Freedom of speech issues are unavoidable when you’re running a social network—and they’re often less than clear-cut.
Just ask Mark Zuckerberg, who says he regrets giving in to alleged pressure from the Biden administration to censor Facebook and Instagram content during the COVID pandemic. Writing to U.S. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the Meta CEO said the White House had in 2021 “repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire” and “we made some choices that, with the benefit of hindsight and new information, we wouldn't make today.”
