Mark Zuckerberg Under Oath: Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Nightmare

In April 2018, the most powerful social network in the world faced a moment it had long avoided. Mark Zuckerberg, usually seen in hoodies and product launches, sat in a suit before lawmakers, raising his right hand and swearing an oath. The room was formal, restrained—but the tension underneath was unmistakable. Something built to connect billions had quietly lost control of its own data. The Cambridge Analytica scandal did not erupt overnight. It surfaced like a fault line finally exposed, revealing how deeply Facebook’s growth model had intertwined with political influence, data extraction, and regulatory blind spots. How data slipped out without anyone noticing At the center of the controversy was a third-party app created under Facebook’s early developer policies.…