Facebook has 2.27 billion users, nearly one billion more people than there are in China. Perhaps that's why the company has consistently acted as though it was above government.
A New York Times investigation recently revealed how founder Mark Zuckerberg and chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg leveraged lobbying might and personal clout to deflect responsibility from Facebook for the spread of inflammatory content amid allegations that Russians manipulated the 2016 US elections.
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