Jim Carrey slams Mark Zuckerberg in a new portrait: 'Who are you sharing your life with? #regulatefacebook'

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• The actor Jim Carrey slammed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a new portrait on Wednesday.
• The portrait follows a recent torrent of backlash against Facebook, after reports found that the data firm Cambridge Analytica illicitly obtained the private information of 50 million Facebook users.
• Carrey first parodied Zuckerberg in February, when the actor announced that he was dumping his Facebook stock and deleting his Facebook page because, he said, the social network "profited" from Russian interference in US elections.

The actor Jim Carrey's latest in a series of controversial portraits finds him once again taking aim at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

In February, Carrey tweeted a portrait of Zuckerberg with an announcement that he was dumping his Facebook stock and deleting his Facebook page because, he said, the social network "profited" from Russian interference in US elections.

Carrey's latest post follows Facebook and its executives facing a torrent of backlash over the weekend, after reports found that the data firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked on the Trump campaign in 2016, improperly harvested private information from 50 million Facebook users.

On Wednesday, Carrey tweeted, "Who are you sharing your life with? #regulatefacebook," alongside a black-and-white portrait of Zuckerberg beside a dislike button and the following quote: "'They trust me, dumb f---ks' - Mark Zuckerberg 2004."

After tweeting a similar portrait of Zuckerberg in February, Carrey sent the following statement to Business Insider, elaborating on his position:

"For a long time America enjoyed a geographical advantage in the world with oceans on both sides to protect it. Now, social media has created cyber-bridges over which those who do not have our best interest in mind can cross and we are allowing it. No wall is going to protect us from that. We must encourage more oversight by the owners of these social media platforms. This easy access has to be more responsibly handled. What we need now are activist investors to send a message that responsible oversight is needed. What the world needs now is capitalism with a conscience."

Zuckerberg, who has remained silent since the reports of the data mishandling were published over the weekend, is planning to break his silence on the Cambridge Analytica scandal within the next 24 hours.