Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that "Mark Zuckerberg must pay for what it causes to our democracy," in the latest attack on Facebook founder and the negative impact critics say his social network is causing to American society and the state's political system.
Clinton, a former US presidential candidate in 2016, made the comment on Friday while hosting a documentary about the controversial political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
Zuckerberg recently faced repercussions because his company refused to remove politicians' ads containing lies, and to exclude them from its verification policy with other advertisements under which the information is presented to a third party for verification.
"Part of our problem (those who were appalled by this war on the truth and the fake news that really surrounds us these days) is that we are not good at fighting it," Clinton was quoted as saying at the New York event.
"It's difficult because you face algorithms, along with all those other forces, it's very difficult."
The Cambridge Analytica documentary, The Great Hack, examines the role of the information-based company in the 2016 US presidential election, which Clinton lost to current President Donald Trump.
The film also poses the most important question: Are we being manipulated through social media even when we willingly provide technology companies with personal information?
"It's not about a single election, it's about many of the choices we face in society now," Clinton was quoted as saying. "Using our data to manipulate us to make money from us is really one of the main challenges we face. This is our information, but people seem to forget." That they should claim to own it. "
According to CNET's technical website, Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the IndyWire report, nor did Hillary Clinton respond to a request for comment made through the Clinton Foundation.