MANILA, Philippines – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday, October 1, released a Facebook post asking for forgiveness for the fruits of his work building and working on Facebook.

In the post, Zuckerberg said he reflected about the past year during Yom Kippur. He also wanted to ask forgiveness for his mistakes. 

Said Zuckerberg, “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.”

Zuckerberg recently came under fire for not taking the fake news phenomenon on Facebook and US election issues more seriously. (READ: Social media and democracy: Optimism fades as fears rise)

He released a statement last Wednesday, September 27, acknowledging that he dismissed the notion of misinformation on Facebook changing the outcome of the election, calling it “a crazy idea.”

In his post, he added, “Calling that crazy was dismissive and I regret it. This is too important an issue to be dismissive. But the data we have has always shown that our broader impact – from giving people a voice to enabling candidates to communicate directly to helping millions of people vote – played a far bigger role in this election.”

In his September 27 post, Zuckerberg recommitted himself to the ideal of building a community for all people, as well as the work of preventing nation states from subverting elections. – Rappler.com