Zuckerberg said it was ultimately Meta’s decision to take down any content, but he noted he believes that the so-called « government pressure was wrong. »
The Biden Administration « pressured » Facebook-parent Meta to « censor » content related to Covid-19, the social media giant’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg alleged, adding that he regrets some of the decisions taken in relation to the U.S. government’s requests.
« In 2021, senior officials from the Biden Administration, including the White House, repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire, and expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn’t agree », Zuckerberg wrote in a letter to the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee.
The letter was posted on the Committee’s Facebook page and on its account on the X social media platform on Monday.
A Meta spokesperson confirmed the letter’s authenticity to CNBC.
Zuckerberg said it was ultimately Meta’s decision to take down any content, but he noted he believes that the so-called « government pressure was wrong.
