Donald Trump claims Zuckerberg told him he was 'No 1' on Facebook

United States President Donald Trump on January 6 boasted that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg told him he was Number One on social media platform. In a recent interview with international rio station Trump mentioned that during a dinner with Zuckerberg, he congratulated him in front of a large group of people on being number one on Facebook. However, US President did t specify when dinner happened. 

According to international media reports, last such dinner with Zuckerberg took place in October at White House after which ditional meetings between two h taken place. official Facebook p of Trump has approximately 25 million likes and 26 million followers, however, many or high-profile people on platform surpass number. It is still unclear what he meant by saying 'number one' on Facebook. In interview, Trump also said that without platform he h been lost and he wouldn't be able to get truth out. 

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Accounts spreing pro-Trump messs blocked

In recent times, Facebook has come under criticism for enabling misinformation and fake news in build-up to 2020 presidential election. Last month, social media platform also took down several fake accounts that were spreing pro-Trump messs. According to Facebook's he of security policy Nathaniel Gleicher, accounts posted memes and content related to US politics. topics group shared about included impeachment, conservative ideology, political candidates, elections, tre, family values and freedom of religion.

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While speaking to an international media outlet, global social media platform also commented that it h ticed ps that were engaging in foreign and government interference. company reportedly blocked 610 accounts, 89 ps, 156 groups and 72 Instagram accounts that originated in Vietnam as y used artificial intelligence to generate fake profile photos. Ar major group of fake accounts originated from Georgia. se accounts were traced to an vertising ncy called Panda. 39 ps and over 300 ps were removed from Facebook in relation to this. 

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