Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Set to Break Silence Amid Data Breach Crisis

New indications suggest that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will soon publicly address the data-harvesting controversy surrounding the practices of Cambridge Analytica.

Facebook has been under massive scrutiny lately due to the news that Analytica gathered user data from millions of people to use in political campaigns, and is now going back on their promise to delete the data. The firm’s CEO, Alexander Nix, has been suspended in light of recent developments, though Zuckerberg is now facing heat for distancing himself from his company’s damage control efforts.

On Wednesday, Axios reported that Zuckerberg plans to speak out in the next 24 hours about about how Facebook makes commercial use out of the personal data from its users. Zuckerberg will reportedly focus on rebuilding trust and addressing the problem, though Facebook’s employees have been demoralized by the scandal as of late, and the company’s stock has taken a hit amid the news.

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