San Francisco — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he agrees "in spirit" with a strict new European Union law on data privacy, but stops short of committing to it as the standard for the social network across the world. As Facebook reels from a scandal over the mishandling of personal information belonging to millions of users, the company is facing demands to improve privacy and learn lessons from the landmark EU law scheduled to take effect next month. Zuckerberg told Reuters in a phone interview on Tuesday that Facebook was working on a version of the law that would work globally, bringing some European privacy guarantees worldwide. However, the 33-year-old billionaire demurred when asked what parts of the law he would not extend worldwide. "We’re still nailing down details on this, but it should directionally be, in spirit, the whole thing," Zuckerberg said. He did not elaborate. His comments signal that US Facebook users, many of them still angry over the company’s admission tha...
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