Mark Zuckerberg writes to House Judiciary Committee, exposes censorship regime of US President Joe Biden
Op IndiaOn Monday, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg exposed how the Biden administration weaponised political censorship to curtail free speech on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In his letter to the House Judiciary Committee, Mark Zuckerberg stated, “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 humour and satire, and expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn’t agree.” Mark Zuckerberg just admitted three things: 1. Russian disinformation hoax, Hunter Biden laptop story and Biden administration He informed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation reached out to Meta to censor content related to ‘Russian disinformation’ targeting the Biden family in the run-up to the 2020 Presidential elections. Column’s up: Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg censored the @nypost Hunter Biden stories before the election to hide the real Joe Biden https://t.co/bjx7cCw0hU — Miranda Devine November 29, 2021 In its report, the New York Post alleged that they had accessed material from a damaged Macbook that was brought to a service centre for repair. Meta’s fightback against governmental censorship Mark Zuckerberg pointed out that his company has made several policy changes to restrict governmental interference in content moderation decisions and prevent the arbitrary classification of controversial posts on its platforms as ‘Russian disinformation.’ “It’s since been made clear that the reporting was not Russian disinformation, and in retrospect, we shouldn’t have demoted the story.