Mark Zuckerberg surprised listeners on Joe Rogan’s podcast, revealing that the Biden administration pressured him to censor coronavirus-related memes. He recounted that White House officials would “yell and abuse” his team over specific content, particularly a meme featuring Leonardo DiCaprio. Zuckerberg insisted they refused to delete what he described as humorous content, stating, “No, we’re not going to delete the truth.” He noted that the situation escalated after Biden linked pandemic-related memes to public harm, leading to intensified scrutiny from government agencies. Zuckerberg’s remarks reflect ongoing debates around censorship and social media influence.
Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance on a popular podcast and told Joe Rogan that the Biden administration tried to force him to censor memes about the coronavirus pandemic.
Mehta said the White House would “call our team and yell and abuse” them about the social media meme.
“Basically, we just got to the point where we said no, we’re not going to delete the truth,” Zuckerberg said. “That’s strange.”
Specifically, the billionaire said he wants Biden to remove a meme of Leonardo DiCaprio pointing at a TV, which appears to be from the movie “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” spoke.
He said the meme was captioned, “In 10 years, you’ll be seeing ads saying if you get the COVID vaccine, you’re eligible for a payout,” adding, “This is a class action lawsuit type of thing. It’s like a meme.” ‘
Zuckerberg claimed that after being asked to remove the meme, he and his team responded, “No, we’re not going to remove the humor.”
“Did you record that call? God, I want to hear it,” Logan replied.
Mr. Zuckerberg’s appearance on the podcast is the latest in a series of public statements the social media mogul has made in recent months about censorship, including one in August when the This included a shocking admission that he had been “pressured” to comply with censorship demands.
Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance on his popular podcast, telling Joe Rogan that the Biden administration had tried to force him to censor memes about the coronavirus pandemic.
Mehta said the White House would “call our team and yell and abuse” them about the social media meme.
As is typical of Rogan’s podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the comedian did not make an early announcement about Zuckerberg’s appearance before it went live Friday afternoon.
The interview was published on YouTube and quickly racked up over 200,000 views within 45 minutes. Some of Rogan’s interviews have reached large audiences, including a 53 million viewer episode with Donald Trump two months ago.
On Friday’s episode, Zuckerberg said the turning point in the approach to censorship under the Biden administration came when the president publicly said social media memes fighting the pandemic were “killing people.” .
“All these different government agencies and departments just started investigating and going after us,” he said.
“It was brutal, brutal.”
