‘I Believe the Government Pressure Was Wrong:’ Mark Zuckerberg Explains Why Facebook Censored Certain Content

Mark Zuckerberg submitted a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Monday stating that in 2021, Meta censored certain Covid-19 content on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and other platforms it owns.

The letter was in response to the committee’s ongoing investigation of how the federal government plays into content moderation choices made by tech companies.

Meta made the move in response to repeated, months-long pressure from the Biden Administration, including the White House, Zuckerberg disclosed. Senior Biden Administration officials “expressed a lot of frustration” when Meta’s teams didn’t initially agree with the demands to take down content, including satirical and humorous posts.

“I believe the government pressure was wrong,

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