While participating in the podcast of the famous Joe Rogan last Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg went there with some revelations that caught the attention. The Facebook boss returned to the course of the 2020 campaign, insisting on warnings served by the FBI.
The federal agency would have been interested in two files: the interference of Russia, then the contents of the famous laptop forgotten at a repairer by the son of the president.
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So let’s take the time to come back to the words of the first leader of Facebook. First of all, there was indeed interference from Russia in 2016. This interference particularly affected social networks, including Facebook. Should we really be surprised that the agency demands greater vigilance?
While it goes without saying that we are trying to protect the electoral process and limit the spread of disinformation, only the question of the president’s son deserves our attention. Once once more, the shadow of Hunter Biden hangs over his father’s presidency. I’ve written regarding it several times before. ici, ici et ici.
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Hunter Biden
Again, despite what Trump supporters or a publication like the New York Postit remains difficult to say that the two Bidens or the FBI tried to bury the story and that the current administration might be illegal.
First of all, Zuckerberg spoke regarding the famous laptop only following being revived on the subject. Before that, he had only confirmed the role of the FBI in connection with propaganda and disinformation. Even when he answers the question regarding the laptop, he remains vague.
Did Zuckerberg stop the circulation of an article from the Post containing relevant information regarding illegal activities of Hunter Biden? Yes and no. The FBI warnings were not specifically regarding the president’s son, but his story fit the nature of the warnings.
How do FBI leaders respond when asked regarding Zuckerberg’s comments? That their role with a private entity is limited to warnings. Facebook is certainly not the only company to receive it and Zuckerberg confirms that if he reduced the visibility of the article of the Postit continued to circulate.
A game-changing interview?
If the exchanges between Rogan and Zuckerberg have made people talk, nothing major emerges. We will continue to compare the real and documented misdeeds of several members of the Trump administration with the personal faults of the son of the current president.
As of this writing, Hunter Biden, ever so harmful to his father, is under investigation and there is no evidence to support further wrongdoing or possible criminal activity by Joe Biden. Of course, this is what we say if we still have confidence in the institutions and, above all, in the facts.
