Zuckerberg’s Promise

As Election Day nears, the integrity of the nation’s largest social media platform hinges on the Facebook founder’s pledge to thwart the White House’s censorship efforts.

AP/Godofredo A. Vásquez
Meta's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, on September 27, 2023, at Menlo Park, California. AP/Godofredo A. Vásquez

There’s a wonderful story about the longtime humor columnist Art Buchwald — now gone, alas. Supposedly he was at a diplomatic reception when he was cornered by the Secretary of State, who told him that the Soviet Union was using his satire of the American government for propaganda purposes. “Oh, no,” Buchwald supposedly exclaimed, “stop them.” Which is kind of how we feel about government complaints against social media.

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