Facebook’s unofficial approach to violating the privacy of its users has always been “ask for forgiveness, not permission.” This week’s testimony by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg before a joint Judiciary and Commerce Committee in the Senate on Tuesday and the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday was no exception. During his two days on the Hill, Zuckerberg delivered canned apologies but largely avoided offering detailed explanations for how Facebook planned to change its business model (hint: it doesn’t), even while he answered questions about the Cambridge Analytica data leak, Russian election meddling . . . and chocolate.
“I’m communicating with my friends on Facebook and indicate that I love a certain kind of chocolate,” said Sen. Bill Nelson. “And all of a sudden, I start receiving advertisements for chocolate. What if I don’t want to receive those commercial advertisements?”
