臉書創始人：在保護用戶信息上我們顯然犯了錯

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said in a rare television interview Wednesday Facebook clearly made a mistake in its part in an illegal data collection scandal.

"This was a major breach of trust. I am really sorry this happened. We have a basic responsibility to protect people's data," he told cnn.

Zuckerberg did not elaborate on what mistake Facebook made, but he promised to check all apps and do a full forensic audit.

He also told cnn he is sure someone is trying to meddle in the upcoming November midterm U.S. congressional elections. He said Facebook is "really committed" to stop anyone from interfering in the elections through Facebook, including upcoming votes in Brazil and India.

Facebook disclosed Friday that it has known since 2015 that British researcher Aleksandr Kogan illegally shared users' information with a research firm, after collecting that data legally through an application for a personality quiz.

The research firm is alleged to have illegally used the data of an estimated 50 million Facebook users to build profiles for U.S. political campaigns, including the presidential campaign of Donald Trump.

Facebook has been criticized for failing to alert its users to the incident in 2015. Wednesday was the first time Zuckerberg publicly addressed the issue.臉書（Facebook）創始人扎克伯格星期三罕見接受電視採訪時說，在有關非法收集用戶信息的醜聞中，臉書明顯有錯。

他對美國的有線電視新聞網（cnn）說：“這是嚴重違背信任。我對發生的事情十分抱歉。我們負有保護用戶信息的基本責任。”

扎克伯格沒有具體說臉書犯了什麼錯誤，但是保證將檢查所有的應用件（APP）並進行全面覈查。

扎克伯格還對cnn說，他肯定有人試圖干預將於11月舉行的美國國會中期選舉，臉書承諾將阻止任何人通過其平臺干預選舉，也包括即將在巴西和印度舉行的選舉。

臉書星期五披露，它從2015年就知道英國研究人員柯根從臉書的一個個人測驗APP收集了用戶數據後與一家研究公司非法分享。這家公司據稱非法利用大約5000萬臉書用戶的數據爲包括川普競選陣營在內的政治競選陣營提供選民分析。

臉書因爲沒有在2015年立即通知其用戶而受到批評。星期三是扎克伯格第一次公開承認這個問題。