Mark Zuckerberg Asks Forgiveness For Trump Presidency And Repeatedly Denying Responsibility

As more details come out regarding the extent of Russian interference during the 2016 US presidential elections involving Facebook, it seems Founder Mark Zuckerberg has finally realized how many people he has hurt. For repeatedly refusing to acknowledge the social network’s role in putting Donald Trump in the White House and even allowing Russia to purchase ads to spread fake news, the billionaire is asking for forgiveness.

Zuckerberg made his statements in a Facebook post in the wake of Yom Kippur. As tradition holds, those who belong to the Jewish faith (which Zuckerberg returned to after declaring he was no longer an atheist in 2016) are meant to look back at their mistakes during the year and ask forgiveness.

“Tonight concludes Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews when we reflect on the past year and ask forgiveness for our mistakes. For those I hurt this year, I ask forgiveness and I will try to be better. For the ways my work was used to divide people rather than bring us together, I ask forgiveness and I will work to do better. May we all be better in the year ahead, and may you all be inscribed in the book of life,” the post reads.

While many of his followers proceeded to offer words of support, many in the tech industry and journalism fields are not exactly in a forgiving mood. Data Collective partner Matt Ocko, for example, had harsh words for Zuckerberg and Facebook’s top executives in a Tweet.

“Forgiveness is denied by both. God and humanity, since you & Sheryl knew what was happening, condoned it, & then lied about both its existence and impact,” Ocko wrote.

There have been several other notable figures responding to the Facebook Founder’s apologies with skepticism and anger as well. Many argue that Zuckerberg and his team deserve all of the hatred being directed at them for helping to put the most divisive US president in recent history in the White House.