Meta's Mark Zuckerberg on U.S. government pressure over COVID-19 content

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter submitted to the House Judiciary Committee that he regrets he was not more outspoken against U.S. government pressure to take down certain COVID-19 content in 2021. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent has more.

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[towritemichelle]

He bowed to nothing except trying to get our kids online

[MF-ttbe]

So wasn’t this called a conspiracy just not that long ago? 🤔

[whodeynationbaby]

I remember way back when this was a conspiracy theory turned true.. strange!

[robotron]

*CDC Director 2021:* “More than 97% of people getting hospitalized with Covid-19 now are unvaccinated, Walensky said.” - CNN
*CDC Director 2023:* "We still to this day do not have data on people who are coming into the hospitals who are vaccinated. That is a data point that we have lacked.”

[pw]

Wasn't this obvious worldwide with all media doing this.

[ericdwhitmorec]

Remember when he said that he didnt care that Facebook hurt people including children, that he knew about the spreading of lies... that it made him money so he didnt care, And then he just went home.

[DanielRuiz-oqcy]

Two minutes of listening and I'm wondering WHY we are allowed to know.

[D.]

Was that legal? For the Biden admin to do? Is Harris tied to this?

[mimsicle]

Covid 19 misinformation. Yes. It should have been squashed. I myself repeated a joke about Covid and had my post rejected. I wasn’t offended. A reasonable person wouldn’t be considering it was no joking matter.

[williamwilliamson]

He wants to put his thum on the scale again.

[Siburta]

So we were brain washed by our government and a business owner helped even tho it was wrong

[nexpar]

Stop giving money to Zuckerberg. Quite frankly, I'd rather put up with Taylor Swift than Zuckerberg.

[christopherlewis]

A typical predatory billionaire, trying to play the victim.

[artiartibald]

Even without his admission, it is clear that meta is a selling platform where there is censorship

[robertlouisburns]

Bull. He agreed to do this. Now he is playing victim. He’s sorry he got caught.

[ckauffman]

remember in 2022 when Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter Files’ were released? Same thing but with news coverage this time 2 years Pathetic

[ytgytgy]

Oh boohoo zuck and his cringe tech is being treated so unfairly!!

[Stephen-onbf]

FB still does not allow people to send any links or content from the most popular Trump forum in the world. This isn't even half of the story.

[PredictionAscension]

We knew this already back in 2021...
Just glad he decided to finally be a man..
America 🇺🇸 first...

[TroyStansell]

They put a lot more pressure on Elon, but unlike Suckerberg, Elon didn't fold.