Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg did not attend an internal company meeting Tuesday regarding the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal.
The Daily Beast reported Facebook employees were given the opportunity to ask company leadership questions about the scandal Tuesday, but Zuckerberg was absent from the meeting, which was led by Facebook attorney Paul Grewal.
“It isn’t unusual to have these kinds of company discussions about all sorts of timely topics – we do so at least once a week, sometimes twice a week,” Facebook told the Verge.
However, this meeting is reportedly the first time employees had the open opportunity to question top Facebook officials in person about the Cambridge Analytica story.
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer was also absent from the meeting, the Daily Beast reports.
“Mark, Sheryl and their teams are working around the clock to get all the facts and take the appropriate action moving forward, because they understand the seriousness of this issue. The entire company is outraged we were deceived. We are committed to vigorously enforcing our policies to protect people’s information and will take whatever steps are required to see that this happens,” a Facebook spokesperson told The Daily Beast.
The Verge reported that Zuckerberg is expected to speak during an all-hands meeting Friday.
