Facebook and Instagram CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Biden administration officials angrily pressured his companies to censor information regarding COVID-19 vaccine side effects during the pandemic.
“While they were trying to push that program, they also tried to censor anyone who is basically arguing against it,” Zuckerberg said in a Friday appearance with podcaster Joe Rogan. “They pushed us super hard to take down things that were honestly true.”
Zuckerberg said he believes the COVID-19 vaccines “are more positive than negative” but that he regrets censoring information about the vaccines, including side effects, that ended up being proven correct.
The social media head said that Biden administration officials pushed the platforms to take down “anything that says that vaccines might have side effects.”
When Rogan asked
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