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Mark Zuckerberg Says White House Was ‘Wrong’ to Pressure Facebook on Covid
WSJ ^ | 8/26/24

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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: bigtech; bokbok; censorship; chicken; covid; coward; dissent; facebook; freespeech; internet; markzuckerberg; meta; socialmedia; youhelpedthemzuck; zuckerberg
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I'm not sure I believe this. Anyone know if this is true?
1 posted on 08/26/2024 10:25:00 PM PDT by week 71
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To: week 71

hindsight is always 20-20.


2 posted on 08/26/2024 10:27:52 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

This is more about the Harris/Biden administration than about Zuckerberg if you ask me.


3 posted on 08/26/2024 10:31:39 PM PDT by week 71
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4 posted on 08/26/2024 10:34:16 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

And there it is...


5 posted on 08/26/2024 10:34:53 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: week 71

You didn’t have to give in, Zuckerberg


6 posted on 08/26/2024 10:35:31 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: week 71

Not my fault.


7 posted on 08/26/2024 10:48:30 PM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: sasquatch

Yeah -is he hedging since the RFK Jr endorsement of Trump?


8 posted on 08/26/2024 10:51:37 PM PDT by week 71
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To: lowbridge

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.


9 posted on 08/26/2024 10:54:17 PM PDT by Red6
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To: week 71

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.


10 posted on 08/26/2024 10:58:54 PM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: week 71

Yeah,
right,
Zuckface ahole


11 posted on 08/26/2024 11:04:49 PM PDT by A strike ("Rise Peter, kill and eat.")
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And he keeps it up by having his mindless little minions “fact-check” every single conservative on FB. No sympathy for this jerk.


12 posted on 08/26/2024 11:07:51 PM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: week 71

who forced him to give 400mm to help steal the election?


13 posted on 08/26/2024 11:12:22 PM PDT by Aria
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To: week 71

All you had to do was say no Zuckerturd.


14 posted on 08/26/2024 11:42:52 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: week 71

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.


15 posted on 08/26/2024 11:49:27 PM PDT by Alvin Diogenes
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To: week 71

The polls showing Trump’s real lead must be amazing.


16 posted on 08/26/2024 11:51:19 PM PDT by Jemian (There is tough. And then, there is TRUMP TOUGH!)
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To: week 71

Backstabber!


17 posted on 08/26/2024 11:51:55 PM PDT by Herakles (Diversity is applied Marxism )
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To: week 71

Shut up Mark, you’ll forever be a leftist govt tool. You’ve totally marked yourself. (no pun intended)


18 posted on 08/27/2024 12:00:37 AM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: week 71

How about it being wrong and unconstitutional for the government to “pressure” companies to censor—end of sentence?


19 posted on 08/27/2024 12:24:30 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: week 71

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!


20 posted on 08/27/2024 12:41:04 AM PDT by spincaster
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