TheBadPlaceyahoo news | Mark Zuckerberg: constitutionally bitchmade.
Mark Zuckerberg spent hours on Joe Rogan’s podcast denouncing government censorship, insisting that Meta was fighting “the very real threat of state‑driven suppression of speech.” Just twenty‑four days later, however, internal messages reveal that he “proactively reached out to a senior government official to let him know Meta was already taking action to remove content on behalf of that official’s government operation—including truthful information like the names of public servants working for the federal government.”
The outreach was not a vague promise of cooperation; the messages detail a concrete offer to delete specific posts at the request of the official, effectively allowing a foreign or domestic power to scrub factual data from the platform. This move starkly contradicts Zuckerberg’s public rhetoric and raises questions about how Meta balances its stated commitment to free expression with behind‑the‑scenes compliance with government censorship demands.
In an even more surprising twist, weeks after his Rogan interview, Zuckerberg allegedly texted Elon Musk offering Meta’s resources to take down content related to the cryptocurrency DOGE. The exchange, reported by Techdirt, suggests that Meta was willing to assist a competitor’s agenda—again blurring the line between corporate interest, political pressure, and the platform’s public stance on censorship.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/tech/904964/mark-zuckerberg-constitutionally-bitchmade
