Five days after a data scandal first upended Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to give a rare interview with CNN.
Zuckerberg will sit down with CNN’s Laurie Segall for an interview that will air on “Anderson Cooper 360” at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
The interview comes amid an uproar over news reports that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to President Donald Trump’s campaign, accessed information from about 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.
Facebook says the data was initially collected by a professor for academic purposes in line with its rules. The information was later transferred to third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, in violation of Facebook’s policies, Facebook has said.
Despite his high-profile position running one of the world’s largest companies, Zuckerberg typically prefers to speak through Facebook posts and events rather than interviews.
Zuckerberg’s public silence until Wednesday led to frustration among some inside the company. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have also called for Zuckerberg to testify before their legislative bodies.
