Facebook Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Public apologies ==== The company first apologized for its privacy abuses in 2009.<ref>{{Cite book|url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=SzxDTGGr80EC|page=119}}|title=Business Ethics For Dummies|last1=Bowie|first1=Norman E.|last2=Schnieder|first2=Meg|date=February 9, 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-02062-3}}</ref> Facebook apologies have appeared in newspapers, television, blog posts and on Facebook.<ref name="Hempel-2018" /> On March 25, 2018, leading US and UK newspapers published full-page ads with a personal apology from Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg issued a verbal apology on [[CNN]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/25/17161398/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-apology-cambridge-analytica-full-page-newspapers-ads|title=Mark Zuckerberg apologizes for Facebook's data privacy scandal in full-page newspaper ads|last=Statt|first=Nick|date=March 25, 2018|website=[[The Verge]]|access-date=February 6, 2019|archive-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224105735/https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/25/17161398/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-apology-cambridge-analytica-full-page-newspapers-ads|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2010, he apologized for discrepancies in privacy settings.<ref name="Hempel-2018">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-a-history-of-mark-zuckerberg-apologizing/|title=A Short History of Facebook's Privacy Gaffes|last=Hempel|first=Jessi|date=March 30, 2018|magazine=Wired|access-date=February 6, 2019|issn=1059-1028}}</ref> Previously, Facebook had its privacy settings spread out over 20 pages, and has now put all of its privacy settings on one page, which makes it more difficult for third-party apps to access the user's personal information.<ref name="Ingram-2018" /> In addition to publicly apologizing, Facebook has said that it will be reviewing and auditing thousands of apps that display "suspicious activities" in an effort to ensure that this breach of privacy does not happen again.<ref>{{cite web|title=Social Media/polls Show Low Trust in Facebook|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/polls-show-low-trust-facebook/|website=www.digitaltrends.com|date=March 26, 2018|access-date=February 6, 2019}}</ref> In a 2010 report regarding privacy, a research project stated that not a lot of information is available regarding the consequences of what people disclose online so often what is available are just reports made available through popular media.<ref name="christofides2011">{{cite web|url=https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actions-and-decisions/research/funding-for-privacy-research-and-knowledge-translation/completed-contributions-program-projects/2009-2010/p_200910_06/|title=Privacy and Disclosure on Facebook: Youth & Adults' Information Disclosure and Perceptions of Privacy Risks β Contributions Program 2009β2010|publisher=Office of the Privacy Commissioner of|date=March 31, 2010|website=www.priv.gc.ca|access-date=February 6, 2019|last1=Christofides|first1=E.|last2=Muise|first2=A.|last3=Desmarais|first3=S.}}</ref> In 2017, a former Facebook executive went on the record to discuss how social media platforms have contributed to the unraveling of the "fabric of society".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/11/facebook-former-executive-ripping-society-apart|title=Former Facebook executive: social media is ripping society apart|last=Wong|first=Julia Carrie|date=December 12, 2017|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=February 6, 2019|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page