Meta (META) CEO 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Mark Zuckerberg said the U.S. government pressured the company to "censor" some content from its social media platforms.

"In 2021, senior officials from the [President Joe] Biden Administration, including the White House, repeatedly pressured [Meta] teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content," Zuckerberg wrote in a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary released Monday.

"Ultimately, it was [Meta's] decision whether or not to take content down," the CEO said, but noted that he "believe[s] the government pressure was wrong." He added the company "made some choices that, with the benefit of hindsight and new information, [Meta] wouldn't make today."

Disinformation During ❀the 2020 Campaign Was Also A Concern

Zuckerberg also said there was an instance ahead of the 2020 presidential election when federal officials alerted the company to a potential disinformation campaign against then-presidential-candidate Biden, causing Meta🐬 to demote related content.

He said Meta now regrets that decision and the company has changed policies to "no longer temporarily demote things in the U.S. while waiting for fact-checkers."

With the 2024 presidential election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris approaching, Zuckerberg said his "goal is to be neutral and not play a role one way or another."

Zuckerberg's statements come amid 澳洲幸运5官方ꦓ开奖结果体彩网:concerns about the spread of misinformation, especially content fueled by 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:artificial intelligence (AI), during an election year.