Zuckerberg: White House Pressured Meta to Censor Content During Covid

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says he regrets bowing to what he said was pressure from the Biden administration to censor content on Facebook and Instagram during the Covid pandemic.

In a letter sent to a US House committee chair, he said senior officials, including some from the White House, pressured Meta to remove content in 2021.

The White House has defended its actions, saying it encouraged responsible actions to protect public health and safety.

Zuckerberg also said his firm briefly demoted content relating to Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, ahead of the 2020 election, after the FBI warned of a potential Russian disinformation operation.

Zuckerberg said the content did not turn out to be part of such an operation.