Zuckerberg said senior Biden administration officials “repeatedly pressured” Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to “censor” content in 2021. “I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken,” he wrote to House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). “Like I said to our teams at the time, I feel strongly that we should not compromise our content standards due to pressure from any Administration in either direction – and we’re ready to push back if something like this happens again,” Zuckerberg added.

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    There isn’t. They’re the same thing. How is the government going to hold them accountable without controlling the speech?

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      Do you think the government has complete control over your speech now? Do you think you are absolutely free to say whatever you want? I don’t even know where to start with someone who doesn’t understand that it doesn’t have to be one or the other despite, right now, it not being one or the other.

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        Do you think the government has complete control over your speech now?

        …no? No one thinks that.

        I don’t know where to start with someone who doesn’t understand the concept of a slippery slope or legal precedent.

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          I don’t know where to start with someone who doesn’t understand the concept of a slippery slope or legal precedent.

          Well, when you figure it out, let me know where because it’s clear you don’t understand either of those terms.