Meta CEO and Chairman Mark Zuckerberg is admitting that his social media platform, Facebook, was pressured by the Biden-Harris government to censor Americans who posted about the COVID-19 pandemic on his website. Additionally, the tech billionaire acknowledges that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had warned them about potential Russian disinformation regarding Burisma and the Biden family, which directly resulted in the New York Post‘s Hunter Biden laptop story being suppressed on Facebook.
The admissions come in a letter from Zuckerberg to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH). This appears to be the most definitive acknowledgment by the social media titan yet of the scale and depth of the Biden-Harris government and FBI‘s role in censoring American citizens and the free press.
COVID CENSORSHIP.
“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 humor and satire, and expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn’t agree,” the Meta CEO and Facebook founder writes. Zuckerberg continues, acknowledging it was ultimately his company’s decision to censor users: “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.”
THE LAPTOP FROM HELL.
Addressing Facebook‘s interference in the 2020 presidential race by suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story just weeks before election day, Zuckerberg again pointed the finger at the federal government—namely the FBI.
“In a separate situation, the FBI warned us about a potential Russian disinformation operation about the Biden family and Burisma in the lead up to the 2020 election,” Zuckerberg states, while contending that the FBI briefing is what directly led to his company’s decision to percent users from seeing the New York Post story. He adds: “It’s since been made clear that the reporting was not Russian disinformation, and in retrospect, we shouldn’t have demoted the story.”
The National Pulse’s Facebook account has been virtually unusable since we were one of the first outlets to meaningfully report from the hard drive.
Zuckerberg told Chairman Jordan that Facebook has subsequently changed its policies and that news stories will no longer be demoted while being reviewed by the social media platform’s fact-checkers.
ELECTION DONATIONS.
In the final part of his letter to Chairman Jordan, Zuckerberg promises to end his donations to progressive-controlled election groups like the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), first exposed here on The National Pulse five years ago.
“Apart from content moderation, I want to address the contributions I made during the last presidential election cycle to support electoral infrastructure,” the Meta Chairman and CEO writes, adding: “I know that some people believe this work benefited one party over another. My goal is to be neutral and play a role one way or another—or even appear to be playing a role.”
Zuckerberg concludes: “So I don’t plan on making a similar contribution this cycle.”
The National Pulse has previously reported that Zuckerberg‘s contributions have helped fund an army of pro-Democratic Party election workers and poll watchers who have been instrumental in blocking Republican-backed election integrity efforts. Democratic Party corporate media allies have tried to claim Republicans “weaponized Mark Zuckerberg’s donations,” however his admission to Jordan suggests the Republican accusations are true.
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Mark Zuckerberg just admitted three things:
1. Biden-Harris Admin "pressured" Facebook to censor Americans.
2. Facebook censored Americans.
3. Facebook throttled the Hunter Biden laptop story.
Big win for free speech. pic.twitter.com/ALlbZd9l6K
— House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) August 26, 2024