‘We live in a banana republic’: WH reacts to Zuckerberg’s admission of gov’t induced censorship

Facebook and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg sparked a political frenzy when he admitted his social platform was coerced into censoring damaging information about Joe Biden and critical comments about the handling of COVID-19 during the 2020 presidential campaign.

So, did Zuck have a come-to-Jesus moment with this confession? Critics claim that’s not likely, although he was given due credit for throwing the Biden-Harris administration “under the bus” and expressed regret for his part in silencing concerned Americans.

“Ultimately, it was our decision whether or not to take content down, and we own our decisions, including COVID-19-related changes we made to our enforcement in the wake of this pressure. I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken,” Zuckerberg wrote in a hard-hitting letter that can be read here.

It didn’t take long for the admission to go viral on social media where it validated long-time and unanswered complaints of censorship from Trump supporters and critics of tyrannical Covid protocols.

Looks like Mark Zuckerberg has joined the ranks of the crazed conspiracy theorists who claim that the Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor dissent during Covid.

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) August 27, 2024

Zuckerberg’s statement also grabbed the attention of the White House, which quickly responded to Fox News with a defensive statement of its own:

“When confronted with a deadly pandemic, this administration encouraged responsible actions to protect public health and safety. Our position has been clear and consistent: we believe tech companies and other private actors should take into account the effects their actions have on the American people, while making independent choices about the information they present.”

In other words, the Biden-Harris administration stands by its heavy-handed action against free speech and will use “public health and safety” as the excuse.

Meanwhile, despite Zuckerberg finally confirming what many freedom-loving patriots had been saying all along, he wasn’t exactly forgiven on X:

This is a bombshell story that the corrupt MSM will unfortunately sweep under the rug and the DOJ will ignore. We live in a Banana Republic.

— Lowkey Rey 2.0 (@AtlRey) August 27, 2024

Zuckerberg is a criminal along with the biden administration.

They both interfered with the 2020 presidential election and risked lives with the covid misinformation.

— (@ChatByCC) August 27, 2024

Wow! Everyone willing to forgive Mark Zuckerberg so quickly for interfering in two elections is so kind.

I’m not. Put him in fucking prison.

— BLAIRE WHITE (@MsBlaireWhite) August 27, 2024

Not only does #Zuckerberg‘s admission prove that the #Biden Admin. illegally censored free speech, but it also shows that they interfered in the 2020 election. This proves #Trump was right that the 2020 election was stolen. But for this interference, Trump likely would have won!

— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) August 27, 2024

Mark Zuckerberg owes a lot of people a lot of money in damages. Lost lives. Lost elections. Losses in reputation.

I’m delighted that he is turning around.

But those he hurt deserve deep financial compensation/exoneration.

We should not be having to say this on our own behalf.… https://t.co/Rnysmv3kbs pic.twitter.com/VDNIsxGTZp

— Eric Weinstein (@EricRWeinstein) August 27, 2024

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