Zuckerberg Fires Back After Trump Calls Facebook 'Anti-Trump'
- 7 years ago
Mark Zuckerberg has shared his reaction after President Trump took aim at Facebook in a Wednesday tweet.
In response to a tweet by President Trump calling Facebook "anti-Trump," Mark Zuckerberg posted a response online.
"Trump says Facebook is against him. Liberals say we helped Trump," the Facebook CEO said on Wednesday."Both sides are upset about ideas and content they don't like. That's what running a platform for all ideas looks like."
Zuckerberg also pushed back on the belief held by many that Facebook played a significant role in misinformation surrounding the 2016 presidential campaign.
"The data we have has always shown that our broader impact -- from giving people a voice to enabling candidates to communicate directly to helping millions of people vote -- played a far bigger role in this election," he stated in his post.
"We will do our part to defend against nation states attempting to spread misinformation and subvert elections," Zuckerberg added. "We'll keep working to ensure the integrity of free and fair elections around the world, and to ensure our community is a platform for all ideas and force for good in democracy."
His response comes hours after Trump's tweet in which the president suggested that Facebook and U.S. media outlets may be conspiring against him.
“Facebook was always anti-Trump. The Networks were always anti-Trump hence, Fake News, @nytimes(apologized) & @WaPo were anti-Trump. Collusion?" Trump said.
The social media company had recently announced it would share Russia-linked ads with Congress in connection with the 2016 election interference investigation.
"Facebook said it will provide the contents of 3,000 ads bought by a Russian agency to congressional investigators and make political advertising on its platform more transparent," according to ABC News.
In response to a tweet by President Trump calling Facebook "anti-Trump," Mark Zuckerberg posted a response online.
"Trump says Facebook is against him. Liberals say we helped Trump," the Facebook CEO said on Wednesday."Both sides are upset about ideas and content they don't like. That's what running a platform for all ideas looks like."
Zuckerberg also pushed back on the belief held by many that Facebook played a significant role in misinformation surrounding the 2016 presidential campaign.
"The data we have has always shown that our broader impact -- from giving people a voice to enabling candidates to communicate directly to helping millions of people vote -- played a far bigger role in this election," he stated in his post.
"We will do our part to defend against nation states attempting to spread misinformation and subvert elections," Zuckerberg added. "We'll keep working to ensure the integrity of free and fair elections around the world, and to ensure our community is a platform for all ideas and force for good in democracy."
His response comes hours after Trump's tweet in which the president suggested that Facebook and U.S. media outlets may be conspiring against him.
“Facebook was always anti-Trump. The Networks were always anti-Trump hence, Fake News, @nytimes(apologized) & @WaPo were anti-Trump. Collusion?" Trump said.
The social media company had recently announced it would share Russia-linked ads with Congress in connection with the 2016 election interference investigation.
"Facebook said it will provide the contents of 3,000 ads bought by a Russian agency to congressional investigators and make political advertising on its platform more transparent," according to ABC News.