Zuckerberg’s apologies have been a staple of Facebook scandals. Now, the company offers defiance.

October 06, 2021

© Erin Scott/Reuters Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, Oct. 23, 2019. “When our work is being mischaracterized, we’re not going to apologize; we’re going to defend our record,” said Facebook spokesman Tucker Bounds. Others said that the company was only responding in kind to stepped-up attacks from all sides, including leakers making incomplete assertions. One person noted that the company’s public response to allegations about Instagram, that many teenagers have a positive response to Instagram, did not address research that it can be harmful to others. Zhang, the other Facebook whistleblower, said that the company tried to discredit her after she came forward.