Mark Zuckerberg: Fake news on News Feed didn’t help Trump win
- 8 years ago
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has denied the spread of fake news on the News Feed was one of the reasons for Donald Trump’s victory in the US Presidential elections.
“Personally, I think the idea that fake news on Facebook, of which it’s a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way is a pretty crazy idea,” Zuckerberg said.
Facebook has been under scathing criticism with some in the media saying the company didn’t do enough to suppress fake articles against the Clinton campaign and allowed fake, pro-Trump stories to keep getting shared, re-shared on the website.
“Personally, I think the idea that fake news on Facebook, of which it’s a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way is a pretty crazy idea,” Zuckerberg said.
Facebook has been under scathing criticism with some in the media saying the company didn’t do enough to suppress fake articles against the Clinton campaign and allowed fake, pro-Trump stories to keep getting shared, re-shared on the website.