Facebook has been accused of violating its users' privacy many times. On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the platform said that it is not right to accuse Facebook of violating users' privacy, because there is no privacy on social media.
“There is no privacy breach because there is no privacy,” said Orin Snyder, a senior counsel for the platform. He made the statement during a pretrial hearingin his attempt to dismiss a lawsuit related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The platform admitted that third-party companies had access to user data. However, it stressed that it is unreasonable for people to believe that there is privacy protection on Facebook or any other social media platform
Meanwhile, this statement comes as Facebook tries to convince people that it is doing everything it can to protect user privacy. Last month, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said that both she and CEO Mark Zuckerberg are doing everything they can to strengthen user security on Facebook.
Many have said that Zuckerberg's control over Facebook should be limited. More and more people are starting to support this as the platform faces problems, especially issues related to security and privacy.
The Federal Trade Commission plans to impose fine on the most popular social networking platform for its failure to protect users' privacy.
Facebook found itself in a particularly difficult position after the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018, when the personal information of approximately 87 million users was compromised. Since then, the platform's data processing policies have been constantly questioned.
