Mark Zuckerberg apologises over Cambridge Analytica data scandal

Thursday 22 March 2018 : Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has apologised  for mistake his company made in how it handled data belonging to 50 million of its users and promised tougher steps to restrict developer's access to such information.

The Facebook CEO broke his five days silence on the scandal that has enveloped his company this week .

The world's largest social media network is facing growing government scrutiny in Europe and the United States about a whistleblower's allegations that London-based political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed user information to build profiles on American voters that were later used to help elect U.S. President Donald Trump in 2016.

Zuckerberg  said the social network  planned to conduct an investigation of thousands of apps that have used Facebook's platform .