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Mark Zuckerberg lies about content moderation to Joe Rogan’s face

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Mark Zuckerberg’s interview on The Joe Rogan Experience is full of lies.

Zuckerberg , CEO of Facebook 's parent company Meta , sets the tone at the very beginning: “I think at some level you only start one of these companies if you believe in giving people a voice, right?” The idea that the government was forcing Zuckerberg to “censor” news about covid and covid vaccines is something of a running theme.

Zuckerberg said Biden administration pressured Facebook to fact-check claims.

Many of the controversial moderation calls Facebook made in the pandemic were during the Trump administration.

Zuckerberg didn’t mention the relentless pressure conservatives have placed on the company for years .

Facebook was widely and obviously targeted by Republican lawmakers.

The Cambridge Analytica scandal cost Facebook just $5 billion — chump change, really.

If Zuckerberg plays ball, his next privacy whoopsie could be even cheaper.

Zuckerberg even offers Republicans another target: Apple .

He has a longstanding grudge against Apple after the company implemented anti-tracking features into its default browser, Safari .

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58

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51

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29

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

46

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offensive

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