Zuckerberg Defends Facebook Again

Doth protest too much, dot com.

Mark Zuckerberg is doubling down on his claim that Facebook—which regularly circulates fake news through its Trending section and various status updates—had no impact on the presidential election.

“Of all the content on Facebook, more than 99 percent of what people see is authentic,” wrote Zuckerberg, in a note to Facebook users. “Only a very small amount is fake news and hoaxes. The hoaxes that do exist are not limited to one partisan view, or even to politics.

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