Zuckerberg doubles down against criticism of Facebook’s election impact

Writing on Facebook Saturday, the CEO again responded to critics who have lambasted the social network for not doing more to combat the spread of misinformation. Instead, he wrote it was "extremely unlikely hoaxes changed the outcome of this election in one direction or the other." "We don't want any hoaxes on Facebook. Our goal is to show people the content they will find most meaningful," Zuckerberg wrote in the post. Only a very small amount is fake news and hoaxes. Right now, the network relies primarily on its users to self-police content, including fake news stories. Identifying the "truth" is complicated. While some hoaxes can be completely debunked, a greater amount of content, including from mainstream sources, often gets the basic idea right but some details wrong or omitted. An even greater volume of stories express an opinion that many will disagree with and flag as incorrect even when factual. Though Zuckerberg seems unlikely to change his opinion — tone deaf though it may seem to critics — he confirmed a previous statement from the company that News Feed changes to address the issue are in the works.