Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has spoken out in a wide-ranging interview, saying he hopes his social media platform does not destroy society as we know it. Asked in an interview with Axios published on Wednesday whether Facebook is accelerating social destruction, Zuckerberg replied: 'I have a little more confidence in democracy than that. Zuckerberg also said it is 'just wrong' to consider Facebook a right-wing echo chamber, despite conservative content frequently topping the site's lists of most popular content. While Facebook has faced backlash for allowing 'hateful' content, Zuckerberg said that it was often difficult to know where to draw the line. Facebook said last week that it would ban all new political advertising starting the week before the presidential election in November.

Source: Daily Mail September 09, 2020 17:58 UTC