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Zuckerberg Admits Mistake on Hunter Biden Laptop Controversy
Aug 28, 2024
In this video, we explore Mark Zuckerberg's revelations about Meta's handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story during the 2020 election. Discover how these actions have led to significant policy changes at Meta regarding fact-checking and content management. #HunterBiden #MarkZuckerberg #Meta #Election2020 #Disinformation #FactChecking #SocialMediaPolicy #MediaTransparency #PoliticalNews #DigitalEthics
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let's begin on the scene in Washington
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DC that is where the house Judiciary
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Committee has now received a letter from
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meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Zuckerberg
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saying the White House pressured meta to
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censor post about covid now Zuckerberg
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says he regrets bowing to what in his
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words was pressure our national
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correspondent Liz Landers joins us now
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live from Washington DC and Liz what
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else is inside this letter and how are
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leaders where you are
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responding yeah Del Mark Zuckerberg is
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pretty being pretty Direct in this
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letter that he sent to the Republican
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chairman of the house Judiciary
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Committee about content moderation in
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online platforms his platforms meta so
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the CEO said that the White House quote
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repeatedly pressured our teams for
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months to censor certain covid-19
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content he says that even included
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satire and humor posts Zuckerberg goes
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on to say quote I believe the government
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pressure was wrong and I regret that we
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were not more outspoken about it
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Zuckerberg seems indicate that he has
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learned a lesson from this incident and
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that he's ready to push back more
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forcefully if this happens again now
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White House spokesperson told scrips
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news in a statement quote when
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confronted with a deadly pandemic this
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Administration encouraged responsible
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actions to protect public health and
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safety our position has been clear and
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consistent We Believe tech companies and
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other private actors should take into
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account the effects their actions have
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on the American people while making
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independent choices about the
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information they present now Dell
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there's a bit of context here that's
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important there was a Supreme Court
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decision about this that came out at the
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end of June that was addressing the
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question of whether or not the federal
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government can contact social media
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companies about content moderation the
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Court's decision said that yes the White
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House and other federal agencies can
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urge social media platforms to remove
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content they may view as Mis or
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disinformation now would add Dell for
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the general public this means that we
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cannot rely on meta solely to be
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factchecking content on their sites like
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Facebook and Instagram of course that's
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important as we go into this election
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cycle because meta could play a
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significant role because hundreds of
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millions of Americans use those
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platforms D so listen in the letter Mark
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Zuckerberg also talking about the hunter
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Biden laptop story what did he have to
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say about
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that yeah d as as our viewers may
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remember from 2020 this was was a very
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big uh issue in the leadup to that
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election so Zuckerberg brought that
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example up as well in this letter saying
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that the FBI reached out to meta in the
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leadup to the 2020 election about a
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potential Russian disinformation
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operation about the Biden campaign and
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barismo which is a a private company
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Zuckerberg said that when meta saw the
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New York post's reporting on Hunter
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Biden's laptop and the allegations of
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corruption involving Biden and his
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family that their company meta sent the
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story to fact Checkers and temporarily
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demoted it on their platforms while they
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waited for a reply Zuckerberg says that
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in retrospect he shouldn't have demoted
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the story because it wasn't Russian
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disinformation the laptop did prove to
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belong to Hunter Biden Zuckerberg says
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that in light of that incident meta has
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changed their policies to make sure that
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something like that doesn't happen again
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it says that meta no longer temporarily
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demotes things in the us while they are
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waiting for factchecking D our national
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correspondent Liz Landers for us on the
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scene in Washington DC Liz thank you
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very much
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