Mark Zuckerberg regrets what he calls the Biden administration’s censorship in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic … claiming the White Home pressured META to suppress feedback and theories that ran counter to the occasion line.
The Meta CEO fired off a letter to Home Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan … by which he claimed “senior Biden administration officials, including the White House, repeatedly pressured” his firm to censor tales associated to the pandemic.
Per Zuckerberg, Biden’s administration made requests for Meta to go after “humor and satire” items about COVID … and the tech legend expressed remorse over his determination to conform.
He added … “Like I said to our teams at the time, I feel strongly that we should not compromise our content standards due to pressure from any Administration in either direction — and we’re ready to push back if something like this happens again.”
Zuckerberg additionally copped to Meta suppressing New York Publish tales about Hunter Biden and his laptop computer in the course of the 2020 election. He claimed the FBI had warned his firm a few “potential Russian disinformation operation,” which was allegedly focusing on the Bidens.
He continued … “We sent that story to fact-checkers for review and temporarily demoted it while waiting for a reply … It’s since been made clear that the reporting was not Russian disinformation, and in retrospect, we shouldn’t have demoted the story.”
Zuckerberg made it clear he would not plan to let one thing like this occur once more … telling the chairman Meta has new insurance policies and processes in place.
