Gadgetory

Facebook speaks out the fallout from the u.s. presidential election continues Facebook has been criticized for allowing false information about the candidates on the site at least one publication published a story with the headline Donald Trump won because of Facebook Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded to the criticism at a conference he said he thinks there's a certain profound lack of empathy and asserting that the only reason someone could have voted the way they did is they saw some fake news Zuckerberg also said he finds the idea of fake news on Facebook influencing the election in any way to be a pretty crazy idea Facebook's VP of Product Management Adam asari said in a statement that the company takes misinformation on Facebook very seriously he also said that there is more the company needs to do to stop the spread of misinformation on Facebook according to a Pew Research study more than 40 percent of US adults get their news from Facebook now if you're wondering what kind of false news stories circulated on Facebook they include a story that linked an FBI agent associated with Hillary Clinton's email leaks being found dead another story said the Pope endorsed Donald Trump for the record neither is true and with that I'm Aya's Akhtar you can stay on top of the biggest tech stories at cnet.com slash