Facebook refuses to promise GDPR-style privacy protection for US users

Firm working on version of EU data protection law but Mark Zuckerberg stops short of confirming all changes will apply to US users

Facebook is rolling out stronger privacy protections to users ahead of the introduction of Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but Mark Zuckerberg will not promise all future changes will apply to the company's American users.

Although the initial tranche of changes, announced last week, will be available worldwide, Zuckerberg refused to commit to GDPR becoming the standard for the social network across the world.