Donald Trump reveals Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's apology over Facebook photo error: Here's everything you need to know

Former President 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 endorsed a candidate for president in 2024. According to Stone, Zuckerberg has never openly backed a candidate in an election before. Meta decided not to address the issue further.

AI chatbot response

Kaplan further spoke about why Meta's AI chatbot originally declined to respond to queries concerning the assassination He clarified that in times of breaking news, the excessive volume of information can overload AI systems. Instead of describing the incident, Meta trained its AI to respond generically in order to prevent giving false information. While acknowledging that this could have been done sooner, Kaplan said that Meta has subsequently upgraded the AI replies.

FAQs:

What did former President Donald Trump claim about Mark Zuckerberg?
Former President Donald Trump claimed that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized for a mislabeled photo on Facebook, which spread false information and praised Trump's bravery during a campaign rally incident.

How did Meta respond to the photo labeling error?
Meta's Vice President of Global Policy, Joel Kaplan, explained the error was due to a resemblance between the original and a doctored image. He highlighted how quickly their staff corrected the mistake.