Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg admitted that they censored the news about Hunter US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden before the 2020 elections.
The scandals involving the social media platform Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg are endless.
There were allegations that Facebook censored negative news about Joe Biden against former president Donald Trump in the 2020 US elections.
“We censored the news about Hunter Biden”
Mark Zuckerberg admitted that they censored the news about President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, according to the AA report.
Zuckerberg’s statements on Joe Rogan’s podcast program regarding the news that Hunter Biden used his father’s position on his laptop for business deals during the 2020 election period became the agenda.
Stating that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned to be careful against disinformation that would affect the election results at that time, Zuckerberg said that they censored the news algorithmically for this reason.
Zuckerberg, “It bothers me a lot to know that this decision was wrong. We did something we shouldn’t have done, and that’s the worst thing.” used the phrase.
Pointing out that Russia had a lot of influence in the 2016 presidential elections, Zuckerberg said, “The FBI came to us and told our team to be careful. news did not warn about news It was in context too.” he said.
The New York Post revealed Hunter Biden’s computer
The New York Post newspaper reported on October 14, 2020, that Hunter Biden’s computer was found at a computer repair shop in Delaware.
It was alleged that Biden was involved in the relations of his son Hunter Biden with the Ukrainian energy company during his vice presidency and pressured Ukraine to dismiss the attorney general who investigated this company.
The censorship of the news on many social media platforms, especially Twitter and Facebook, drew reaction, and Twitter’s CEO at that time, Jack Dorsey, admitted that this decision was a mistake.
