Zuckerberg Lays Out Broad Vision For Facebook In New Mission Statement
February 16 2017 - 4:42PM
Dow Jones News
By Deepa Seetharaman
Facebook Inc., got its start as a social hub for college
students. Thirteen years later, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is
setting his eyes on becoming what he calls the "social
infrastructure" for its nearly two billion users.
Mr. Zuckerberg detailed his ambitions Thursday in a nearly
6,000-word manifesto that said Facebook can build products that can
fight misinformation, detect terrorist propaganda and help users
find support in trying times. Facebook will also introduce tools to
encourage its users to vote and discuss political issues, both
nationally and globally.
"I hope we have the focus to take the long view and build the
new social infrastructure to create the world we want for
generations to come," Mr. Zuckerberg said.
The post comes after a trying year for Facebook, when it was
criticized for allowing fake news, violent images and other
objectionable content to proliferate on the platform. The company
has also struggled to stamp out violence in new formats like live
video.
Facebook is also revamping the way it handles objectionable
content to give users the ability to set parameters on how much
nudity, violence, profanity and graphic content they can tolerate,
Mr. Zuckerberg said. For users who don't make content choices,
their settings will default to the choices made by the majority of
users in their region. This move comes after several high-profile
flaps last year such as Facebook's decision to delete posts
containing a famous Vietnam War photo of a girl fleeing napalm
bombs. Facebook later reversed that decision.
Write to Deepa Seetharaman at Deepa.Seetharaman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 16, 2017 16:27 ET (21:27 GMT)
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