CEO says Facebook will impose new EU privacy rules “everywhere”

Enlarge / Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (credit: Anthony Quintano / Flickr)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took an apologetic tone in a call with reporters Wednesday afternoon, weeks after the Cambridge Analytica debacle that has put a new level of pressure on the social media giant.

"We didn't think about how people could use these tools for harm as well," Zuckerberg said.

The call, which lasted nearly an hour, came just after the company's chief technology officer issued a lengthy statement outlining numerous changes the company is making in the name of privacy and information security. Facebook is also updating its privacy policy.

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