Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg's public letter detailing the social media platform's plans for greater privacy has been criticised as a public relations exercise by investor Roger McNamee. The letter, which was posted on Facebook's website and copied to all of its employees, said that it would be "prudent" not to share information about users with advertisers or other third parties. McNamee said Facebook’s move toward end-to-end encryption on its messaging applications was a positive step but Zuckerberg not privacy-minded, rather one it would have taken anyway “for business reasons” and addressing possible antitrust issues. He also questioned whether privacy protections for all Facebook content was feasible.
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg's public letter detailing the social media platform's plans for greater privacy has been criticised as a public relations exercise by investor Roger McNamee. The letter, which was posted on Facebook's website and copied to all of its employees, said that it would be "prudent" not to share information about users with advertisers or other third parties. McNamee said Facebook’s move toward end-to-end encryption on its messaging applications was a positive step but not privacy-minded, rather one it would have taken anyway “for business reasons” and addressing possible antitrust issues. He also questioned whether privacy protections for all Facebook content was feasible.