Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in a rare public critique, lambasted the Biden administration for its heavy-handed approach to COVID-19 vaccine information censorship on Facebook, accusing the government of Orwellian overreach. Zuckerberg also pointed fingers at the mainstream media for its relentless campaign to force Facebook into silencing conservative voices following the 2016 election, admitting that his platform capitulated to external pressures, betraying its commitment to free speech.
Zuckerberg Blasts Biden Admin and Media for Coercing Facebook into Political Censorship
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Jan-17
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Meta's Mark Zuckerberg criticized the Biden administration for pushing for censorship around COVID-19 vaccines, the media for hounding Facebook to clamp down on misinformation after the 2016 election, and his own company for complying in an appearance on the …
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Jan-17
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During a candid conversation on a popular podcast, Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg emphasized the difficult position Facebook was put in by the Biden administration's demands to regulate COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, and critiqued the excessive pressure from media post-2016 election. Zuckerberg underscored the importance of balancing free speech with the responsibility to combat misinformation, suggesting that the company may have overcompensated in its efforts to appease government and public expectations.
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