Sheryl Sandberg—Apologized for Cambridge Analytica scandal, admitted Facebook 'should have checked' years earlier
In April 2018 interview, Sandberg took personal responsibility for Facebook's failure to verify that Cambridge Analytica had deleted 87 million users' data when first notified in 2016. Acknowledged Facebook made mistakes and should have acted two and a half years earlier.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Governance | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| User Privacy | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.332 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.59)× agency (reactive ×0.75)
Evidence (1 signal)
Apologized for Cambridge Analytica scandal, admitted Facebook 'should have checked' years earlier
In April 2018 interview, Sandberg took personal responsibility for Facebook's failure to verify that Cambridge Analytica had deleted 87 million users' data when first notified in 2016. Acknowledged Facebook made mistakes and should have acted two and a half years earlier.