Zuckerberg Says Meta Was ‘Pressured’ by Biden to Censor COVID Content
Mark Zuckerberg admitted in a Monday letter to federal lawmakers that the Biden administration repeatedly put pressure on Meta to “censor” some content about COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic.
In the letter, addressed to House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH), the Meta CEO said that he believes “the government pressure was wrong” and that he regrets “that we were not more outspoken about it” when it happened in 2021.
“I feel strongly that we should not compromise our content standards due to pressure from any administration in either direction—and we’re ready to push back if something like this happens again,” Zuckerberg said.