Facebook chairman and CEO of the company Mark Zuckerberg responded to accusations from President Donald Trump that the social network has always been "anti-Trump," defending the company he founded while acknowledging that he shouldn't have shaken off concerns about Facebook influence. Trump said on Twitter yesterday (Wednesday) that Facebook and news media - including The Washington Post - had always been opposed to him. Zuckerberg said that the fact that Facebook fields criticism from Trump as well as liberals shows it's an "a platform for all ideas."
Now, Zuckerberg said, he wishes he'd responded differently. "After the election, I made a comment that I thought the idea misinformation on Facebook changed the outcome of the election was a crazy idea," Zuckerberg said, referencing a previous refuse that Facebook could have influenced voters. "Calling that crazy was dismissive and I regret it. This is too important an issue to be dismissive."
The debate over how much influence false information on Facebook's network had over the election continues. Facebook last week turned over thousands of politically themed advertisements to Congress. Zuckerberg had previously opposed turning over the records but said in a Facebook Live stream that he had changed his mind. "Facebook's mission is all about giving people a voice and bringing people closer together. Those are deeply democratic values, and we're proud of them," he said. "I don't want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. That's not what we stand for"
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