Mark Zuckerberg tells Joe Rogan that Facebook suppressed Hunter Biden’s laptop EXPOSE story following the FBI’s recommendation
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Mark Zuckerberg and Joe Rogan
In a recent instalment of the JRE Podcast, UFC commentator, Joe Rogan was joined by the founder of Facebook and Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The Facebook founder appeared on the JRE podcast in episode #1863.
Zuckerberg is one of the most controversial entrepreneurs of this generation. He is the founder of Facebook which in recent times has become a social media giant. The company has acquired giant social media companies including Instagram and Whatsapp. The Facebook founder is often criticised for misusing the personal data of its users.
Rogan hosts the ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast which is exclusively available to stream for free on Spotify. With over 100 million downloads per month, the podcast is one of the biggest podcasts in the world. The podcast features a wide range of guests from highly Controversial figures to comedians, actors, and politicians.
Joe Rogan grills Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s moderation of controversial content
In the #1863 episode on the JRE Podcast, Joe is joined by the controversial Meta CEO. The episode was uploaded on Spotify on the 25th of August. The Podcaster and the guest discussed a lot of issues including the founder getting trolled on social media for his appearance, bots on the social media platforms, AI as well as the platform’s moderation of controversial content.
During the discussion, the UFC commentator asked the guests how Facebook handles controversial news and then referred to the Hunter Biden story in New York Times and asked if Facebook “censored that as well.” This was in regards to the New York Posts’s expose on a story involving the laptop of now-President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden.
Mark replied to the question by stating that the FBI had already approached his company, warning them to be on the lookout for polarizing content, just as Russian propaganda made the platform it’s home around the 2016 US presidential election. He also explained that their protocol for such content is different from Twitter.
Following the NY Post story on the expose social media platform, Twitter took down the New York Post’s account for 16 days. The Facebook founder gave his take on the situation stating people would view the decision based on which part of the political spectrum they belong to.
Zuckerberg regretted how Facebook handled the issue but said the approach taken by the social media company was ‘reasonable’. The Meta CEO further expressed, “We just kind of thought, ‘Hey look, if the FBI — which I still view as a legitimate institution in this country, it’s very professional law enforcement — they come to us and tell us we need to be on guard about something, then I want to take that seriously.”
Upon further inspection by Rogan, Zuckerberg explained that they took a different approach from Twitter and didn’t outright forbid users from sharing the NY Post story about Hunter Biden. It still allowed its users to share it, but the story showed up less in people’s NewsFeed, meaning it got less traffic.
“The distribution on Facebook was decreased but people were still allowed to share it. You can still share it and consume it. The ranking and appearance on news feeds was a little bit less. So, Fewer people saw it than they would have otherwise. ” He added.
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