“Can someone quickly remind me why we were removing—rather than demoting/labeling—claims that Covid is man made.'
, Facebook’s president of global affairs, sent to colleagues. “Can someone quickly remind me why we were removing—rather than demoting/labeling—claims that Covid is man made,” Clegg asked.
“We were under pressure from the administration and others to do more,” a Facebook vice president responsible for content policy replied, referring to the White House. “We shouldn’t have done it.” Facebook re-evaluated its policies about COVID content after President Joe Biden said false information about the virus was “
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