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8 times Facebook had to apologise over controversies

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These aren’t really the best of the times for Facebook and there really seems to be no respite for the social networking giant. Its shares are tumbling on Wall Street, it’s facing backlash from several quarters for its policies and practices. Because let’s face it, Facebook has become an integral part of our lives – from pop culture to political influences. There was a time when the social network
These aren’t really the best of the times for Facebook and there really seems to be no respite for the social networking giant. Its shares are tumbling on Wall Street, it’s facing backlash from several quarters for its policies and practices. Because let’s face it, Facebook has become an integral part of our lives – from pop culture to political influences. There was a time when the social network couldn’t seem to do any wrong. Mark Zuckerberg was Midas – the man with the golden touch. Yet, somehow the company and its billionaire CEO find themselves in a turmoil.
Almost every week, there’s an incident or controversy which shows the social media giant in negative light. While some have been direct consequences of Facebook’s own actions and there are others where the – deliberate or indeliberate — naivete’ and ignorance of the company has been exposed by others. As a result, we often come across headlines that scream how Facebook was wrong and it had no other choice but to apologise. These include apologizing for rather trivial issues to Zuckerberg’s “heartfelt” post about making mistakes. We list out eight occasions when Facebook had to admit that it was guilty and did something ‘wrong’.

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