In a candid conversation on the 'Joe Rogan Experience,' Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed concerns over government overreach in digital spaces, particularly around public health issues such as COVID-19 vaccinations. Zuckerberg highlighted the challenges faced by Facebook in balancing public health information with free speech, amid intense scrutiny from media outlets and pressures from the Biden administration.
Zuckerberg Defends Content Policies, Cites Orwell in Critique of Government Influence
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Jan-17
Censorship
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, in an appearance on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, criticized the Biden administration for pushing for censorship around COVID-19 vaccines, the media for hounding Facebook to clamp d…
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Jan-17
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In a revealing episode of 'The Joe Rogan Experience,' Meta's Mark Zuckerberg called out the Biden administration for its heavy-handed approach to censoring COVID-19 vaccine information on Facebook. Zuckerberg's comments shed light on the troubling pressures social media platforms face from the government to control the narrative, drawing parallels to Orwellian censorship.
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