Multimillionaire Fight: Facebook's Zuckerberg And Apple's Tim Cook Battle Over Data Privacy

[link to dailycaller.com]


Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded sharply to Apple CEO Tim Cook’s recent statements that his company doesn’t care about privacy of its users.

Speaking to Recode’s Kara Swisher who asked what he would do if he were in Zuckerberg’s shoes last week, Cook responded: “I wouldn’t be in this situation.”

Cook also said that Zuckerberg, through the actions or inaction of Facebook as a whole, has essentially invited government oversight into the social media industry, and how, despite usual reservations around federal oversight, it may be necessary now.

“I think the best regulation is no regulation, is self-regulation,” Cook asserted, according to Recode. “However, I think we’re beyond that here.”

He also added that privacy “is a human right” and a “civil liberty,” but implied that since Facebook is a free service, it turns its users into products. In other words, because Apple makes money off of devices and other services, it doesn’t get involved in breaching customers’ privacy expectations, Cook argues.