Facebook's fake news: Mark Zuckerberg rejects 'crazy idea' that it swayed voters
by Olivia Solon in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#215VE)
Those who think fake news is why someone voted for Trump show 'profound lack of empathy' and fail to internalize the president-elect's message, he said
Mark Zuckerberg has rejected the notion that fake news on Facebook influenced the outcome of the US election, describing it as a "pretty crazy idea".
"Voters make decisions based on their lived experience," he said at the Techonomy conference near San Francisco on Thursday.
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