Mollie Hemingway: Mark Zuckerberg’s Participation in Censorship Campaign Was ‘Probably Valued Even More than the Money He Gave to the Election’

HAWLEY It s good ░░░░░░░░ be on this committee ░░░░░░░░ you Thanks for convening ░░░░░░░░ hearing Let s take ░░░░░░░░ look here at something ░░░░░░░░ Facebook Meta whatever something ░░░░░░░░ they ve said Mark ░░░░░░░░ in particular said or ░░░░░░░░ reported In 2021 senior ░░░░░░░░ from the Biden Administration ░░░░░░░░ the White House repeatedly ░░░░░░░░ our this is Zuckerberg ░░░░░░░░ pressure our teams for ░░░░░░░░ to censor certain Covid ░░░░░░░░ content including humor and ░░░░░░░░ expressed a lot of ░░░░░░░░ with our teams when ░░░░░░░░ didn t agree Ultimately ░░░░░░░░ was our decision whether ░░░░░░░░ not to take the ░░░░░░░░ down Now the point ░░░░░░░░ I want to get ░░░░░░░░ and maybe I ll ░░░░░░░░ with you Ms Hemingway ░░░░░░░░ you and your outlet ░░░░░░░░ a target of a ░░░░░░░░ of this and were ░░░░░░░░ left right and center ░░░░░░░░ personally were censored Don ░░░░░░░░ you think that Facebook ░░░░░░░░ to be held accountable ░░░░░░░░ their role in all ░░░░░░░░ this I mean so ░░░░░░░░ Facebook Mark Zuckerberg says ░░░░░░░░ you know gosh they ░░░░░░░░ so mean to us ░░░░░░░░ Biden people they threatened ░░░░░░░░ And they did Biden ░░░░░░░░ Was that unconstitutional I ░░░░░░░░ it was This is ░░░░░░░░ that Supreme Court case ░░░░░░░░ we ve been talking ░░░░░░░░ today the Missouri case ░░░░░░░░ so so significant But ░░░░░░░░ t it also true ░░░░░░░░ as Zuckerberg himself says ░░░░░░░░ this statement it was ░░░░░░░░ decision they owned it ░░░░░░░░ truthfully Facebook and others ░░░░░░░░ a pattern of censoring ░░░░░░░░ before this The Hunter ░░░░░░░░ laptop story they gleefully ░░░░░░░░ censored on their own ░░░░░░░░ have been avid participants ░░░░░░░░ this censorship campaign Would ░░░░░░░░ agree with that Ms ░░░░░░░░ HEMINGWAY Yes Mark Zuckerberg ░░░░░░░░ spent 400 nearly 450 ░░░░░░░░ in the 2020 election ░░░░░░░░ control the outcome there ░░░░░░░░ recently done a few ░░░░░░░░ things like saying Oh ░░░░░░░░ was sort of pressured ░░░░░░░░ do this censorship or ░░░░░░░░ I ll give a ░░░░░░░░ dollars to the inauguration ░░░░░░░░ as if this in ░░░░░░░░ way makes up for ░░░░░░░░ campaign of censorship that ░░░░░░░░ was engaged in which ░░░░░░░░ probably valued even more ░░░░░░░░ the money he gave ░░░░░░░░ the election to censor ░░░░░░░░ silence voices like mine ░░░░░░░░ my publication because we ░░░░░░░░ things on all sorts ░░░░░░░░ topics that were at ░░░░░░░░ with what he wanted.”