Meta defends Mark Zuckerberg after CEO admits to censoring Hunter Biden controversy on Joe Rogan's podcast × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout MMA News We didn t block the New York Post story - Meta defends Mark Zuckerberg after CEO admits to censoring Hunter Biden controversy on Joe Rogan s podcast By Sayan Nag Modified 26 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Joe Rogan (L) and Mark Zuckerberg (R) (via @TeslaNews10 on Twitter) Mark Zuckerberg recently admitted to having limited visibility of the Hunter Biden controversy for seven days during an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. John Paul Mac Isaac, a computer repair shop owner in Wilmington, Delaware, handed over a laptop to the FBI, claiming that it had been dropped off at his shop but was never collected by a person identifying himself as Hunter Biden. The story was published by the New York Post three weeks ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Zuckerberg accepted that Facebook limited the distribution of the story based on a request from the FBI to restrict election misinformation ahead of the 2020 presidential polls in the U.S. The Meta CEO told Joe Rogan: "What we do is we have, if something is reported to us as potentially misinformation, important misinformation, we also visited third party fact checking programmes because we don't want to be deciding what's true or false... It basically, the ranking in the newsfeed was a little bit less. So fewer people saw it than would've otherwise." Minds@mindsBREAKING: Mark Zuckerberg tells Joe Rogan that Facebook algorithmically censored the Hunter Biden laptop story for 7 days based on a general request from the FBI to restrict election misinformation.6061124110BREAKING: Mark Zuckerberg tells Joe Rogan that Facebook algorithmically censored the Hunter Biden laptop story for 7 days based on a general request from the FBI to restrict election misinformation. https://t.co/llTA7IqGa1 Catch the complete episode of JRE featuring Zuckerberg below: Meta Platforms Inc., previously named Facebook Inc., came to the defense of Zuckerberg as his interview with Rogan began gaining attention online. Tweets from Meta claimed that the matter had already been made public, and Zuckerberg even testified about the same before the Senate. Meta further noted that Facebook never blocked the New York Post story but only restricted its distribution. A tweet from Meta Newsroom read: "We took that seriously, and as Mark said when he testified, we didn't block the New York Post story, we temporarily reduced its distribution to give fact-checking partners time to review it." See the company's tweets below: Nick Adams@NickAdamsinUSAThe FBI told Facebook that Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation. Three weeks before the election.That's according to Mark Zuckerberg. And yet it's a 'crime' to say that the 2020 election was rigged.What a joke.1509572The FBI told Facebook that Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation. Three weeks before the election.That's according to Mark Zuckerberg. And yet it's a 'crime' to say that the 2020 election was rigged.What a joke. Meta Newsroom@MetaNewsroom@NickAdamsinUSA In the lead up to the 2020 election, the FBI shared general guidance about the threat of foreign interference and potential hack and leak operations, not about Hunter Biden or his laptop. This is what we shared with the Senate Judiciary Committee in December 2020.85@NickAdamsinUSA In the lead up to the 2020 election, the FBI shared general guidance about the threat of foreign interference and potential hack and leak operations, not about Hunter Biden or his laptop. This is what we shared with the Senate Judiciary Committee in December 2020. https://t.co/Xdk0fPFCLQ Meta Newsroom@MetaNewsroom@minds None of this is new. Mark testified before the Senate nearly two years ago that in the lead up to the 2020 election, the FBI warned about the threat of foreign hack and leak operations: usatoday.com/story/tech/202…13922@minds None of this is new. Mark testified before the Senate nearly two years ago that in the lead up to the 2020 election, the FBI warned about the threat of foreign hack and leak operations: usatoday.com/story/tech/202… Meta Newsroom@MetaNewsroom@minds We took that seriously, and as Mark said when he testified, we didn't block the New York Post story, we temporarily reduced its distribution to give fact-checking partners time to review it.587@minds We took that seriously, and as Mark said when he testified, we didn't block the New York Post story, we temporarily reduced its distribution to give fact-checking partners time to review it. Meta Newsroom@MetaNewsroom@minds Consistent with our policy, after 7 days, we lifted the demotion because it wasn’t rated false by independent fact-checkers. twitter.com/WillOremus/sta…Will Oremus@WillOremusSomewhat uncharacteristically, Twitter actually took a far tougher line on the Hunter Biden laptop story than FB did. Twitter initially banned it *and* @nypost; FB just reduced its reach for a week while awaiting debunkings, then reinstated when none came. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…151Somewhat uncharacteristically, Twitter actually took a far tougher line on the Hunter Biden laptop story than FB did. Twitter initially banned it *and* @nypost; FB just reduced its reach for a week while awaiting debunkings, then reinstated when none came. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…@minds Consistent with our policy, after 7 days, we lifted the demotion because it wasn’t rated false by independent fact-checkers. twitter.com/WillOremus/sta… When Joe Rogan said he wanted to do cocaine with Hunter Biden Joe Rogan is often seen weighing in on popular ongoing debates and controversies. The UFC color commentator, who has taken several digs at U.S president Joe Biden in the past, lashed out at Twitter and Facebook for the suppression of Biden's son Hunter's story. However, Rogan was open to hanging out with the president's son and even suggested he try stand-up comedy. The popular podcaster also claimed he would like to do cocaine with Hunter Biden even though he had never done it before. Joe Rogan said during an appearance on the Hot Boxin' with Mike Tyson podcast: "I want to hang out with Hunter. I've never done coke, but I'll do it with him. Hunter, the offer stands. I would tell him to do stand-up. 'Bro, you should be doing stand-up." ₿ Sam ?@BitcoinCheeseJoe Rogan on Hunter Biden #JoeRogan #HunterBiden #Coke #Cocaine41Joe Rogan on Hunter Biden #JoeRogan #HunterBiden #Coke #Cocaine https://t.co/e6qgoC5jge While president Biden is a teetotaller, his son Hunter admittedly started drinking as a teenager and has a history of crack cocaine abuse. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Avinash Tewari × Feedback Thank You! 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