Mark Zuckerberg's admission revealed that the United States government can push US-based social media platforms to promote any information they like and suppress what they don’t want the world to see.
Mark Zuckerberg admitted that the company made 'some decisions' owing to the intimidation of the Biden administration, which it should not have enforced in hindsight.
In one case, Meta has agreed to pay USD 1.4 billion to settle case against it for collecting biometric data illegally and in second case Meta has been accused of allowing ads promoting illcit sale of cocaine, opioids and other drugs.
Senator Ted Cruz pointed out that Instagram (Meta) gave users two choices following the warning on child sexual abuse which included, "Get resources or see results anyway"
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Dorsey announced that he has deleted his Instagram profile. Dorsey added that he was among first ten users who joined Instagram when it was launched in 2010.
The tension between Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Musk intensified after the initial success of Meta's Threads, which is the biggest competitor to X (formerly known as Twitter), social media platform in July.