Mark Zuckerberg doesn't believe that Facebook,Watch Cheating Husband Movies Online the largest social network on planet Earth and a major news platform, could have influenced the outcome of the presidential election.
"Personally I think the idea that fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way, I think is a pretty crazy idea," the Facebook CEO reportedly said Thursday night at the Techonomy conference in Half Moon Bay, California. "Voters make decisions based on their lived experience."
Wowza.
Facebook has come under fire this year for allowing the proliferation of misleading information in its News Feed, where a tremendous number of people receive information every day -- 1.18 billion people, according to the social network's own numbers.
Others at the organization are taking the company's responsibility to its users seriously. Earlier Thursday, a Facebook vice president stated that the company will work to combat hoaxes.
"We value authentic communication, and hear consistently from those who use Facebook that they prefer not to see misinformation," Adam Mosseri, Facebook VP of product management, said.
The company has made similar statements at least four other times in the past two years.
But Zuckerberg, who's been dismissive about his company's role in the media business in the past, apparently doesn't believe that his vast userbase actually cares about the content they consume on Facebook. While it's obviously impossible to define how exposure to certain articles, video or photographs impacts an individual's life, it's downright cynical to suggest it all has zero effect. If that was true, none of us would care about opening that blue app every single day.
Besides, recent findings from the Pew Research Center actually indicate that 20 percent of Americans have changed their views on an issue because of something they've seen on social media. And while Zuckerberg said fake news is "a very small amount of the content" shared on Facebook, Mashable found Wednesday that just one bogus article about Hillary Clinton was potentially distributed to over 2 million people.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Plenty more bogus news stories -- often supporting right-wing viewpoints -- were distributed on Facebook this year, and one might imagine they had an effect on some people given that such is the very essence of reading information.
Back to the work of figuring this problem out, Facebook.
Topics Facebook Elections
How to save an iPhone live photo as a videoJennifer Lawrence to Oprah: Harvey Weinstein could be 'a brute'Payment apps collect and share your data. Here's how to lock them down.Lil Bub's Instagram was hacked by a teenage trollFacebook's 'Year In Review' just summed up how bad 2017 really wasChristmas carol vibratorThe newest electric Jaguar IElon Musk says Tesla will resume Bitcoin purchases when Bitcoin gets greenerNew York Senate passes 'right to repair' billChristmas carol vibratorAfter Sandy Hook gun purchases spiked, so did accidental gun deathsFeast your eyes on Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar systemYouTube says it will no longer let Trump (or any politician) take over its homepageHow to check the battery charge on your AirPodsHow to save an iPhone live photo as a videoThe Trumps bungle Pearl Harbor Day on TwitterNASA's new solar eclipse photos ruleTrisha Paytas steps down from 'Frenemies' podcast after tense dispute on the showBro trolls city council with hilarious speech defending house parties'Cruella's Baroness is the best Disney villain in years A look into a failed influencer deal to promote a cryptocurrency I was struck by the Pixel camera curse 'Silicon Valley' actor T.J. Miller accused of sexual assault How to record the screen on your iPod, iPhone, or iPad Bill Gates's Reddit Secret Santa gifts are truly next How to reset your Apple Watch Elon Musk might be the only person who still loves Twitter What it's like to use Whoop, the favorite wearable of pro athletes Watch monster fire storms blow up into the atmosphere after record heat Audacity refutes 'spyware' accusations after privacy policy update The 15 best tweets of the week, including gabagool, a possum, and David Byrne Loki and Bart Simpson will join forces in a new Disney+ short People are putting anti Democrat Shelly Simonds wins Virginia race by a single vote Trump has joined Disney's Hall of Presidents, and it's unsettling AF TikTok deleted over 7 million accounts supposedly belonging to minors Everything you need to know before seeing 'Black Widow' Madame Tussauds trolls Disney over its horrific Trump robot 'The Forever Purge' sets up a killer idea for possible 'Purge 6' Surprise: iPhone 13 will (probably) be called iPhone 13
2.4357s , 10130.7578125 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Watch Cheating Husband Movies Online】,Miracle Information Network
