PANews reported on August 27 that according to Interface News, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on August 26 that Facebook was "pressured" by the US government in 2021 to censor content related to the epidemic during the COVID-19 pandemic, and he regretted the company's decision to accept these requests.
“In 2021, senior Biden administration officials, including in the White House, have been pressuring our team for months to review certain content about the coronavirus, including humor and satire,” Zuckerberg wrote in a letter to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. “While it is Meta’s decision whether to remove content, the government’s pressure is wrong, and I regret that we have not been more outspoken.”
The United States is about to hold a presidential election. In order to avoid being accused of political bias, Zuckerberg also said that he has decided to stop donating to help local governments manage elections. Regarding donations made to support election infrastructure during the last presidential election, Zuckerberg wrote in the letter, "The purpose of this is to ensure that local election jurisdictions across the country have the resources they need to help people vote safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the analysis I have seen shows that this is not the case (donations benefit one party), I know that some people think that this work is beneficial to one party and detrimental to the other. My goal is to remain neutral and not play a role in one way or another, or even appear to play a role. So I do not plan to make similar donations in this election cycle."
