Posted on 08/26/2024 10:25:00 PM PDT by week 71
WASHINGTON—Meta Platforms META -1.30%decrease; red down pointing triangle Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said it was improper for the Biden administration to have pressured Facebook to censor content in 2021 related to the coronavirus pandemic, vowing that the social-media giant would reject any such future efforts.
Zuckerberg also said he didn’t plan to repeat efforts to fund nonprofits to assist in state election efforts, a Covid-era push that had drawn Republican criticism and sparked many Republican-leaning states to ban the practice.
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hindsight is always 20-20.
This is more about the Harris/Biden administration than about Zuckerberg if you ask me.
And there it is...
You didn’t have to give in, Zuckerberg
Not my fault.
Yeah -is he hedging since the RFK Jr endorsement of Trump?
Exactly-
Or, at a minimum, publicly state that you’re required to comply (if that was the case) in what amounts to government censorship.
I do not believe it really was the case that they were forced. They could have pushed back.
BUT, Some of your big tech giants were facing being broken up because they are monopolies (Meta, Amazon...). Under Biden that push by government faded away, why Zuckerberg supported Biden so much. Zuckerberg poured an enormous amount of money into the 2020 elections.
I think, it is the simple game of you scratch my back, I scratch yours. Zuckerberg wanted to remain in good favor and out of the crosshairs.
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2020/12/ftc-sues-facebook-illegal-monopolization
Biden is gone/on his way out, (((NOW))) the little weasel speaks.
Facebook runs most of the elections offices now via cash giveaways and by controlling the officials via the Internet. Make no mistake this is how control will be maintained just as it started with obama 1.0.
Yeah,
right,
Zuckface ahole
And he keeps it up by having his mindless little minions “fact-check” every single conservative on FB. No sympathy for this jerk.
who forced him to give 400mm to help steal the election?
All you had to do was say no Zuckerturd.
The criticism of Zuck is correct BUT this is a good thing. Here’s why:
Zuckerberg has access to the direct pulse of the country via Facebook. He knows whether the supposed enthusiasm for Harris is real because he can see the analytics that he gets based on the posts people make.
Probably he’s not looking at individual private posts because it would be embarrassing (and maybe even criminal) if it came out that he did so, plus there’s no point in doing that because there’s far too much data there. But you can bet that he gets analytics with summary figures on sentiment, with no personally identifiable information included.
The fact that he took the stance he did in his testimony tells me that he sees the handwriting on the wall. and he knows that Trump is on track to win.
The polls showing Trump’s real lead must be amazing.
Backstabber!
Shut up Mark, you’ll forever be a leftist govt tool. You’ve totally marked yourself. (no pun intended)
How about it being wrong and unconstitutional for the government to “pressure” companies to censor—end of sentence?
Zuck, you bent over for them and filled your pockets. You could care less about the people that use your crap. You really suck, Zuck!
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