Reviewer Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Adds Dependency And Is Terrible For The United States

Roger McName, former consultant Mark Zuckerberg, said that Facebook is a social network "terrible for the United States" because it does not support the data of its users and does not play with their minds.

"We've all been using technology for very good reasons in the last 50 or 60 years, because every new technology has improved our lives … The problem is that Facebook and Google have benefited."he said for the program CBS this morning.

He argued that "in the future, technology advances will make things worse for users.

He pointed out that Facebook's success is due to the fact that it was an innovative platform to This only benefited the advertisers.

"There has never been anything like this for advertisers. They basically have everyone there, and they give you the ability to point very precisely. The same things that allowed the Russians to interfere in the Brexit referendum in the UK and in our elections also allow advertisers to reach exactly the people they want to reach. When I want to sell my book, I advertise on Facebook and Instagram as they are the perfect place to reach people (…) Everyone is present and we are vulnerable when we are on these platforms, "he said.

"They have created products that essentially take advantage of the elements the weakest of our psychology to create the first habits and then the dependencies"he added.

He stated that the most used search engine in the world and Facebook They have done nothing to protect the data of their users.

"You've seen a big list of bad things happen on Facebook and Google, mainly because they allowed users to find all the problems … they do not do any preparation," he said.

On McName's statements, Facebook issued a statement to CBS News with which rejects the words of one of the first investors in the social network created by Mark Zuckerberg.

"In the last two years, we have fundamentally changed the way we operate to better protect the safety of people who use Facebook, "he said.

He added that McName did not know the new functioning of the network because it had not been badociated with it for a long time.

"The reality is that Roger McNamee has not been involved with Facebook for a decadehe condemned.