>>>
it the defacing of
facebook
. the man behind the
social network
has opened up to the magazine about his notorious
private life
and his $23 billion business. and he's a young man.
zuckerberg
and his company have recently come under attack for its privacy policies. critiques allege the site is not doing enough to protect
personal information
of its users. they posted into the
zuckerberg
universe, but may not realize that is the domain of
facebook
. next month, a new film will be released and it chronicles the beginnings of
facebook
and paints an unflattering image of
mark zuckerberg
. what is the real -- or who is the real
mark zuckerberg
? will the real
mark zuckerberg
please stand up. jose wrote this exclusive profile. congratulations on the piece.
>>
thank you.
>>
one thing that struck me, there's obviously the scandal about the information that's noble on
facebook
and then obviously the privacy of
mark zuckerberg
. is he as private as he is because he's the only one who really knows how much can be own about
everybody else
? and he's protecting himself.
>>
that's actually one of the things that surprised me. he has like 879 friends on
facebook
and he's actually pretty open about what he shares like with people. like the weekend that his long time girlfriend actually moved in, he wrote that on his status update.
>>
so he shares more than -- doesn't allow a lot of people to have access --
>>
the way i use
facebook
, i'm pretty like, pretty careful about what i share. i think he's kind of the same way. all of us through this process have learned in our own way rk to kind of manage privacy.
>>
unlike you or me or anybody else,
zuckerberg
, who is the propie of
facebook
, are we learning the standards of any company decides they want to create?
>>
you know, this is really a bigger question that's beyond
facebook
. and this is where i think the generational, which is not to say that older people don't get it, but this idea that now every private citizen has a public identity. that's a big thing.
>>
your self-expression has become instead of watching television, they logon.
>>
facebook
is television. people on their blackberries.
>>
forget that. at this point, had
zuckerberg
, not by any intent, stumbled into a very dangerous area. not as an evil
bad guy
, but he created a pathway for people to express themselves and now, he has that information and what he does with it is incredibly powerful and dangerous and all the rest of it, potentially.
>>
potentially, yes. but i think the point is that he has become the
de facto
leader.
facebook
and
zuckerberg
have kind of become the
de facto
leader of privacy. google, right. think about
google and privacy
.
>>
i know.
>>
but, but, because
zuckerberg
, i mean, you know google has -- it's just
mark zuckerberg
, a 26-year-old guy leading this thing. this is why getting to know him, trying to understand where he comes from is very important.
>>
the bigger question for me, is it appropriate that in any society, that a 26-year-old young man be given the responsibility for determining the fate of information and
privacy policy
for the world and at the same time, be treated like a celebrity understandably from a success and be given billions of dollars. is there any 26-year-old, let alone 50 or 80-year-old, who really is qualified to bare the burden of that responsibility or that privilege?
>>
this is the world. the next
mark zuckerberg
is sitting in a starbucks.
>>
have we entered a new universe where people are creating a -- an access chain to information that certain individuals, sergei and larry at google or mark at
facebook
or any place else, can be massively exploited by those individuals, whether they have intent to do it or not. do we need to address that in some way?
>>
this is a very big, very big conversation. when it comes to parenting, learning, politics.
>>
what's your sense of marks point of view relative to that issue?
>>
i mean rk i think he's evolving with us. with it. the difference is that he's in control of it. at the
end of the day
, he's the face of
facebook
. i think in many ways as we move forward with it, every move he makes, in the article, he calls privacy the third rail issue online. compared to
barack obama
on
health care
. i think he realizes the gravity of this, but at the same time, he has made a very
big bet
. he has made a bet that i'm going to sign on to this thing and i'm going to put my information in and connect with people.
>>
but is there the disclosure to you, this is a bigger conversation. if you're inviting people to self-express, whether on google or
facebook
. at the very least, do the executives have an obligation to do a better job of informing those expressing everything that will be done with everything they do on those websites.
>>
this is a two-way street.
facebook
and
zuckerberg
, they need to do a better job of explaining to us what they're doing and being as transparent as possible.
>>
and how vulnerable you're making yourself. your information.
>>
but on the other hand, we as users, think about it. it's only been a decade since google,
facebook
and twit r. we need to be much more responsible in the way we handle it.
>>
what about a
facebook
license?
>>
a passport.
>>
only allowed to start giving your information away, you have to get a license that shows you've been trained as to know what to give away.
>>
like driving. you can't be facebooking around, ignorant.
>>
i think we have solved one of the world's major problems. congratulations on the piece. the face of
facebook
in "the new yorker." congratulations again.
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