Mark Zuckerberg: It's 'untrue' Facebook hindered Russia investigation
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has responded to many of the claims in a lengthy investigation from the New York Times, which claimed the social network's leaders were reluctant to address how Russia manipulated the social network to interfere with the 2016 election. In a conference call with reporters, Zuckerberg acknowledged that the company was slow to act, but denied that it had hindered investigations by its security team. "I've said many times we were too slow to spot Russian interference," Zuckerberg said. "To suggest we weren't interested in knowing the truth or wanted to hide what we knew or wanted to prevent investigations is simply untrue." The New York Timesreport, which was based on months of investigation and dozens of interviews, had said that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, and the company's Chief Security Officer, Alex Stamos, had clashed over how to deal with Russian interference. Tensions between the two had been previously reported, but the latest report went much farther, stating that Sandberg had admonished Stamos for investigating the issue without prior approval and for his discussions with Facebook's board. The report also detailed Facebook's work with Definers, a public relations and consulting firm whose staffers directed inflammatory coverage of Apple and other Facebook rivals. Zuckerberg repeatedly said that he had only learned of Facebook's work with Definers from the NYTreport and that Sandberg was also previously unaware of the relationship. When asked who was aware, Zuckerberg simply said "someone on our comms team must have hired them." As COO, Facebook's corporate communications team is under the purview of Sandberg. "As soon as I read it, I looked into whether this is the type of firm we want to be working with, and we stopped working with them," he said. "We certainly never asked them to spread anything that wasn't true." Facebook had previously published a blog post stating that "our relationship with Definers was well known by the media" but that the company had ended its contract with the firm. The occasion for the press call was Facebook's latest transparency report, which details how the company enforces its community standards that govern content on the platform. In addition to new stats on takedowns of fake accounts, spam and other problematic content, the company plans to create an "independent body" to handle appeals of content decisions, Zuckerberg said.
Featured Video For You
What does it actually take to hack an election? — Technically Speaking
- 最近发表
-
- 14 Heists, Robberies, and Other Great Capers
- 特产好又多!地道“伽师味”香飘佛山
- 前三季度上汽大众累计销量超150万辆
- Benzema gets one
- Project 2025 Comstock Act: Trump’s new abortion comment exposed.
- 完善整改举措 共创文明城市
- Rashida Tlaib’s victory is a win for Muslims and democracy.
- No threat to family, Hasan Ali's wife debunks ‘fake news’
- 21 Lost and Lonely Cemeteries
- North Korean leader issues special order on medicine supply against epidemic: state media
- 随机阅读
-
- If aliens harnessed solar power, could we detect them? NASA investigated.
- COVID outbreak increases North Korea's reliance on China
- 美食跨界文旅,汕头水产游上世界屋脊
- 购房常用专业术语普及
- When will Trump and Harris debate? The presidential campaigns snipe over ABC News’ rules.
- World Athletics maintains Russia doping ban
- 2016's $400 GPU vs. 2019's $400 GPUs
- Looking to unblock YouTube? You’re not alone.
- Sinkhole swallows up car, injuring 2 in Seoul
- ISIS allegedly used Facebook in bid to scam people desperate for face masks
- 90后“暖男”医生连续3年捐资助学
- “雅安藏茶文化节”将亮相2018中国(成都)国际茶业博览会
- 'Black Myth: Wukong' PS5 review in progress: A potential masterpiece
- World Athletics maintains Russia doping ban
- 美食跨界文旅,汕头水产游上世界屋脊
- 雅字号特色农产品 交易会上受欢迎
- 蒙顶山茶有了专属茶器
- Brett Kavanaugh has his own “frozen trucker” case. It involves a killer whale.
- Bill reignites controversy over BTS conscription
- Facebook updates its controversial facial recognition settings
- 搜索
-
- 友情链接
-