Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made an explosive admission Monday that Facebook was pressured by the Biden-Harris administration during Covid. On the back of this acknowledgement, former president Donald Trump reupped his charge that the 2020 election was rigged. He said the revelation was what everyone has been waiting for.
Zuckerberg made the admission in a letter to House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan over a year after providing the committee with thousands of documents for the investigation into content moderation on online platforms.Zuckerberg said senior officials from the Biden administration and White House repeatedly pressured Facebook teams for months to censor certain Covid-19 content including humor and satire.
“Ultimately, it was our decision whether or not to take content down, and we own our decisions, including COVID-19-related changes we made to our enforcement in the wake of this pressure,” Zuckerberg wrote. “I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it.
“I also think we made some choices that, with the benefit of hindsight and new information, we wouldn’t make today,” he added. “Like I said to our teams at the time, I feel strongly that we should not compromise our content standards to pressure from any Administration in either direction – and we’re ready to push back if something like this happens.”
What White House said
A White House spokesperson said the administration during Covid 19 aimed at encouraging responsible actions to protect public health and safety. “Our position has been clear and consistent: we believe tech companies and other private actors should take into account the effects their actions have on the American people, while making independent choices about the information they present,” a WH spokesperson said.
‘Kamala is hiding’
Trump’s advisor Alina Habba said as part of the administration, Kamala Harris too has to take the responsibility of the censorship. “This is exactly what this administration (WHICH INCLUDES KAMALA) has done to our country. Censorship is what happens in communist countries not this republic. They have gagged my client, his lawyers in and out of courtrooms and his team. Now, we once again have proof that they are gagging our media and censoring America. Kamala is hiding because she can’t answer for her actions. Still have doubts? TRUMP 2024 Make America Free Again,” Alina posted.
Zuckerberg made the admission in a letter to House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan over a year after providing the committee with thousands of documents for the investigation into content moderation on online platforms.Zuckerberg said senior officials from the Biden administration and White House repeatedly pressured Facebook teams for months to censor certain Covid-19 content including humor and satire.
“Ultimately, it was our decision whether or not to take content down, and we own our decisions, including COVID-19-related changes we made to our enforcement in the wake of this pressure,” Zuckerberg wrote. “I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it.
“I also think we made some choices that, with the benefit of hindsight and new information, we wouldn’t make today,” he added. “Like I said to our teams at the time, I feel strongly that we should not compromise our content standards to pressure from any Administration in either direction – and we’re ready to push back if something like this happens.”
What White House said
A White House spokesperson said the administration during Covid 19 aimed at encouraging responsible actions to protect public health and safety. “Our position has been clear and consistent: we believe tech companies and other private actors should take into account the effects their actions have on the American people, while making independent choices about the information they present,” a WH spokesperson said.
‘Kamala is hiding’
Trump’s advisor Alina Habba said as part of the administration, Kamala Harris too has to take the responsibility of the censorship. “This is exactly what this administration (WHICH INCLUDES KAMALA) has done to our country. Censorship is what happens in communist countries not this republic. They have gagged my client, his lawyers in and out of courtrooms and his team. Now, we once again have proof that they are gagging our media and censoring America. Kamala is hiding because she can’t answer for her actions. Still have doubts? TRUMP 2024 Make America Free Again,” Alina posted.
