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01- VerifiedAug 25, 2022Moderation Pressure
CEO statement on FBI outreach preceding moderation of Hunter Biden laptop story
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said publicly that the FBI had warned the company about potential foreign-influence operations before the 2020 election, which informed how Facebook treated the New York Post's Hunter Biden laptop story. The episode prompted public debate over the appropriate scope of government-to-platform communications regarding U.S. news coverage.
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