Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of worldwide affairs and interactions, talked to the BBC on Monday ahead of a speech he provided in Berlin.
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Facebook discovered “no evidence of a significant attempt by outside forces” such as Russia to utilize the social media network to affect Britain’s vote in 2016 to leave the European Union, a business executive stated Monday.Â
Nick Clegg, the previous UK deputy prime minister who now leads Facebook’s interactions group, informed the BBC in an interview that the world’s biggest social media network ran 2 analyses in the run-up to Brexit and could not discover evidence of disturbance by other nations.Â
During the interview, Clegg was asked if he questioned whether Facebook was utilized to alter the outcomes of the 2016 referendum.Â
“There’s absolutely no evidence that it happened in the Brexit referendum,” he reacted.Â
Some UK legislators questioned whether Clegg’s remarks held true.
“Horse manure,” composed Labour Party legislator David Lammy in a tweet on Monday. “What about the disinformation spread by Russian state media, RT and Sputnik, on Facebook?”
Horse manure. What about the disinformation spread out by Russian state media, RT and Sputnik, on Facebook? Hope Zuckerberg paid you a high cost for any stability you had leaving workplace. #r4today https://t.co/Rwr1dif2zw
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) June 24, 2019
Damian Collins, chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport choose committee, likewise slammed Clegg’s remarks in a tweet.Â
Important research study here from @89up which reveals Nick Clegg is incorrect to state there was no Russian disturbance on Facebook throughout the referendum https://t.co/AD5j9UkDw3
— Damian Collins (@DamianCollins) June 24, 2019
The Russian federal government has actually rejected meddling in the United States and UK elections.Â
Clegg likewise dismissed the concept that UK political consultancy company Cambridge Analytica, which came under fire for collecting the information of as much as 87 million users without their consent, affected the Brexit referendum. A UK guard dog, he stated, discovered that the information of UK users wasn’t associated with the breach.Â
“Facebook has a heavy responsibility to protect the integrity of elections from outside interference,” he stated. “I also think we have a duty to explain facts from some of the allegations that have been made.”
CNET asked Facebook for the analyses Clegg referenced, however the business didn’t right away react to an ask for remark.Â
Other social media networks such as Twitter have actually discovered a little number of Russian accounts that attempted to affect the Brexit vote.Â
