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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Aiming to officially become the online propaganda arm of the Trump Administration are you?
The only way that could be true is if you have no influence on the culture, and that’s bull.
I wonder if this subject was addressed
Now mind you two things apply here: there’s no data that suggests that these ads made a difference here. That’s for the pollsters to decide.
Leading to two: while such ads are covered by freedom of speech (up to a point), im quite aware that these ads and those stories had to influence someone.
After all Facebook is a site that played host to a dog fighting page.
What’s next, blaming violent internet games for influencing sociopathic mass shooters? Harrumph!