President Biden criticized Mark Zuckerberg, the chief government of Meta, on Friday for deciding to desert its fact-checking program on Fb and Instagram, calling it a “shameful” choice that undermines America’s dedication to telling the reality.
Responding to a query by a reporter, Mr. Biden mentioned he believed individuals in the USA “want to tell the truth.”
Mr. Biden informed reporters he was involved about “the idea that, you know, a billionaire can buy something, and say, ‘By the way, from this point on, we’re not going to fact-check anything.’”
“And you know,” he added, “when you have millions of people reading, going online, reading this stuff, it is — anyway, I think it’s — I think it’s really shameful.”
The president’s feedback got here throughout a information convention on financial points that was adopted by a wide-ranging Q&A session wherein Mr. Biden defended his coverage agenda as his time period ends.
The president insisted that he might have crushed President-elect Donald J. Trump if he had continued to run for re-election, however added that he had stepped other than the race within the perception that it was “important to unify the party.” Mr. Biden additionally defended sanctions imposed on Russia on Friday that he mentioned would harm President Vladimir V. Putin’s potential to conduct the conflict in Ukraine and have a “profound effect” on the nation’s financial system.
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