Zuckerberg’s poll loss comment factually incorrect: Ashwini Vaishnaw

According to reports, Zuckerberg had said that in elections around the world in 2024, most incumbent governments, including the one in India, had been voted out of power.

“From free food for 800 million, 2.2 billion free vaccines, and aid to nations worldwide during COVID, to leading India as the fastest-growing major economy, PM Modi’s decisive 3rd-term victory is a testament to good governance and public trust,” Vaishnaw said.

Vaishnaw opted for Meta’s Facebook platform to call out Zuckerberg for spreading “misinformation”.

Appearing on the Joe Rogan podcast, Zuckerberg said 2024 was the big election year around the world and in a lot of countries like India, the incumbents lost the polls.

“There is some sort of global phenomena, whether it was inflation because of the economic policies to deal with Covid or just how the governments dealt with Covid, seems to have this effect that is global, not just the US, but like a very broad decrease in trust, at least in the set incumbents and maybe, in sort of these democratic institutions overall,” the Facebook founder said.  —With PTI inputs