Mark Zuckerberg: Idea That Facebook Influenced Election Is ‘Crazy’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asks a question during the CEO Summit of the Americas panel discussion in Panama City, Panama, Friday, April 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the idea that Facebook influenced the outcome of the U.S. election is a “crazy idea.”

During an interview Thursday with “The Facebook Effect” author David Kirkpatrick, Zuckerberg responded to criticisms that Facebook helped spread misinformation by allowing for the sharing and re-sharing of fake news stories.

Zuckerberg says the idea that people voted the way they did because they saw a fake news story shows “profound lack of empathy” for people who voted for Donald Trump.

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