Tech journalist Kara Swisher called Zuckerberg's claim of censorship “nonsense,” saying if conservatives had any proof, “they would tout it”
Right-wing media are pointing to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent letter to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) about pandemic-era requests from the Biden administration to remove certain content as proof of their longstanding and baseless claims of social media censorship.
One Fox News contributor even compared Facebook’s content moderation policies to the Taliban’s recently adopted restriction on women speaking in public.
Zuckerberg said in an August 26 letter to Jordan that senior Biden administration officials had “repeatedly pressured” Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and that he regretted demoting some content about Hunter Biden’s laptop during the 2020 election period after FBI warnings about potential Russian disinformation.
He also vowed that the platform would push back if faced with similar demands again, saying: “I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it. … We’re ready to push back if something like this happens again.”
On CNN, technology journalist Kara Swisher explained why Zuckerberg’s claims in the letter are “nonsense” and that there is no evidence Meta is biased against conservatives, also noting that Zuckerberg “was not under oath” while making his claims.
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