{"id":1985381,"date":"2023-07-28T18:09:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T22:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-white-house-told-meta-to-take-down-satire-and-true-information-emails-show\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T18:10:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T22:10:46","slug":"biden-white-house-told-meta-to-take-down-satire-and-true-information-emails-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-white-house-told-meta-to-take-down-satire-and-true-information-emails-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden administration urges Meta to remove satire and &#8216;true information,&#8217; emails reveal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-white-house-told-meta-to-take-down-satire-and-true-information-emails-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1985381&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>New Emails Reveal White House Pressure on Meta to Change Content \u2062Moderation Policies<\/h2>\n<p>Recently released emails shed light on the intense \u2064pressure exerted by the White \u200bHouse on Meta, the \u2063parent company of Facebook, \u2064to\u2063 alter its policies on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-respond-to-twitters-ban-on-the-president\/\" title=\"Conservatives respond to Twitter\u2019s ban on the President\">content moderation<\/a>. These emails, made public \u2064by Rep.\u200b Jim Jordan (R-OH), expose the back-and-forth exchanges \u2063between Meta and the White House regarding COVID-19 information.<\/p>\n<h3>Clashes Over Misinformation Policies<\/h3>\n<p>Meta&#8217;s\u2062 leadership found themselves at odds with the White \u2062House over the \u2064enforcement of their\u2064 misinformation policies, particularly concerning the \u2064removal of certain types of posts. The &#8220;Facebook Files&#8221; released by Jordan provide insight \u200cinto this contentious issue.<\/p>\n<h3>Requests to Remove \u2062Satirical Content and Factual Information<\/h3>\n<p>In July 2021, Meta\u200d executives received \u2063requests from\u2062 the White House to take down posts that were deemed to\u2063 be spreading \u200dmisinformation. These requests included the removal of &#8220;humorous or satirical content\u200b that suggests the vaccine isn&#8217;t safe,&#8221; as well as &#8220;true information&#8221; about \u2064the side effects of the virus, albeit without \u200bproper context.<\/p>\n<p>Meta&#8217;s\u200c head of\u2062 global affairs, Nick Clegg, revealed\u2063 these details\u200c in the emails. He acknowledged that the White House had asked\u2062 for the removal of such \u2063content.<\/p>\n<h3>Pressure from the Biden Administration<\/h3>\n<p>When questioned about\u2064 the removal of posts discussing the COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-responds-to-ex-cdc-chiefs-belief-that-pandemic-started-in-lab-this-was-never-a-conspiracy-theory\/\" title=\"Tom Cotton Responds To Ex-CDC Chief\u2019s Belief That Pandemic Started In Lab: \u2018This Was Never A Conspiracy Theory\u2019\">lab leak theory<\/a>, Clegg admitted that\u200b Meta had succumbed to pressure\u2063 from the Biden \u2064Administration. He expressed \u200dregret, stating that they &#8220;shouldn&#8217;t have done\u200d it.&#8221; The lab leak theory, initially dismissed, is now being investigated by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Clegg also mentioned \u200bthat former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg wanted to \u200cdemonstrate responsiveness to the White House by exploring certain actions, including \u2063&#8221;blackholing&#8221; specific web domains.\u200c The exact meaning of &#8220;blackholing&#8221; remains unclear.<\/p>\n<h3>Increasing \u2063Acrimony with the \u2062White\u2063 House<\/h3>\n<p>Clegg argued that Meta&#8217;s current approach of \u2062explaining their policies without shifting\u200b their boundaries\u200d would only lead to prolonged and escalating tension \u2062with the \u2064White House. This statement highlights\u200b the \u2064strained relationship between Meta and the\u2064 Biden Administration.<\/p>\n<h3>Restricting\u2063 Accounts Spreading Vaccine Misinformation<\/h3>\n<p>In response to mounting pressure from the White House, Meta eventually took action \u200bby restricting certain accounts \u200cidentified as spreading vaccine \u200cmisinformation. These accounts were collectively referred to as the &#8220;Disinformation Dozen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Jordan&#8217;s Ongoing Scrutiny of Meta<\/h3>\n<p>Rep. Jim Jordan has been closely monitoring Meta\u200d for several months. He previously subpoenaed the\u200d company, along with other tech giants, to investigate their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-white-house-told-meta-to-take-down-satire-and-true-information-emails-show\/\" title=\"Biden administration urges Meta to remove satire and 'true information,' emails reveal.\">content moderation \u2063policies<\/a>. Jordan also sent\u2064 a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, seeking clarification on the company&#8217;s latest product, Threads.<\/p>\n<h3>Contempt Threat Averted<\/h3>\n<p>Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced the possibility of being held in contempt when the company\u2062 initially failed to release \u2063the requested documents \u2064to\u200b Rep. Jordan. However, \u2064after the communications were eventually provided, Jordan backed off from pursuing contempt charges.<\/p>\n<p>The House \u200dSelect \u200cSubcommittee on the Weaponization \u200cof the Federal Government\u200c recently held a hearing featuring 2024 presidential candidate \u200dRobert F. Kennedy Jr. \u200bto address concerns about online censorship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> \u200cto read more from The Washington \u2064Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the White House. These emails reveal the extent of the White House&#8217;s influence in pressuring Meta to alter its content moderation policies, such as removing satirical content and factual information on COVID-19 and vaccines. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) shared the &#8220;Facebook Files&#8221; containing these email exchanges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1985382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1985381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1985382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}