Governments dont ask when they want to censor something.
I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it.
And this is where things get tricky.
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during an interview on “The Circuit with Emily Chang” in Tahoe City, California, US, on Friday, July 19, 2024.© Photographer: Jason Henry/Bloomberg via Getty Images
This was all completely normal stuff, but Trump supporters cried foul, of course.
I made these contributions through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
They were designed to be non-partisanspread across urban, rural, and suburban communities, Zuck wrote.
So I dont plan on making a similar contribution this cycle.
The response from the MAGA crowd has been what youd expect.
Mark Zuckerberg just admitted three things:
1.
Biden-Harris Admin “pressured” Facebook to censor Americans.
Facebook throttled the Hunter Biden laptop story.
In short, this letter was seen as a big win for Republicans.
Only time will tell whether that strategy pays off for him in any way.
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