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Facebook CEO defends against bias claims and the replies are.. priceless

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded on Thursday to claims that his social media platform was biased against conservatives – his own platform is erupting in response.

First the charge:

Facebook rushed to deny a report in Gizmodo that said the team in charge of its “trending” news list routinely suppressed conservative points of view. Last month, Gizmodo also reported that Facebook employees asked Mark Zuckerberg, the social network’s chief executive, if the company had a responsibility to “help prevent President Trump in 2017.” Facebook denied it would ever try to manipulate elections.

Next the response from Facebook’s CEO:

I want to share some thoughts on the discussion about Trending Topics.

Facebook stands for giving everyone a voice. We believe the world is better when people from different backgrounds and with different ideas all have the power to share their thoughts and experiences. That’s what makes social media unique. We are one global community where anyone can share anything — from a loving photo of a mother and her baby to intellectual analysis of political events.

To serve our diverse community, we are committed to building a platform for all ideas. Trending Topics is designed to surface the most newsworthy and popular conversations on Facebook. We have rigorous guidelines that do not permit the prioritization of one viewpoint over another or the suppression of political perspectives.

This week, there was a report suggesting that Facebook contractors working on Trending Topics suppressed stories with conservative viewpoints. We take this report very seriously and are conducting a full investigation to ensure our teams upheld the integrity of this product.

We have found no evidence that this report is true. If we find anything against our principles, you have my commitment that we will take additional steps to address it.

In the coming weeks, I’ll also be inviting leading conservatives and people from across the political spectrum to talk with me about this and share their points of view. I want to have a direct conversation about what Facebook stands for and how we can be sure our platform stays as open as possible.

The reason I care so much about this is that it gets to the core of everything Facebook is and everything I want it to be. Every tool we build is designed to give more people a voice and bring our global community together. For as long as I’m leading this company this will always be our mission.

Then we get to the responses:

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If you want to add your own feedback, here’s the link -> https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10102830259184701?comment_id=1324843257531396&notif_t=like&notif_id=1463104509306600

 

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  1. Facebook – I do not have an account that I intentionally created and I have never posted anything (that I know of) to facebook!

    Facebook (my g.f. has an account and so do many of my REAL LIFE friends) is nothing more than the virtual playground of 2nd and 3rd graders – all clicking and calling each other names. It is the epitome of “keeping up with the jones”!!!! The primal motivations of selfishness that plagues the prototype human CHILD!!!

    Ultimately, it is at the core of a system designed to gather the entire world under the New World Feudal Estate! “We’re all connected…. ooooOOOOOoooooo….” And mark Z. is the exact kind of feces the Social Demoralization process set out to create!

    Puke!!!

    The New World Order is nothing more than the most gigantic CON ever – TO STEAL THE PLANET!

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