WASHINGTON – A mix of social media, politics and censorship is coming into light following a confession from Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He admits the Biden administration pressured his platforms to censor content related to COVID-19. In a letter to House lawmakers, Zuckerberg also addressed the handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story.
In his bombshell admission to the House Judiciary Committee, Zuckerberg added that he regrets caving to the demands of the Biden White House to censor COVID content on Facebook and Instagram.
The META CEO wrote, “I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken.”
“I feel strongly we should not compromise our content standards and we’re ready to push back if something like this happens again,” Zuckerberg added.
Derrick Green, Chairman of Cedarville University’s Communication Department, tells CBN News it’s concerning when a presidential administration tries to influence content moderation policies.
“What it does is really brings to light that there’s a lot of pressure on how social media presents its content, what they allow to be present on their platforms,” he said of Zuckerberg’s letter. “That pressure is coming from all types of people and in this
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