马克·扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）针对这一争议发表了一份声明，声称Facebook员工故意阻止持保守观点的报道出现在该网站的趋势话题部分。

扎克伯格在Facebook上写道：“我们非常认真地对待这份报告，并正在进行全面调查，以确保我们的团队维护该产品的完整性。”我们没有找到证据证明这篇报道是真的。如果我们发现任何违反我们原则的事情，我保证我们将采取进一步措施加以解决。”

扎克伯格说，他将在未来几周邀请“主要保守派人士和政界人士”讨论此事，目的是“直接讨论Facebook代表什么，以及我们如何确保我们的平台尽可能保持开放。”

您可以阅读下面的声明全文：

I want to share some thoughts on the discussion about Trending Topics.

Facebook stands for giving everyone a voice. We believe the world is better when people from different backgrounds and with different ideas all have the power to share their thoughts and experiences. That's what makes social media unique. We are one global community where anyone can share anything -- from a loving photo of a mother and her baby to intellectual ****ysis of political events.

To serve our diverse community, we are committed to building a platform for all ideas. Trending Topics is designed to surface the most newsworthy and popular conversati*** on Facebook. We have rigorous guidelines that do not permit the prioritization of one viewpoint over another or the suppression of political perspectives.

This week, there was a report suggesting that Facebook contractors working on Trending Topics suppressed stories with c***ervative viewpoints. We take this report very seriously and are conducting a full investigation to ensure our teams upheld the integrity of this product.

We have found no evidence that this report is true. If we find anything against our principles, you have my commitment that we will take additional steps to address it.

In the coming weeks, I'll also be inviting leading c***ervatives and people from across the political spectrum to talk with me about this and share their points of view. I want to have a direct conversation about what Facebook stands for and how we can be sure our platform stays as open as possible.

The reason I care so much about this is that it gets to the core of everything Facebook is and everything I want it to be. Every tool we build is designed to give more people a voice and bring our global community together. For as long as I'm leading this company this will always be our mission.