Fix Facebook, whether it wants to or not:

Christopher Wylie intends to have a beef with Facebook. He insists that the social media website should be administered even if it doesn’t want to. It’s been eight months since the news of facebook’s connection with Cambridge Analytica (CA) came out.

Wylie is being sardonic about Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, and his company, which he thinks is conceited. He told AFP that Facebook did not do anything though it was well aware of CA situation prior to the Trump elections. He also claimed that the company knew of Russian disinformation maneuvers but kept it a secret. They only cared about the company.

Wylie had previously worked as the research director of Facebook. So he unveiled that Cambridge Analytica created psychological profiles of millions of Facebook users. He mentioned that planned electioneering messages were used in the US elections and in the upsurge of Brexit vote.

In March, Zuckerberg admitted the data theft but asserted that Facebook had no idea about it.

Wylie said that there is too much Russian involvement in the entire situation. To obtain information on this matter, US Special Counsel Robert Mueller is inquiring Russia’s engagement in the 2016 elections.

Furthermore, Wylie attacked Zuckerberg by calling him a “man-child” who runs the company with an autocratic approach.

Arrogance

Zuckerberg did not show up at the British Parliament lawsuits this week. However, on Tuesday, Facebook accepted that its engineers suspected Russian activity in 2014. Richard Allan, company’s vice president, had to answer the citations about influencing the election results. This definitely worked in Wylie’s favor. He remarked that Zuckerberg has immensely harmed the democracy, yet he couldn’t care less.

Investigations on Facebook are being carried out by US public agencies. A £500,000 fine is required to be paid by the Information Commissioner’s Office for breaking security laws. Recently, Facebook was also blamed for working with a public relations organization to silence the criticisms.

Proper regulations

Elliot Schrage, Facebook’s communications chief admitted that Facebook itself makes false news but wants to be away from any accusations. He also said that it is hard for people to quit Facebook because they have grown so habitual. Therefore, regulation is mandatory.

Facebook mentioned that it has deleted 2 billion fake accounts creating fake information. Also, it has enhanced the privacy for users and political stuff will have to provide a source from now on.

Wylie says that the software engineers and creators must be kept a strict check on.