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Facebook's year has been so bad you probably forgot about most of this

While questions about Facebook's handling of user data had been a topic of conversation among privacy advocates for years, the company endured what seemed like a different scandal each week.

And for all of them, Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder, chief executive and public face of the company, was pushed for answers. Zuckerberg, who is also chairman of the company's board of directors, exercises near-total control of the company that has made him one of the richest people in the world.

Left unsaid is that Zuckerberg now faces significant calls to relinquish some power at Facebook calls he has resisted.

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