CNN to interview Mark Zuckerberg in aftermath of Facebook's data debacle

Mark sugarberg, CEO of Facebook 

Five days after a data scandal first upended Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to give a rare interview with CNN.

Zuckerberg will sit down with CNN's Laurie Segall for an interview that will air on "Anderson Cooper 360" at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday.

The interview comes amid an uproar over news reports that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, accessed informationfrom about 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.

Zuckerberg broke his silence earlier on Wednesday with a Facebook post calling the incident a "breach of trust" between the social network and its users.

"We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you," Zuckerberg wrote in the post.

Facebook says the data was initially collected by a professor for academic purposes in line with its rules. The information was later transferred to third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, in violation of Facebook's policies, Facebook has said.

Despite his high-profile position running one of the world's largest companies, Zuckerberg typically prefers to speak through Facebook posts and events rather than interviews.

Zuckerberg's public silence until Wednesday led to frustration among some inside the company. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have also called for Zuckerberg to testify before their legislative bodies.