Zuckerberg will appear in court in September in the case that Meta is accused of * * * enjoying user data. On the road of Meta's growth, all kinds of scandals and controversies never seem to stop. The lawsuit of "Cambridge Analysis Scandal" dragged on for a long time, and Zuckerberg was finally formally charged. Zuckerberg will appear in court in September and be accused of * * * enjoying user Meta.
Zuckerberg will appear in court in September. Meta is accused of * * * sharing user data 1 US local time. On Wednesday, the documents submitted to the court by social networking giant Meta show that Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of the company, will appear in court in September to testify that the company is accused of illegally * * * sharing user data with Cambridge Analytica.
Zuckerberg may have to testify for up to six hours in this lawsuit about Meta's improper handling of consumer data. The plaintiff in this case continued to ask Meta for more information.
Around 20 10, Cambridge Analytica collected the information of millions of Facebook users without users' consent, and it also assisted former President Donald Trump in his election campaign. In addition, Cambridge Analytica was accused of intervening in the referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the EU in 20 16.
The latest submission shows that Meta has agreed that Zuckerberg will provide testimony to the plaintiff. Two other Meta executives will also appear in court, including Chief Operating Officer sheryl sandberg and Chief Growth Officer and Vice President Javier Olivain. Oliver will succeed Sandberg as Chief Operating Officer when she leaves office later this year.
In addition, other executives of Meta may also need to appear in court, such as Facebook privacy officer Rob Sherman, former product management director Eddie O'neil and platform partnership executive Konstantinos Papamiltiadis.
The plaintiff's lawyer said in court documents, "With the assistance of the mediator, both parties agreed that the plaintiff could collect 6 hours, 5 hours and 3 hours of evidence from Meta executives including Zuckerberg, Sandberg and Oliver respectively." The plaintiff also intends to testify under oath for "some key witnesses" for "more than 7 hours".
Court documents show: "At present, Zuckerberg's testimony is scheduled for September 20, a few days later than the September 16 deadline. Both parties will apply to the court for these late affidavits. "
In civil cases, witnesses should take an oath when testifying, and court reporters record any testimony that witnesses say. Usually, testimony is conducted under the supervision of the lawyer of the party seeking testimony. Because the testimony is given under oath, the witness will be punished for perjury.
Robert French, a partner of Mukasey french, a law firm in new york, said that it is not common to use time limits to testify in civil cases, but lawyers representing plaintiffs would be glad to have the opportunity to have the CEO and former COO testify.
He said: "The plaintiff cherishes the opportunity to cross-examine company executives, who can freely ask questions on a wide range of topics. But for the company defendant, this practice does more harm than good. "
This lawsuit involves the data sharing policy between Facebook and application developers. It is a pre-trial merger case, which brings together several civil lawsuits from different defendants.
When describing these cases, the multi-regional litigation judicial team said that they were all caused by accusing Cambridge Analytica and other defendants of using Facebook platform to obtain user data. Facebook should strengthen the control of data used by third-party applications to prevent such behavior.
This court document shows that Meta will provide more information about its application audit to evaluate other potential problems of the data. This kind of audit is called ADI. The plaintiff said in the statement, "The plaintiff now understands that Facebook will provide more than 65,438+0,200 previously confidential ADI documents."
However, the statement on behalf of Facebook condemned the plaintiffs in the document, saying that they "continue to distort and abuse the discovery process" and accused them of "continuing and continuing to overstep their authority". Facebook's legal counsel also believes that the company complied with the order and repeatedly hinted that the plaintiff's statement that "the company did not cooperate" was wrong.
In the data abuse scandal of Cambridge Analytica, the consulting company accessed the data of as many as 87 million Facebook users, which led the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to impose a fine of $5 billion on the social media company. However, critics urge that more legal responsibilities should be investigated, because fines mean little to this big company. Meta reports that the annual revenue of 202 1 is $28.3 billion.
Facebook also received many lawsuits related to this case, including four lawsuits in just one week on 20 18. For the first time, the lawsuit involved a large number of testimonies from Facebook executives. The plaintiff demanded damages of up to $5 million.
Zuckerberg will appear in court in September. Meta is accused of sharing user data. It is reported that mark zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and Cheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, will testify in court, accusing Facebook and Cambridge Analytica of illegally sharing user data.
On the road of Meta's growth, all kinds of scandals and controversies never seem to stop. In recent years, the most discussed event is that Zuckerberg, CEO of the company, and Facebook, a subsidiary of Meta, were sued for violating user data security.
The lawsuit of "Cambridge Analysis Scandal" dragged on for a long time, and Zuckerberg was finally formally charged. In fact, as early as 202 1 10, it was reported that Carl Racine, the attorney general of Washington, D.C., planned to add Zuckerberg to the list of defendants in this lawsuit. Looking back at the lawsuit, I have to mention Cambridge Analytica, a British data analysis company suspected of information leakage.
It is understood that in March of 20 18, Facebook admitted that Cambridge Analytica illegally obtained the information of 50 million Facebook users before the US presidential election of 20 16, and successfully helped Trump win the US presidential election. Later, a Facebook survey found that as many as 87 million users' information was improperly shared by Cambridge Analytica.
"In the' Cambridge Analysis Scandal' lawsuit, Facebook may be' implicated' to a large extent." Ge Jia, an Internet analyst, said in an interview with 2 1 Century Business Herald that opening website users and relationship data to third-party software developers is the profit model of Meta's Facebook, which means that the significance of Facebook's opening data to Cambridge Analytica is far more than that.
It is understood that as early as 2007, Facebook began to open website users and relationship data to third-party software developers, allowing third parties to develop applications running on Facebook websites, thus mobilizing enterprises and software developers to participate in Facebook construction. Through this model, Facebook has entered the track of rapid growth, but it has also laid a curse for a series of subsequent privacy issues.
Allegations related to the "Cambridge Analytical Scandal" lawsuit have come and gone.
Shortly after being involved in the lawsuit, Facebook was fined 500,000 pounds by the Office of the Information Commissioner on 20 18 for failing to effectively protect the personal information of British users and violating the Data Protection Act (DPA) of Cambridge. It is reported that this is the highest fine that can be achieved within the scope of application of relevant laws at that time. In 20 19, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked Facebook to pay a settlement of $5 billion to end the investigation into Facebook's handling of user data.
In March this year, the EU claimed that Meta failed to prevent a series of data leaks on the Facbook platform in 20 18 years, which violated the EU privacy rules and was fined170,000 euros (about190,000 US dollars).
It is foreseeable that if Zuckerberg is successfully prosecuted, he may face greater economic losses. Earlier, Racine's office also said that if Zuckerberg and Facebook were found to be illegal, they might be required to pay civil fines, legal fees or compensate the victims.
Ge Jia told reporters that at present, this lawsuit will not have a fundamental impact on Meta, but the lack of Meta management is highlighted behind the lawsuit. "Zuckerberg's laissez-faire platform issues, such as privacy issues, will bring more trouble to the platform."
In fact, Meta is not without trying to rectify. For example, in June last year, 5438+065438+ 10, Facebook announced that it would stop using the facial recognition function on its platform and delete the facial scanning data of more than/kloc-0.00 billion people. "Facial recognition is just one of the innovative applications on the Facebook platform. Canceling this function cannot fundamentally solve the privacy problem." Ge Jia told reporters.
Qian Wen also holds a similar view. She said that at present, most companies with big data have certain potential hidden dangers in data privacy, algorithm transparency and algorithm discrimination. "In the short term, it is difficult for these enterprises to come up with effective methods to ensure that they will not encounter digital security problems without affecting their business models and interests." She added.
Zuckerberg will appear in court in September. Meta is accused of sharing user data. It is reported that mark zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and Cheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, will testify in court, accusing Facebook and Cambridge Analytica of illegally sharing user data.
20 16 After a research company related to Trump's presidential campaign in Britain was revealed to have obtained the data of 87 million users of this social media network, users filed a lawsuit.
Since the lawsuit was filed on 20 18, in the fierce struggle around the right to enjoy pre-trial information, consumers' defense lawyers have gained the advantage of viewing the company's internal records to support their claim that the company failed to protect their personal data. If Facebook's parent company loses this lawsuit, it may face hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.
According to a federal court document in San Francisco, Zuckerberg has agreed to testify in court for up to six hours, while Sandberg will be questioned for up to five hours. Javier Olivan, who has led the development of the company for many years, will face three hours of testimony questioning. Sandberg will succeed her as chief operating officer after she officially leaves this fall.
In 20 18, an application developer began to collect the personal information of 300,000 users, and later collected the personal information of their friends. After the news that Trump's campaign benefited was disclosed, Facebook faced a storm of public opinion. What users don't know is that the developers shared these data with Cambridge Analytica, which used these data in 20 16 to model through "psychology" and targeted at specific attractive voters.
Then netizens filed a lawsuit, which represents all Americans who use social media.
Facebook argued that the company disclosed its practices in the user agreement. The company also said that anyone sharing personal information on social networks should not expect to protect their privacy.
Meta did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.