Published 13:47 IST, September 9th 2020

Zuckerberg: Facebook not a 'right-wing echo chamber'

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he does not believe his service has become a "right wing echo chamber."

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he does t believe his service has become a "right wing echo chamber."

Zuckerberg was interviewed by Mike Allen of Axios on HBO. Allen asked if louded voices on Facebook are those of well-kwn conservatives, and if that is helping conservatives ahe of upcoming 2020 election in United States.

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Zuckerberg responded that many people feel that tritional media sources do t reflect ir life experiences, and that y are able to find media sources that y trust through Facebook and or social media platforms.

He ded that stories that reach most people on Facebook are stories that people talk about, but t necessarily highly partisan political issues.

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Facebook has in past been criticised for continuing to downplay possibility of social network being exploited for dark purposes in a range of contexts across globe, but Zuckerberg's supporters counter that he is unfairly blamed for problems he could t have forseen.

 

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13:47 IST, September 9th 2020