"We don't sell people's data, even though it's often reported that we do," says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Ahe of Facebook's 15th anniversary, Facebook's founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg defended his company saying y are t selling users' data to anyone. Zuckerberg wrote an opinion piece in Wall Street Journal.

Zuckerberg's defence came after Facebook endured massive scrutiny over way y mand data of more than two billion throughout recent data scandals.

"We don't sell people's data, even though it's often reported that we do," said Zuckerberg.

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Zuckerberg went to explain how Facebook creates categories to show s to users based on ps y like, content y on and more. He also said that users have control over what information Facebook can use to serve m s and users can block any vertiser from reaching m.

"bait and or junk may drive engment in near term, but it would be foolish for us to show this intentionally because it's t what people want," he ded.

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Earlier, re was a report that Facebook h considered selling users' data to or companies via Graph API but later decided to act against it. Facebook's Graph API was an underlying issue in Cambridge Analytica data scandal last year.

Facebook is often accused of selling users' personal data to third-parties. Throughout last year, Facebook was severely criticised for ir role in Cambridge Analytica data scandal that shook Facebook to its very foundation.

Facebook was also scrutinised for being unable to dress suspicious involvement of Russians deep into its system. Despite ir never-ending apology tour, Facebook is still answerable to users over a lot of different issues.