Evening Edition: New Batch Of 'Facebook Files' Shows Efforts To Censor COVID Information

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🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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There is now a second batch of Facebook files that looks to shows the Biden administration's efforts to censor COVID information online. Documents appear to show the administration pressured Facebook to remove posts about COVID vaccines and the possibility it originated in a Chinese lab. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with Jake Denton, Research Associate in the Tech Policy Center at The Heritage Foundation, about what sort of direct communication happened between the White House and social media companies. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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