Mark Zuckerberg’s Testimony to Congress Released: Fake News, Data Leak ‘Was My Mistake’

“I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible for what happens here,” says CEO in prepared remarks

The U.S. Congress has released Mark Zuckerberg’s prepared testimony a few days before the Facebook CEO is scheduled to appear in front of the governing body.

Zuckerberg said he is “responsible” for problems involving “fake news” and a massive data leak.

“It’s clear now that we didn’t do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well. That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy,” said Zuckerberg in his prepared remarks to the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, which Congress shared on Monday.

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