> It's never as simple as the White House calling up Mark Zuckerberg and saying "hey, silence X". The government got so comfy it really got to be that easy: h

> It's never as simple as the White House calling up Mark Zuckerberg and saying "hey, silence X". The government got so comfy it really got to be that easy: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/zuckerberg-says-the-white-house-pressured-facebook-to-censor-some-covid-19-content-during-the-pandemic https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/zuckerberg-says-the-wh... (Aug 27, 2024) > White House, “repeatedly pressured” Facebook for months to take down “certain COVID-19 content including humor and satire.” > The officials “expressed a lot of frustration” when the company didn’t agree, he said in the letter.