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Seems like Facebook is unhappy that their Ministry of Truth was unable to "inform" the people to vote for Facebook's preferred candidate.
I think it is important to be unbiased but I think that Facebook and Twitter were harmful to discourse this election and they probably could do much better while staying similarly unbiased. Also I think part of the problem is that many people view Trump as a crazy person which (he was a major proponent of the idea that Obama was born in Kenya, he thinks that vaccines cause autism, and he once tweeted that global warming was a hoax perpetrated by the chinese), so honestly I think it would be weird if Twitter and Facebook didn't contemplate their role in all of this.
Being wrong doesn't make you crazy
That's true I guess but I couldn't figure out a better word to describe how he is seemingly unable to separate truth from obvious fabrication.
> false stories about the Clinton family committing murder and Huma Abedin being a terrorist flew fast and furious despite refutations from responsible news organizations

I know people who believe this stuff.

Shitty Facebook and Twitter was all time against Trump!
Bloomberg should examine itself a little more thoroughly in the wake of their candidate's defeat.