Facebook social media marketing didn’t bring Trump victory, says Zuckerberg

Facebook social media marketing didn’t bring Trump victory, says Zuckerberg. The creator of the social network is working hard to fight growing accusations of its role in the election results. Amidst a rapidly rising body of criticism against Facebook social media marketing, Mark Zuckerberg insists the network isn’t to blame for Donald Trump’s victory. “Personally,” he said, “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.” Zuckerberg also went on to ask “Why would you think there would be fake news on one side and not the other?” That has not assuaged the critics insisting Facebook social media marketing doesn’t properly filter fake news. Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook Social Media Marketing Many claim that as the largest social media platform worldwide, viral hoax news posts shared there may have helped Trump to win. The reason, say many, is that Facebook either refuses or is not able to contain the spread of those fake news articles. That said, when examining the same type of page on the left-wing side, misinformation occurred considerably less: 20 percent of the time. Those figures may not sound too problematic, but BuzzFeed News also identified another trend with this form of Facebook social media marketing. The stories with the lowest accuracy were the ones BuzzFeed found to generate the largest number of shares and reactions (such as Likes).

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The creator of the social network is working hard to fight
growing accusations of its role in the election results.

Amidst a rapidly rising body of criticism against Facebook
social media marketing, Mark Zuckerberg insists the network isn’t
to blame for Donald Trump’s victory. Critics claim that viral fake
pro-Trump news
stories on Facebook led
to the Republican’s election win.

Zuckerberg has responded quite forcefully, saying that he feels
the accusation is a “pretty crazy idea.”

Speaking onstage at a recent conference, Zuckerberg addressed
the thought that Facebook social media marketing contributed to
Donald Trump’s election. “Personally,” he said, “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.”

Zuckerberg also went on to ask “Why would you think there would
be…

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