and staying in the United States meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made some shocking accusations against the Biden Administration in a letter to the Congressional house Judiciary Committee the tech billionaire alleged that the White House repeatedly pressured Facebook and Instagram to censor social media content Zuckerberg detailed that in 2021 senior officials from the government demanded meta platforms censor content about covid-19 including memes humor and even satire the entrepreneur added that the officials expressed a lot of frustration when the social media giant refused to remove certain content now Zuckerberg further wrote that the FBI warned meta about a potential Russian disinformation campaign against President Joe Biden and his family following this Zuckerberg instructed his teams to remove a story about corruption allegations against the Biden family particularly Hunter Biden however the billionaire now says that meta's factchecking team found no traces of Russian disinformation on the hunter Biden corruption allegations and that they should have never removed the story meanwhile the Republican party has shared Zuckerberg's letter on the social media platform X and accused the Biden administration of clamping down on Free Speech joining the Republicans is Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk who has put aside his rivalry with Zuckerberg and sided with meta platforms now musk who is also the owner of X has called the Biden administration's attempts to censor content a violation of the First Amendment now Zuckerberg has followed up on his letter and said that he regrets not being more outspoken against the Biden Administration the tech CEO has now vowed to stand up to government pressure and promote Free Speech online without compromising on the content that's allowed on Facebook and Instagram these St Revelations come amid a heated political environment still it remains to be seen whether the accusations by Zuckerberg will impact the elections in November from impeachments to inaugurations if it's a political story we are on the scene the race for the White House is heating up Camala you're fired I say bring it on if it's breaking news we're live with the latest coverage from the White House the state department and Capitol Hill we know the issu but above all we know the players to bring you the latest in-depth analysis on all the key stories that we're covering I'm Eric ham join me from Washington here on first post America climate change is on our doorstep it's time for a revolution to take Route and it starts with 1.4 billion Indians it starts with one tree one tree for Humanity one tree for Mother Earth one tree for a future project one tree a news 18 Network initiative [Music] across continents one powerful news source bringing you diverse perspectives on the issues that matter we go beyond the boundaries to give you that little extra about every sporting moment [Music] so thank you for making first post 5 million strong we counting on your support and you can trust us to bring you the news unfiltered and [Music] unvarnished off today the T20 World Cup bang move across to the West and East can you respect hello I'm Al coming to you from South Africa today we have a special start with an on India shifting nuclear for the first time since off became AAR hello and welcome to First P America I'm Eric ham coming to you live from the nation's capital of Washington DC [Music]