Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will not become a media company - NY Daily News

Also see Three days after removing human editors, Facebook is already trending fake news (The Washington Post) and Facebook's Trending News Is A Total Mess (Gizmodo)

"An increasing number of users are turning to social media networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, to find their news, but Zuckerberg said his firm had no ambitions to become a content provider.

"No, we are a tech company, not a media company," said Zuckerberg, after a young Italian asked him whether Facebook intended to become a news editor.

While acknowledging the role Facebook has in supplying users with news through their connections and stressing the advantages of obtaining information from different parts of the world, Zuckerberg said Facebook was "a technology company, we build the tools, we do not produce any content"."
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will not become a media company - NY Daily News

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