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Zuckerberg confession: why, and why now?
American Thinker ^ | 31 Aug, 2024 | Mike McDaniel

Posted on 08/31/2024 5:15:04 AM PDT by MtnClimber

I suspect Prof. Turley is right. Zuckerberg’s motives are less than noble.

On August 27, my American Thinker colleague Monica Showalter posted Zuckerberg admits he was muscled by Democrats. She asked:

Did a light bulb go on for Mark Zuckerberg about government censorship?

Zuckerberg’s admission, a sort of mushy mea culpa, came as he was under pressure from the House Judiciary Committee to produce all manner of documents proving what he admitted in a letter to the Committee, and so much more. The letter may be found here. The Committee notes three primary Zuckerberg admissions:

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Constitutional law professor and scholar Jonathan Turley notes Zuckerberg’s confession is more “contrived than contrite:”

For those of us who have criticized Facebook for years for its role in the massive censorship system, Zuckerberg’s belated contrition was more insulting than inspiring. It had all of the genuine regret of a stalker found hiding under the bed of a victim.

Zuckerberg’s sudden regret only came after his company fought for years to conceal the evidence of its work with the government to censor opposing views. Zuckerberg was finally compelled to release the documents by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and the House Judiciary Committee.

Now forced to admit what many of us have long alleged, Zuckerberg is really, really sorry.

Note, please, the sarcasm inherent in Turley’s last sentence. He ends his essay with this:

.Democracy is not on the ballot in 2024, as many have claimed, but free speech is.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: censorship; facebook; zuckerberg
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To: AndyJackson

21 posted on 08/31/2024 7:15:56 AM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: MtnClimber

He also lied about saying his election efforts were nonpartisan. They were not. It was obama’s people that told him where to spend the money. The $400+ million was spent in areas to encourage only democrat voters. He LIED.


22 posted on 08/31/2024 7:21:28 AM PDT by boycott
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To: MtnClimber

These are two of the organizations Zuckerberg donated the to before the 2020 election:

https://www.techandciviclife.org/our-team/

https://electioninnovation.org/our-team/

‘Not Plan A’: Charities are stepping up to pay for elections

https://apnews.com/article/technology-elections-denver-mark-zuckerberg-election-2020-92257bbc1fefd9ed0e18861e5b5913f6

I wouldn’t trust what Zuckerberg says about being nonpartisan. He’s been accused of stealing the idea for Facebook so I am not going to just take him at his word.


23 posted on 08/31/2024 7:42:16 AM PDT by boycott
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To: MtnClimber

Zuckerberg knows he interfered in the 2020 election and prevented a Trump blowout.

He is trying to stay out of prison.

Fail will ensue


24 posted on 08/31/2024 7:50:55 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: MtnClimber

Has the statute of limitations been removed for election interference? He’s openly admitting it.


25 posted on 08/31/2024 10:30:24 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: MtnClimber

“Why now?”

Maybe he has been threatened... and instead of caving and cowering and complying like all the others... he is ticked off and taking a stand? Doubtful and unlikely, but anything is possible in this bizarre era we’re now in.


26 posted on 08/31/2024 10:38:23 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: I want the USA back
Zuckerberg, like most liberals has NO idea what the Constitution is about or what freedoms it grants.

Liberals think the Constitution is a blank check that means the ‘’government’’ will provide them with everything.

27 posted on 08/31/2024 11:43:49 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: Sarcazmo
2 days ago a Friend had a post on FB that was covered...”Sensitive Content” clicking into to it I was actually surprised that the Sensitive content was a 50% opacity Bald Eagle pic layered on an American Flag pic...

Absolutely disgusting fkng people running that place!!

28 posted on 08/31/2024 11:55:14 AM PDT by sit-rep
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To: MtnClimber
From the article:

Mark Zuckerberg just admitted three things:

1. Biden-Harris Admin "pressured" Facebook to censor Americans.

2. Facebook censored Americans.

3. Facebook throttled the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Mark Zuckerberg only admitted 2 and 3:
2. Facebook censored Americans.
3. Facebook throttled the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Zuckerberg claims:
1. Biden-Harris Admin "pressured" Facebook to censor Americans.

Zuckerberg needs to be sitting in cell until he coughs up the proof that someone from the Biden-Harris administration coerced him to block information and commit illegal political contributions-in-kind.

29 posted on 08/31/2024 12:01:10 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: MtnClimber
Zuckerberg knows he interfered in the 2020 election and prevented a Trump blowout that the cheating could not have overcome. He is trying to stay out of prison.

He should testify in court. Plead guilty. Then Trump pardons him. As long as Zuckerberg confesses all of his sins.

So America gets to see how the Deep State truly operates. Even though Zuckerberg was (is) a loyal Democratic accomplice

30 posted on 08/31/2024 12:05:06 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Sarcazmo
He’s a faithful head of an organ, I don’t think he has to worry about prison.

Zuckerberg's not going to get past the blocking and removal of posts about natural immunity, Ivermectin, and HCQ which provided an alternative treatments for COVID-1984 thus making the MurderNA shot mandates illegal.

Unless he coughs up the proof that the Biden-Harris administration did it, Zuckerberg and his executives alone are guilty of violating the Nuremberg Code:

Permissible Experiments from the Nuremberg Code
-The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential.
-the person involved should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion
-the person should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision.
-During the course of the experiment the human subject should be at liberty to bring the experiment to an end if he has reached the physical or mental state where continuation of the experiment seems to him to be impossible.

Zuckerberg is not going to get past the wrongful death lawsuits for those who died from the MurderNA shot after he censored posts of people describing their adverse reactions to it.

Zuckerberg risks having to turn over every penny earned from advertisers during the period he was censoring health information and giving illegal political contributions-in-kind. He can't profit from crimes.

31 posted on 08/31/2024 12:14:51 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: MtnClimber

Free speech IS democracy!


32 posted on 08/31/2024 12:45:00 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: MtnClimber

Giant CYA


33 posted on 08/31/2024 12:49:41 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Clay Bevis and Cuck Butthead are panty wadded, pearl clutching cowards. Rush deserves better.)
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To: sit-rep

That’s crazy. Yeah, I think these organizations are mostly just fronts used to steer the population around by the nose. I further suspect they are mostly products of the Govt. or whoever it is we are facing down.

What I found interesting is that Twitter was allowed to be purchased. It was clear that Jack wasn’t running jack when he owned it.

They must have thought they could get Elon to come around. But I don’t think that plan is working. I expect Elon’s in some danger.

These folks are not playing around. There is a lot at stake for them (and us).


34 posted on 08/31/2024 4:30:02 PM PDT by Sarcazmo (I live by the Golden Rule. As applied by others; I'm not selfish.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Well, I certainly hope you are right.

I agree the Nuremberg code is important, but it is of no consequence whatsoever to the cabal that we are currently facing down.

People are not really waking up fast enough here. The cabal we are facing down is moving very quickly into force (from fraud, now that it is wearing thin).

All they need to do is get their guy in the front door of the White House for several days and it’s over. There will be no getting them out after that. No matter what fraud is uncovered.


35 posted on 08/31/2024 4:35:55 PM PDT by Sarcazmo (I live by the Golden Rule. As applied by others; I'm not selfish.)
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To: Sarcazmo
They must have thought they could get Elon to come around.

Elon Musk was starting to assert himself. But at the time, he was still known as a Democrat.

36 posted on 08/31/2024 4:38:01 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: fuzzylogic

Please explain to me what, exactly, “election interference” is - and where in the Constitution power is granted to Congress or the Courts to act against it.


37 posted on 08/31/2024 4:38:59 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Sarcazmo
It was clear that Jack wasn’t running jack when he owned it.

Jack was always under the influence. He was not an ideological figure, if it was up to him, he'll avoid politics. Mark Zuckerberg, at the time, he was a well-known player in the politics of the Democratic Party.

But now Zuckerberg is speaking out.

But why? And right now just before the election in November?

38 posted on 08/31/2024 4:40:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

“ He should testify in court. Plead guilty.”

What crime do you believe Zuckerberg committed? Please be specific and tell me what (constitutional) Federal law Zuckerberg broke.


39 posted on 08/31/2024 4:43:02 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Jim Noble
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Federal Election Campaign Act

Zuckerberg should have documented all the actions that he took in 2020 and reported that Facebook was a partisan organization in favor of the Democratic Party.

40 posted on 08/31/2024 4:51:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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