Posted on 08/26/2024 4:44:17 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Zuckerberg responded to questions from the House Judiciary Committee, explaining the moderation of online content on social media platforms, including addressing reports that the Biden administration tried to censor multiple social media companies.
"There's a lot of talk right now, about how the U.S. government interacts with companies like Meta, and I want to be clear about our position," Zuckerberg said in a letter to the committee. "Our platforms are for everyone -- we're about promoting speech and helping people connect in a safe and secure way."
Zuckerberg explained that the Biden administration pressured his team for months in 2021 to censor "certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire, and expressed a lot of frustration with our team when we didn't agree."
The CEO admitted that the company made the ultimate decision on what to remove and when, stating that he owns up to the censorship, including on matters related to the COVID-19 global health emergency and pandemic.
"I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it," Zuckerberg continued. "I also think we made some choices that, with the benefit of hindsight and new information, we wouldn't make today."
The Facebook founder also admitted that Facebook demoted the Hunter Biden laptop story, because it was warned by the FBI about a potential Russian disinformation operation regarding Burisma and the Biden family leading into the 2020 election.
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Well, he should openly support Trump!
JMO, YMMV
Zuckerberg admitted he censored Americans which is an illegal political contribution-in-kind for which he belongs in prison. He can claim the government pressured him to make the illegal political contribution-in-kind, but without proof, he and his staff alone are guilty.
A LOT of people, a LOT, need to be tried for treason. Censor this.
He was brainwashed so he didn’t know better. But he’s been working out with UFC guys lately. They’re probably all pro-Trump. I bet they told him what was going on.
He is still doing it.
🔝🔝🔝
Did they give you money? That’s bribery.
Did they threaten you? That’s extortion.
But thanks for admitting out loud what we already knew.
If he knew it was wrong, then a teensy tiny fraction of his wealth could have hired all the best lawyers in town and taken it to the US Supreme Court and prevailed in his right otbto have his organizations right to speak or not tp speak vindicated, but no he gave in without a fight because like Zuckerbucks shows he believes in voter manipulation.
Zuckerberg tells Rogan FBI warning prompted Biden laptop story censorship
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook restricting a story about Joe Biden’s son during the 2020 election was based on FBI misinformation warnings.
The New York Post alleged leaked emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop showed the then vice-president was helping his son’s business dealings in Ukraine.
Facebook and Twitter restricted sharing of the article, before reversing course amid allegations of censorship.
Zuckerberg said that getting the decision wrong “sucks”.
“When we take down something that we’re not supposed to, that’s the worst,” Zuckerberg said in a rare extended media interview on the Joe Rogan podcast.
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Zuckerberg told Rogan: “The background here is that the FBI came to us - some folks on our team - and was like ‘hey, just so you know, you should be on high alert. We thought there was a lot of Russian propaganda in the 2016 election, we have it on notice that basically there’s about to be some kind of dump that’s similar to that’.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62688532
And he was happy to oblige. He’s a stain on the planet.
Can’t wait until Facebook goes the way of My Space.
It just adds an illegal conspiracy to improperly influence an election to the mix.
Just think of what would happen if he did just that.
Biden committed a crime. Jail him when he leaves office.
N S S.
Tell us something we didn’t already know.
Never did Facebook. Don’t do social media sites. Tried Parler, Gab, Gettr, and Truth Social once they let people use their computers to access it. Got rid of all of them as I found them to be big wasters of time. Also, nothing redeeming about any of them.
He was super impressed with “badass” Trump on J13.
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