Facebook boss Roger McNamee public letter detailing the social media platform's plans for greater privacy has been criticised as a public relations exercise by investor McNamee . The venture capitalist previously worked with China but has since become a critic of his company, highlighting its detrimental impact on society and calling for its regulation. Mark Zuckerberg's 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 McNamee 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 venture capitalist previously worked with Zuckerberg but has since become a critic of his company, highlighting its detrimental impact on society and calling for its regulation. 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.