On Monday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook's critics are simply being too "negative" about the changes that company has brought.
"As networks of people replace traditional hierarchies and reshape many institutions in our society, from government to business to media to communities and more there is a tendency of some people to lament this change, to emphasize excessive negative," Zuckerberg said in a note marking the company's 15th anniversary.
Facebook has been struggling to handle problems of the company's failure to protect its user data from allegedly being used to influence the U.S. 2016 presidential elections, presence of hatred and extremist speeches on the platform, and the leakage of user privacy in hacking attacks.
He said that any rapid social change creates uncertainty and people are having more power, with a long term trend of reshaping society to be more open and accountable over time
The Facebook CEO recounted in the note his "dorm room decision" to launch "a simple website organized around people," which has now grown into a global giant with more than 2 billion active users.
Zuckerberg is one of the richest billionaires in the world, his net worth has exploded to more than 60 billion U.S. dollars.
Zuckerberg created Facebook on Feb. 4, 2004, in Harvard University and within a month of the launch, half of the Harvard students became Facebook members.