Zuckerberg asks for forgiveness amid reports of Facebook's role in elections

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 10/01/17 01:48 PM EDT

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a Saturday evening post to the social media platform asked for “forgiveness" amid the controversy surrounding the company over its political advertising.

“Tonight concludes Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews when we reflect on the past year and ask forgiveness for our mistakes. For those I hurt this year, I ask forgiveness and I will try to be better,” Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post.

“For the ways my work was used to divide people rather than bring us together, I ask forgiveness and I will work to do better," he wrote. "May we all be better in the year ahead, and may you all be inscribed in the book of life.”

Facebook last month admitted Russians who may have been connected to the Kremlin purchased ads on the platform during the 2016 presidential race, news that riled liberal groups and lawmakers.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/353335-zuckerberg-asks-for-forgiveness-amid-reports-of-facebooks-role-in-elections

[Not Ruth]

1. Is that an admission of guilt?????

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

4. Sure sounds like one.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. "... my work was used ..."

Nope, not an admission of guilt. Just a claim that he's the victim here.

[ucrdem]

37. " ... and I got richer than Midas pipelining fake news to LIVs who lapped it up."

p.s. he's a jerk and knew damn well what he was doing. In fact they used to run stories about his fabulous brain trust on NPR.

[onecaliberal]

2. Fuck him, he's a part of why that orange prick is sitting in the white House

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. Yup, sorry Zuck, you suck!!

[thegoose]

5. Yeah, too little too late

[dalton99a]

7. "And thanks for clicking and clicking and making me a multibillionaire"

[we can do it]

8. Fuck you, disgusting little orange thief.

[NCjack]

9. No. Never, you greedy asshole.

[Leith]

10. Now Is the Time for the Atonement to Start

He's a few years late, but he has a little time left. He has a LOT of cleaning up to do.

[Pathwalker]

11. No, I won't.

[ucrdem]

12. Wasn't he running around posing as a Democrat a few weeks ago?

And now he's making a pious CYA limited hangout fake confession. What a creep.

[PatSeg]

13. Can he now dump Kaspersky Lab anti virus scanners?

The government as banned its use on government computers and the FBI has warned private business to discontinue using it. Are we really that stupid, that after all the Russian hacking and interference, that companies are using a product from a former KGB student?

I got locked out of my Facebook page today and the only way back in is to let Kaspersky scan my computer This has happened to a lot of people the past two years.

This only makes Zuckerberg look even more guilty.

[dalton99a]

15. +1

[They_Live]

19. that is ridiculous!

You should start a thread based on this if it hasn't been done yet. I don't do Facebook, and this just reinforces my decision to abstain. I don't want any outside entity scanning my computer. That's just asking for trouble.

[PatSeg]

29. Thank you

I am going to do that in a bit. I had seen a couple things about Kaspersky on Rachel's show and Richard Engel interviewed the man a couple months ago. As soon as I saw the name "Kaspersky" in the Facebook message, I literally yelled "No" out loud. What the hell are thinking? Is Zuckerberg really that naive?

[FakeNoose]

35. If you're locked out of FB, they did you a favor

But you are correct about Kaspersky.

Kaspersky has probably been getting backdoors into all our computers for the last 10+ years. That guy has to be doing something with Putin, even if it's only handing over information.

[PatSeg]

36. I use Facebook

to keep in touch with family and friends, otherwise I'd be tempted to quit it. Meanwhile, I can use it on my laptop for now.

I encountered a few people who defended Kaspersky software in another thread on the subject, but I don't think you can trust a Russian oligarch. If Putin wants something, they can't say "no". This all adds a new dimension to the social media election issues and the Russian hacks. Kaspersky is on over 400 million computers worldwide, the possibilities are staggering.

[StepnKretchit]

14. No.

[gopiscrap]

16. fuck him all he cared about was making money

[StepnKretchit]

17. Especially after what he tried to do in Hawaii.

Zuckerberg thinks his sh$t don't stink.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/mark-zuckerberg-sues-to-keep-native-hawaiians-off-his-kauai-estate

Then his stank butt had to back down, talking about he didn't realize what can of worms he opened.

Go kick rocks!

[sarge43]

18. Tell that to the people of Puerto Rico. n/t

[Scarsdale]

20. Too little,

too bloody late. Donate to Puerto Rico, do some good. Apologies are worthless when you look at what you helped accomplish with the unqualified clown in the WH. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together could see the very obvious difference between Clinton and tRump.

[cp]

21. Nope.

No forgiveness, none.

[BigmanPigman]

22. Fuckerberg sold our country willingly. Never forgive a greedy traitor!

[ananda]

23. Well, it's easy to ask for forgiveness ..

.. after you have profited heavily from doing the wrong thing.

[PSPS]

24. "Sorry for the nuclear war, and the dead in puerto rico and the families broken up by ICE and..."

[47of74]

25. Fuck you Mark.

[Alice11111]

26. If he didn't know, I'll forgive him, if he makes ir clear to all,

Especially the Fox news Republicans, that it was they who the Russians helped. Otherwise, they will spin it that fake new helped Democrats. Put ads on Fox & facebook apologizing &say who it helped.

[Doreen]

27. You want fucking forgiveness?

Well, you are not going to get any forgiveness but if you want people to think a little better of you kick the vile piece of orange shit off of Facebook.

[argyl]

28. Your apology will not get me a cup of coffee and the world is still stuck with Dumpty.

So shove it, buddy.

[delisen]

30. Is Zuckerberg ready to act to right his wrongs?

[winetourdriver01]

31. No

Just another treason monkey.

[ancianita]

32. Monitoring ad buy looks to be the new standard. Straw ad buyers will still be a problem.

Link to tweet

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[paleotn]

33. Ummmm....No.

He's contrite only because his advertising platform / rumor mill got busted. There's no way I'll believe that facebook won't continue to focus on top line growth at any cost. It's all about the money and nothing else....democracy be damned. Hell, he'd probably become even wealthier under a fascist regime.

[Hekate]

34. Not so easy, Zuckerberg. No forgiveness without restitution and repair of the harm done.

Bring it on - and happy new year.

[Javaman]

38. fuck zuck. nt

[lunasun]

39. $o $orry ....yeah sure