Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, has revealed that facebook was pressured by the federal government to censor COVID-19 content. In a letter sent to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on August 26th, Zuckerberg expressed regret for giving in to those demands.
Zuckerberg emphasized that it was ultimately facebook’s decision whether or not to remove content and acknowledged the changes made in response to this pressure.
Although he did not provide specific examples of suppressed information, Zuckerberg noted that social media platforms like facebook censored content they deemed as misinformation about the SARS-CoV-2 virus, lockdowns, vaccines, or anything else that violated their policies during the pandemic.
In hindsight and with new information available, Zuckerberg now doubts whether these same decisions would be made today. He asserted that if faced with government interference again, facebook would be prepared to push back.
Expressing his disagreement with government pressure and regret for not speaking out more forcefully at the time, Zuckerberg stated:
“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.”
In light of recent events and concerns about neutrality or perceived bias in elections,Zuckerberg clarified::::
“I will refrain from making contributions towards electoral infrastructure in this year’s election so as not play a role one way or another or even appear as though I am playing a role.”
“I will refrain from making contributions towards electoral infrastructure in this year’s election so as not play a role one way or another or even appear as though I am playing a role.”
“I will refrain from making contributions towards electoral infrastructure in this year’s election so as not play a role one way or another or even appear as though I am playing a role.”
“I will refrain from making contributions towards electoral infrastructure in this year’s election so as not play a role one way or another or even appear as though I am playing a role.”
“I will refrain from making contributions towards electoral infrastructure in this year’s election so as not play a role one way or another or even appear as though I am playing a role.”
“I will refrain from making contributions towards electoral infrastructure in this year’s election so as not play a role one way “The Epoch Times reached out for comment on Mark Zuckerberg’s allegations but did receive any response before publication.”