Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has responded to many of the claims in a lengthy investigation from the New York Times, which claimed the social network\u2019s leaders were reluctant to address how Russia manipulated the social network to interfere with the 2016 election. In a conference call with reporters, Zuckerberg acknowledged that the company was slow [\u2026] Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has responded to many of the claims in a lengthy<\/b>
\nIn a conference call with reporters, Zuckerberg acknowledged that the company was slow to act, but denied that it had hindered investigations by its security team.
\u201cI\u2019ve said many times we were too slow to spot Russian interference,\u201d Zuckerberg said. \u201cTo suggest we weren\u2019t interested in knowing the truth or wanted to hide what we knew or wanted to prevent investigations is simply untrue.\u201d
The report also detailed Facebook\u2019s work with Definers, a public relations and consulting firm whose staffers directed inflammatory coverage of Apple and other Facebook rivals.
\u201cAs soon as I read it, I looked into whether this is the type of firm we want to be working with, and we stopped working with them,\u201d he said. \u201cWe certainly never asked them to spread anything that wasn\u2019t true.\u201d
Facebook had previously published a blog post stating that \u201cour relationship with Definers was well known by the media\u201d but that the company had ended its contract with the firm.
The occasion for the press call was Facebook\u2019s latest transparency report, which details how the company enforces its community standards that govern content on the platform. In addition to new stats on takedowns of fake accounts, spam and other problematic content, the company plans to create an \u201cindependent body\u201d to handle appeals of content decisions, Zuckerberg said.<\/p>\n

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