Though Biden himself has declared victory in this election and even outlined his first steps in the White House, the official results of the presidential race are still to be announced.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes Democrat Joe Biden is going to be the next US president, according to an audiotape obtained by Buzz Feed News on Thursday.
Despite mainstream media projecting Biden’s victory, incumbent US President Donald Trump says this year’s presidential race was rigged by Democrats in favour of Joe Biden, citing witness accounts of mass election fraud and irregularities. Following preliminary polling results, Trump wondered why he was leading the former vice president in a number of states but within hours, the results showed Biden ahead.
According to Zuckerberg, Americans do have the right to challenge the credibility of the election results, but he says it is “unhelpful” that they are inspiring hopes the election outcome would be different “from what was projected”.
However, a number of Facebook employees reportedly challenged Zuckerberg calling Biden the winner, while one of them said the election “wasn’t fair”.
Weeks before Election Day, Facebook introduced new restrictions, which prompted Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena Zuckerberg to testify over acts of censorship and restrictions on free speech in October. President Trump, along with other Republicans, blasted Facebook for limiting the circulation of a New York Post story about potential corrupt dealings of Joe Biden and his son Hunter in Ukraine.
In the House of Representatives, Republicans also called on their Democratic colleagues to hold a similar emergency hearing on “Big Tech’s censorship and election interference”.
On Wednesday, Facebook said it will continue to temporarily ban election-related advertisements at least for another month. Media reported that both Democrats and Republicans were concerned about political advertising being hidden due to the upcoming Senate runoffs in Georgia. On Tuesday, Facebook reportedly pulled several pages connected to ex-Trump administration chief strategist Steve Bannon for allegedly spreading misinformation about the 2020 presidential race.
In early November, the Washington Post reported how Facebook, which also owns Instagram, could use a “shadow-banning” technique against Trump and members of his family during the 2020 election campaign.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
