Mark Zuckerberg appears to finally admit Facebook is a media company
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#2667J)
Growing concerns of fake news on the social network see CEO relent on protest that Facebook is not a media company
Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, appears to have finally conceded that the social network is a media company, just not a "traditional media company".
In a video chat with Facebook's COO, Sheryl Sandberg, Zuckerberg said: "Facebook is a new kind of platform. It's not a traditional technology company. It's not a traditional media company. You know, we build technology and we feel responsible for how it's used.