Mark Zuckerberg says that there are parts of how Facebook works even he didn’t fully understand (FB)

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May 1, 2018 7:47 PM

Mark Zuckerberg said that his hearing before Congress made him realize that he doesn't understand all of the inner workings at his own company. Now, the Facebook founder is taking measures to educate both himself and Facebook's users on how their data is used.

Mark Zuckerberg told Wired's Steven Levy that his Congressional testimony made him realize that he didn't fully understand all of the inner workings of Facebook.
He says he called a big meeting on his return from Washington, where he asked executives to answer his outstanding questions.
The Facebook founder also addressed this in a Facebook post, and said that he plans on making Facebook's privacy controls more transparent for users.

When Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress in April, there were more than 35 questions about Facebook's business and policies which he was unable to answer on the spot.

Now, he tells Wired's Steven Levy that it was at least partially because he, himself, didn't know the answers to. And for the cofounder and CEO of the world's leading social network, that was unacceptable, he told Wired's Steven Levy in a new interview.

It was a point that was echoed again by Zuckerberg on Tuesday. In preparation for Facebook's annual developer conference, Facebook F8, Zuckerberg posted his reflections on the congressional hearing to his Facebook page: