Zuckerberg Says He Regrets Demoting COVID-19 Content

‘I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,’ Mark Zuckerberg wrote.

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, on Jan. 31, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook was pressured by the federal government to censor COVID-19 content and that he now regrets bowing to those demands.

In an Aug. 26 letter sent to the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the tech billionaire wrote that senior officials from the Biden administration pressured his social media company to censor COVID-19 information.