shared internal documents with the Wall Street Journal in 2021. She later testified that Facebook put profits over people’s safety.
Where is Mark Zuckerberg now?
Mark Zuckerberg is worth $165 billion and is celebrating Facebook’s 20th anniversary in 2024. He is now worth more than Bill Gates, who founded Microsoft. He is 39 years old now and is married with 3 children.
David Fincher directed the 2010 film about Mark Zuckerberg’s rise to fame titled The Social Network, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield.
Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse was a documentary about the billionaire released on Sky in 2024.
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