On Facebook's 15th anniversary, Mark Zuckerberg hits back at people who criticise his website
India TodayFacebook is celebrating its 15th anniversary today. So, on its 15th anniversary the Facebook chairman, Mark Zuckerberg, took to the platform he built to share its thoughts on the social media company's spectacular success. "As networks of people replace traditional hierarchies and reshape many institutions in our society -- from government to business to media to communities and more -- there is a tendency of some people to lament this change, to overly emphasize the negative, and in some cases to go so far as saying the shift to empowering people in the ways the internet and these networks do is mostly harmful to society and democracy," Zuckerberg wrote hitting back at the critics who over the years, especially in the recent past, have censured the platform for its data practices. The company today has over 2.7 billion active users - a number that is characteristic of its rising popularity among people across the globe despite having a scandalous year in the past. "For the last couple of years, most of the discussion has been about new social and ethical issues that these networks raise -- whether that's governing content to balance free expression and safety, the principles for protecting privacy in a world where people share so much information, how to improve health and well-being when we're always connected, and ensuring the integrity of our elections and democratic process.