{"id":36997,"date":"2017-09-28T09:46:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T09:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=36997"},"modified":"2017-09-28T09:46:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T09:46:29","slug":"mark-zuckerberg-rejects-trump-bias-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=36997","title":{"rendered":"Mark Zuckerberg rejects Trump bias claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"donald-trump-mark-zuckerber\"International desk: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed comments made by Donald Trump that the site has always been against him.<\/p>\n

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The US president accused the social network of \u2018collusion\u2019\u00a0on Twitter, branding it \u2018anti-Trump\u2019.<\/p>\n

He made the same claim against the New York Times and the Washington Post.<\/p>\n

Facebook will shortly hand over 3,000 political adverts to congressional investigators probing alleged Russian meddling in the US election, reports BBC.<\/p>\n

The site believes the ads were probably purchased by Russian entities during and after the 2016 presidential contest.<\/p>\n

Facebook, Twitter and Google have been asked to testify before the US Senate Intelligence Committee on 1 November about the allegations of Russian interference.<\/p>\n

Facebook and Google have confirmed they have received invitations to attend the committee hearing, but none of the social media giants have yet said they will be present.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0a Facebook post responding to President Trump\u2019s criticism<\/a>, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was striving to make \u2018a platform for all ideas\u2019. He said that aside from \u2018problematic ads\u2019, Facebook\u2019s impact ranged from \u2018giving people a voice, to enabling candidates to communicate directly, to helping millions of people vote\u2019.<\/p>\n

He noted that both ends of the political spectrum were upset about content they disliked, and that liberals in the US had accused him of enabling Trump\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n

He said the candidates\u2019 campaigns had \u2018spent hundreds of millions advertising online,\u2019 which he called \u20181000x more than any problematic ads we\u2019ve found\u2019.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old said he regretted saying on the day Trump was elected that it was \u2018crazy\u2019 to say that misinformation on Facebook changed the election\u2019s outcome, because it sounded dismissive.<\/p>\n

He promised Facebook would \u2018continue to build a community for all people\u2019 – and to \u2018defend against nation states attempting to spread misinformation and subvert elections\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has long denied any form of interference in the US election, and Trump has railed against allegations that his staff had improper links to Russia.<\/p>\n

However, US intelligence agencies have concluded Moscow tried to sway the vote in favour of Trump. Congressional committees and an FBI inquiry are currently probing the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International desk: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed comments made by Donald Trump that the site has always been against him. The US president accused the social network of \u2018collusion\u2019\u00a0on Twitter, branding it \u2018anti-Trump\u2019. He made the same claim against the New York Times and the Washington Post. Facebook will shortly hand over 3,000 political […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":36998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n