Zuckerberg Admits Censorship, Israel Rescues Hostage, Ukraine Asks for More US Support | August 27

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🗓️ 27 August 2024

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Mark Zuckerbeg admits Facebook censored content related to COVID-19. The Heritage Foundation held an event yesterday covering the Secret Service’s performance before, during, and after the July 13 Trump assassination attempt. Israel rescues a 52-year-old hostage from an underground tunnel in southern Gaza. Ukraine deploys US-made F-16 fighter jets against Russia. American business faces red tape in reducing America's dependence on Chinese manufacturing. Relevant Links https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/27/biden-admin-pushed-facebook-censorship-says-zuckerberg/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/26/dan-bongino-predicts-another-security-incident-says-secret-service-worse-today-trump-assassination-attempt/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/27/china-set-to-cut-off-us-military-from-key-mineral-as-americas-own-reserves-remain-buried-under-red-tape/ Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mark Zuckerberg admits that Facebook censored content related to COVID-19.
0:05.0	I'm Elizabeth Mitchell and this is the Daily Signal top news for Tuesday August 27th. Meta in Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to the House Subcommittee on the
0:25.4	weaponization of Government on Monday that the Biden Harris administration pressured
0:29.9	Facebook to censor content on its platform related to the COVID-19 pandemic and other major stories.
0:36.6	The Daily Signals Bradley Devlin covered the story.
0:39.4	Bradley, what did Zuckerberg say in the letter?
0:42.3	Yeah, Zuckerberg said, quote,
0:44.0	in 2021, senior officials from the Biden administration,
0:48.0	including the White House, repeatedly pressured our teams for months
0:51.0	to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire,
0:55.2	and expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn't agree.
0:58.8	Nevertheless, Zuckerberg did admit that Facebook had some culpability in the censorship that took place on the platform saying,
1:05.6	ultimately it was our decision whether or not to take the content down,
1:09.1	and we own our decisions, including COVID-19 related changes we made to our enforcement in the
1:14.2	wake of this pressure. I believe the government pressure was wrong and I
1:17.4	regret that we are not more outspoken about it.
1:19.4	Interesting. How did the Biden administration react?
1:22.8	Yeah, in a statement to Fox News, a White House spokesperson seemed to double down on the Biden administration's censorship efforts.
1:29.8	They said, quote, when fronted with a deadly pandemic, this administration encouraged responsible
1:34.7	actions to protect our public health and safety.
1:37.6	Our position has been clear and consistent.
1:39.9	We believe tech companies and other private actors should take into account the effects of their
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