Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg pledged a far-reaching investigation into outsiders’ handling of the company’s user data, in his first public comments on a controversy that has shaken the social-media company and prompted renewed calls for governments to better regulate privacy.
Mr. Zuckerberg, in a post on Facebook Wednesday, said the company has already taking many steps to address user privacy in recent years, but he said “we also made mistakes, there’s more to do, and we need to step up and do it.”
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