Zuckerberg says claim Facebook put profits over safety 'just not true' | Inquirer Technology

Zuckerberg says claim Facebook put profits over safety ‘just not true’

/ 03:13 PM October 06, 2021

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Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg AFP FILE PHOTO

WASHINGTON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hit back Tuesday at claims the social media giant fuels division, harms children and needs to be regulated, saying the claim the company puts profits over safety is “just not true.”

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“The argument that we deliberately push content that makes people angry for profit is deeply illogical,” Zuckerberg wrote in a note to Facebook employees that he then posted on his account, hours after a whistleblower testified before US lawmakers.

“I don’t know any tech company that sets out to build products that make people angry or depressed. The moral, business and product incentives all point in the opposite direction.”

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TOPICS: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, politics, Social Media, US
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