Three hours of interview, a main announcement – the abandonment of Meta’s “diversity and inclusion” programs –, and multiple nods to American conservatives: Mark Zuckerberg was, Friday January 10, the guest of the famous podcaster and former American MMA star Joe Rogan. Between long developments on the practice of combat sports, archery and hunting, the founder of Facebook has multiplied small arrangements with the history of his company and the truth.
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For this he was goaded by a Joe Rogan who was sometimes openly conspiratorial. During their discussions, the host explained in particular that there was, according to him, “CIA agents who have always been present in major newspapers”or that there was a conspiracy « pro-vaccination » carried out for commercial reasons during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Questionable accusations of “censorship”
The boss of Meta twice addressed the subject of “pressures” that the Biden administration would have exercised on the moderation choices of its group, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic. “I am rather pro-vaccination, but [l’administration Biden] tried to censor all those who were opposed to it, he said on the microphone. And they urged us very strongly to remove things that were true (…)anything that said vaccines could have side effects, for example. » And to add: “These members of the Biden administration were calling our teams and yelling at them and swearing (…). It is in the documents that we provided to the parliamentary commission of inquiry of [député républicain] Jim Jordan. »
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