Zuckerberg ‘confident’ Facebook can stop US election interference


Zuckerberg told the BBC in an interview that the social network was better prepared to counter online misinformation campaigns but admitted Facebook was 'behind' during the 2016 election which Donald Trump won. — AFP

LONDON: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said on May 21 he was "pretty confident" his company could help prevent attempts to influence the political outcome of the US presidential election later this year.

Zuckerberg told the BBC in an interview that the social network was better prepared to counter online misinformation campaigns but admitted Facebook was "behind" during the 2016 election which Donald Trump won.

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