[plusbryan]

"I started Facebook, and at the end of the day I'm responsible for what happens on our platform."

Regardless of my feelings about how this was handled, I appreciate the level of leadership accountability demonstrated in this statement. I wish that more founders, CEOs, and politicians facing difficult circumstances would adopt this perspective. Even if you didn't personally code/negotiate/write it - you made managerial decisions (hiring, culture, review process, etc) that induced it.

[ABCLAW]

I don't.

Because months earlier, he was making public comments that it was a 'crazy idea' that his company could have influenced elections shortly after his chief information security officer was pushing against him and Sheryl Sandberg to investigate and disclose russian activity on the platform. Additionally, his company was actively advertising election related products.

This man isn't owning responsibility; he's trying to defuse a PR bomb of his own creation.

[SirLJ]

is he resigning or something? how "responsible" he actually is?

[plusbryan]

That is true. Words must be followed by actions to mean anything. I suppose I've gotten so jaded recently about people in power throwing their underlings under the bus (eg VW) that even statements that acknowledge the correct position of accountability seem miraculous. We'll see if he makes good on that perspective.