Mark Zuckerberg: 'Trump Says Facebook Is Against Him. Liberals Say We Helped Trump.'

WASHINGTON, DC — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded Wednesday night to Trump's accusation that the social media platform is biased against him. In recent weeks, Facebook's role in the 2016 election has come under greater scrutiny as it was revealed that thousands of political ads have appeared on the site paid for by Russian entities.

"Trump says Facebook is against him," Zuckerberg wrote. "Liberals say we helped Trump. Both sides are upset about ideas and content they don't like. That's what running a platform for all ideas looks like."

He went on to add that he believes Facebook played a significant role in the election. (For more information on this and other political stories, subscribe to the White House Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

"This was the first US election where the internet was a primary way candidates communicated," he said. "We ran "get out the vote" efforts that helped as many as 2 million people register to vote. To put that in perspective, that's bigger than the get out the vote efforts of the Trump and Clinton campaigns put together. That's a big deal."

He also apologized for dismissing the suggestion back in November, 2016, that fake news could have "changed the outcome of the election." However, he mischaracterized his own statement. Zuckerberg previously denied that fake news could have "influenced the election in any way."

"Personally I think the idea that fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way is a pretty crazy idea," he said in November.

Still, he tried to back away from those strong remarks on Wednesday.

"Calling that crazy was dismissive and I regret it. This is too important an issue to be dismissive," he said.

Facebook is continuing to work with Congressional investigators as they examine Russia's attempt to influence the 2016 election.

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