“Personally I think the idea that fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way — I think is a pretty crazy idea. Voters make decisions based on their lived experience.”— Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, in remarks at a conference, Nov. 9, 2016. Mark Zuckerberg’s statement did not age well.
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A picture taken on Sept. 4, 2019 shows logos of US social networking websites Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, displayed on smart-phone screen, in Lille, northern France.
