White House Urged Meta to Censor WhatsApp Messages to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy

White House Urged Meta to Censor WhatsApp Messages to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy
US President Joe Biden speaks to the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Canada, on Mach 24, 2023. Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP
Zachary Stieber
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President Joe Biden’s administration pressured Meta to restrict messages on WhatsApp, according to newly disclosed emails.

Rob Flaherty, an assistant to the president, messaged Meta executives in March 2021 to ask about how the company was working to reduce “harm,” one of the emails shows.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
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Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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