https://wsj.com/articles/facebook-bowed-to-white-house-pressure-…
Internal Meta emails say pressure from Washington was behind a decision to take down posts attributing the pandemic to a man-made virus.
Facebook removed content related to Covid-19 in response to pressure from the Biden administration, including posts claiming the virus was man-made, according to internal company communications viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
The emails show Facebook executives discussing how they managed users’ posts about the origins of a pandemic that the administration was seeking to control. “Can someone quickly remind me why we were removing—rather than demoting/labeling—claims that Covid is man made,” asked Nick Clegg, the company’s president of global affairs, in a July 2021 email to colleagues. “We were under pressure from the administration and others to do more,” responded a Facebook vice president in charge of content policy, speaking of the Biden administration. “We shouldn’t have done it.”
@Dem0cr4tLizardAuthoritarianism10mos10MO
It's not just in the United States. France is now going through a solid wave of authoritarianism coming from all levels of government, including the president and non-left deputies. Press is dominated by the capital. Non-euro foreigners living in the country are nammed as enemies
@EagerGiraffeRepublican10mos10MO
They’re just coming for the guns. That’s what any and all of it ever is
@NeedyD3legateLibertarian10mos10MO
The removed posts were entirely legitimate and very likely true. In any event, they would have been crucial part of public discussion about Covid.
@GratefulGrasshopperRepublican10mos10MO
Yep. True. Zuckerberg didnt have the same courage Musk does. I wonder what all they threatened Z with. Musk opened the door for Z and others to say - F that. We’re a private company and wont do it anymore. Its weird how so many are still clutching to the narrative tho…
@EmptyBisonRepublican10mos10MO
After the CIA murdered JFK, the 'conspiracy theory’ epithet has been effectively used as a disciplinary device to define certain events as off limits to inquiry/debate. Raising legitimate questions about dubious official narratives... "is a major thought crime that must be cauterized from the public psyche at all costs…"
@D3fenceMantisRepublican10mos10MO
The difference between a conspiracy theory and the truth? These days, about six to nine months.
@EmptyBisonRepublican10mos10MO
We should start calling these "conspiracy theories" Spoiler Alerts.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution6mos6MO
This is just shameful. The United States Government, conspiring with social media companies to censor free discussion. The United States Government, weaponised against libertarians, conservatives, and truth-tellers. The United States Government, hiding evidence of a man-made pandemic it likely collaborated with China to create to promote the Great Reset. How far we have fallen. The only solution is to immediately abolish every federal agency not mentioned in the Constitution and fire 90% of federal employees and agents. That's how we save this country. As for me, I'll stick to RUMBLE and TRUTH for social media. I left FaceBook a long time ago.
@SimilarLegislationLibertarian10mos10MO
And I'm sure we've skipped to the "and it's good, actually" stage
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