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Mark Zuckerberg Reveals How President Biden’s Administration Pressured Meta To Censor COVID-19 Contents
Meta Platforms CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has accused senior officials from the Joe Biden Administration of pressuring his company to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humour and satire, in 2021. In a statement on Monday addressed to Jim Jordan Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Jerrold Nadler, the committee’s Ranking Member, Zuckerberg revealed that his teams faced repeated demands from the White House to remove specific contents from Meta’s platforms. Zuckerberg stated that while Meta made its own decisions regarding content removal, the pressure exerted by the government was inappropriate. I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regretRead More
Buhari Meets Ramaphosa, Calls For End To ‘Rivalry’ Between Nigeria And S’Africa
Describes visit as success despite omicron variant scare Again, South African president flays travel ban on his country Says it’s unscientific, unfair, discriminatory President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday stressed the needRead More
China Pledges One Billion Additional COVID-19 Vaccines For Nigeria, Other African Countries
Promises $10bn investment in three years Omicron variant outbreak: WHO bemoans poor alert system, says new pandemic accord needed Aviation agencies vigilant, await FG’s directive NCDC harps on vaccination, adherenceRead More
Omicron COVID-19: Nigeria Stands With S’Africa, Warns West Against Discrimination
AfDB president says Africa should not be penalised for new strain Wants vaccine manufacturing accelerated in continent Emefiele, OPS seek proactive action Ramaphosa urges countries to reverse travel ban NigeriaRead More
