ZUCKERBERG UNBOUND: Mark Zuckerberg says it’s ‘crazy’ to think fake news stories got Donald Trump elected.

“I do think that there is a certain profound lack of empathy in asserting that the only reason why someone could have voted the way that they did was because they saw some fake news,” he said. “I think if you believe that, then I don’t think you have internalized the message that Trump supporters are trying to send in this election.”

Good point. But I note that he’s actually taking a step to neutralize a technique that Trump’s campaign used to discourage blacks from voting for Hillary: Facebook To Ban “Ethnic Affinity” Ads. The Trump campaign aggressively targeted black Facebook users with video of Hillary’s “suprepredator” remarks, etc. Is that why blacks didn’t turn out for Hillary? Who knows, but this will make it harder to do next time.