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Jack Ma urges Zuckerberg to 'fix' Facebook and to 'take it seriously'

Zuckerberg is scheduled to appear before the U.S. Congress this week and plans to say Facebook's problems are his mistake

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Controlled by billionaire Jack Ma, the firm will announce more partnerships this year, with a focus on Asia and is also ‘actively assessing' other markets. Photo: Reuters

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Jack Ma, the billionaire co-founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, urged Mark Zuckerberg to tackle the growing criticism aimed at Facebook Inc. by regulators and users around the world, and “really take it seriously.”

China’s richest man and chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. on Monday weighed in on the controversy, calling on his fellow internet pioneer to “fix” a social network that had grown explosively over the past decade and a half. Asked at the Boao Forum about the Facebook furor, the billionaire started dismissing questions but then couldn’t help opining on the crisis facing the U.S. company.

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