{"id":56102,"date":"2018-01-05T06:33:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T06:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=56102"},"modified":"2018-01-05T06:33:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T06:33:39","slug":"ceo-zuckerberg-sets-2018-goal-fix-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/ceo-zuckerberg-sets-2018-goal-fix-facebook.html","title":{"rendered":"CEO Zuckerberg sets 2018 goal: &#8216;fix&#8217; Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">CEO Zuckerberg sets 2018 goal: &#8216;fix&#8217; Facebook<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday his goal for 2018 was to put the business he co-founded on a more solid footing, a break with his longstanding practice of setting a purely personal annual goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThe world feels anxious and divided, and Facebook has a lot of work to do,\u201d Zuckerberg, at 33 one of the world\u2019s wealthiest people, wrote in a post on the No. 1 social media network. In past years, his New Year\u2019s resolutions have included learning Mandarin, reading two books a month and traveling to U.S. states he had not yet visited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">This year, his post described Facebook as standing at a crossroads that required his attention. He cited the spread of hate speech on social media, use of Facebook by Russia and other countries to disseminate propaganda and criticism that the platform can be an addictive waste of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A new law in Germany requires social networks such as Facebook and Twitter Inc to remove online hate speech or face fines. In the United States, lawmakers have criticized Facebook for failing to prevent Russian operatives from using its platform to meddle in the 2016 U.S. elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In addition, ex-Facebook executives have publicly questioned whether using the network leads to unhealthy behaviors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Zuckerberg said his \u201cpersonal challenge for 2018 is to focus on fixing these important issues.\u201d He added that the pledge \u201cmay not seem like a personal challenge on its face,\u201d but that he would learn a lot. He did not say what he would do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cWe won\u2019t prevent all mistakes or abuse,\u201d he wrote, \u201cbut we currently make too many errors enforcing our policies and preventing misuse of our tools.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The issues Zuckerberg mentioned have created public relations and regulatory challenges, but have not made much of a dent on Facebook\u2019s bottom line. 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