Donald Trump reveals Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's apology over Facebook photo error: Here's everything you need to know
Donald Trump stated that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called him to apologize for a photo that was incorrectly labeled on Facebook. The photo showed Trump raising his fist after a July 13 assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Facebook had initially marked this photo as misinformation, causing it to go viral with the incorrect label, as per the reports of Fox News.
In an interview with Maria Bartiromo on FOX Business' «Mornings with Maria,» Trump mentioned that Zuckerberg called him twice. According to Trump, Zuckerberg expressed admiration for Trump's actions during the event, describing them as brave. Zuckerberg also allegedly said he could not support a Democrat because he respected Trump’s response to the incident. Additionally, Trump noted that Google did not reach out to him after their autocomplete function failed to show results for the assassination attempt.
Meta's statement
Vice President of Global Policy at Meta Joel Kaplan stated in a statement on July 30 that the inaccurate labeling of the photo by Meta's AI technology was caused by a problem with a doctored image that was circulating. Because of how much the original image resembled the edited one, the AI accidentally appended a fact-check label on it. Kaplan highlighted how fast their staff fixed the mistake.
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On X, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone made it clear that Zuckerberg has not
