NEW DELHI: Expressing concerns over the reports of Facebook data being used to interfere in the US elections, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that his organization is committed to uphold the integrity of elections around the world, including India.

In an interview to CNN, Zuckerberg acknowledged that there have been attempts by nation-states like Russia to interfere in elections in the United States and spelled out measures taken by his organization to quell these attempts.

“And we have a responsibility to do this, not only for the 2018 midterms in the U.S., which are going to be a huge deal this year and that’s just a huge focus for us but there’s a big election in India this year, there’s a big election in Brazil, there are big elections around the world, and you can bet that we are really committed to doing everything that we need to make sure that the integrity of those elections on Facebook is secured,” he said in the interview to the US-based news channel.

The reference to the Indian elections came in response to a question on the actions taken by the social media giant to curb the influence of external elements in the election processes of various countries.