Here come the calls to claw our democracy back from Facebook, which helped a dictator steal the election

As Twitchy reported earlier, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg posted a statement Wednesday addressing “the Cambridge Analytica situation” and reiterating Facebook’s “responsibility to protect your data.”

For many, “the Cambridge Analytica situation” is just more proof that Donald Trump stole the election from Hillary Clinton through the use of Facebook and social media (at least that’s one of the 500 or so excuses she’s given for having lost in 2016) — which, funnily enough, is also largely credited with Barack Obama’s electoral victory in 2012.

Check out this hot take from Dr. Eugene Gu, a health care columnist for The Hill.

Mark Zuckerberg’s apology rings hollow. Facebook has almost single-handedly destroyed our constitutional right to privacy and helped an American dictator steal an election. We need our democracy back.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) March 21, 2018

Wow. We already have senators calling for Facebook to be regulated, seeing as it’s practically a country and not a company anymore. Now what? We can’t just have Facebook destroying our democracy and helping dictators steal elections while destroying our constitutional right to privacy.

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/976575999008755714

https://twitter.com/cmigbear/status/976586372751478785

Hyperbole much? https://t.co/gg04KbaSdK

— Pounce de León (@RightAllTheTime) March 21, 2018

“Dictator”
“Steal an election”

These are words and phrases used by unserious people. https://t.co/Vc7XBSGZgo

— varyar (@varyarpol) March 21, 2018

Pretty crazy how the @Facebook statement by Mark Zuckerberg has a timeline that jumps straight from 2007 to 2013, skipping the time period in between — specifically 2011 & 2012 where the Obama campaign bragged about data mining & targeting using Facebook.https://t.co/BKWrsOs4KK pic.twitter.com/TXYbsOYaTU

— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) March 21, 2018

https://twitter.com/ProudMasshole15/status/976578066892951553

Oh stop whining, Obama has been out of office for over a year https://t.co/HiMSOezZRk

— Harry M Knight (@HarryMKnight) March 21, 2018

But we can’t let Facebook screw up another election with memes of Hillary Clinton arm-wrestling Jesus.

Wait.

You think this Facebook stuff actually tipped the election?

LOLOLOLOL https://t.co/idE8ejGkwx

— RBe (@RBPundit) March 21, 2018

The digital equivalent of mailers stole an election??? Get a grip Doc! https://t.co/A5KDxTgMOt

— Tom G Stark ⭐⭐⭐ (@TomStark913) March 21, 2018

Zuckerberg made you nominate Hillary Clinton? https://t.co/awbWJRPBag

— [shrug emoji] (@jtLOL) March 21, 2018

Facebook stopped Hillary from going to Wisconsin https://t.co/Ui3KF4dcTb

— BRON REVENGE SZN (@fobbebryant) March 21, 2018

This is a real person. Like, a highly educated person. Wow. https://t.co/QvcvZzHF81

— J.R.S (@_JRS79) March 21, 2018

https://twitter.com/markand4503/status/976577203642146816

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HMMMM: Notice anything missing from Mark Zuckerberg's statement on Cambridge Analytica? https://t.co/YNxO1qm2V1

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 21, 2018