In his letter addressing these concerns, Zuckerberg wrote that in 2021, senior White House officials had "repeatedly pressured" Meta to censor content related to COVID-19, "including humor and satire."
Zuckerberg also noted a separate instance from October 2020, when Meta had temporarily demoted a New York Post story about Hunter Biden's laptop after initial guidance from the FBI that there may have been a Russian disinformation campaign about the Biden family.
Zuckerberg made it clear that Meta had not been forced to remove any material: "Ultimately, it was our decision whether or not to take content down," he wrote.
Zuckerberg also expressed regret about a decision they made regarding the New York Post article, stating, "we shouldn't have demoted the story."
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