Mark Zuckerberg responds to GOP pressure, says Biden pushed to ‘censor’ covid posts
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6Q9EX)
Illustration by The Verge | Photo by Tom Williams via Getty Images In a letter to the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on Monday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the Biden administration repeatedly pressured" his teams to censor" content related to covid in 2021. Zuckerberg told the committee chair, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), that the pressure was wrong" and he regrets not being more outspoken about it." He also told Jordan he would avoid repeating a 2020 donation to support local election infrastructure, aiming to avoid the perception of playing a non-neutral role in politics.
The letter largely comes as a response to increasing scrutiny from Republicans, who have accused platforms like Facebook and Instagram of being biased against conservatives for years. More recently in May, Rep. Jordan led...