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Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook’s ‘Partnership’ With Rappler is (Fake) News To Me

0084F74A-027D-4366-BE53-F9AA9ECC3FCE.jpegDENVER, Colorado (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – The Adobo Chronicles caught up with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as he arrived in Denver for a much-needed R&R after being grilled in the U.S. Senate this week.

We asked him about Rappler’s announcement that Facebook was partnering with the online news source as well as with Vera Files to fact-check news on social media.

”That’s news to me.  I don’t remember signing a Memorandum of Agreement with either organization for a partnership in fact-checking news on social media.

Zuckerberg added:

654B6113-FE78-43AC-BBB8-C229FD109AA3”How can I partner with Rappler when its CEO Maria Ressa blamed Facebook for political division and the proliferation of fake news in the Philippines? I also know tht Rappler is also guilty of publishing fake news, so there’s no way I would allow Facebook to partner with them.”

 

Pro-Duterte Bloggers, Netizens Plan A Mass Exodus From Facebook

0B0F5DAC-1B79-4238-AB7E-C91FD3BC6BFA.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – In protest of the reported partnership between Facebook and Rappler as well as Vera Files on fact-checking news on social media, many pro-Duterte bloggers and netizens are planning to leave Facebook altogether.

The Adobo Chronicles talked with both major and minor bloggers as well as Facebook account holders who are all die-hard supporters of the President, and they not only confirmed the plan for a mass exodus from Facebook but also expressed their unanimous decision to move to the new social media platform: Grindr.

So if you’re following Thinking Pinoy, Mocha Uson, Maharlika and other bloggers, you might want to start exploring Grindr lest you will be left out.